wikipedia|pants
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Abbreviated form of pantaloons.
Noun
pants (plural)
- pluralia tantum A garment worn by men and women that covers the body from the waist downwards, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
- context|UK|colloquial, not all areas|pluralia tantum A garment worn by men or women that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; panties, shorts.
- context|fashion industry plural of|pant
Synonyms
(covering the legs): trousers, britches
(covering the genitals): drawers, underpants
::for men: shorts, boxers, skivvies
::for women: underpants, knickers, panties
Translations
trans-top|garment covering the legs
Arabic: Arab|ب�ط��� IPAchar|(ban�al�n) m
Bosnian: pantalone#Bosnian|pantalone f|p
Breton: bragoù m, brageier p
Chinese (Mandarin): 裤å� (kùzi), é�¿è£¤ (chángkù)
Czech: kalhoty f|p
Dutch: broek f|s
Esperanto: pantalono s
Finnish: housut p
French: pantalon m|s
German: Hose#German|Hose f|s
Hebrew: he-translation|×�×�× ×¡×�×�×�|mikhnasáyim m|p
Hungarian: nadrág
Indonesian: celana
Italian: calzoni f|p, pantaloni m|p
Japanese: ��� (zubon)
Korean: �� (baji)
Kurdish: KUchar|پا�ت�ڵ
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Polish: spodnie p
Portuguese: calças f|p
Romanian: pantaloni
Russian: б��ки (brjúki) f|p, ��ан� (štaný) m|p
Scottish Gaelic: briogais f, triubhas m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пан�алоне#Serbian|пан�алоне f|p
:Roman: pantalone#Serbian|pantalone f|p
Slovak: nohavice#Slovak|nohavice f|p
Slovene: hla�e f|p
Spanish: pantalón m|s, pantalones m|p
Swahili: suruali (nc 9/10)
Swedish: byxor c|p, byxa c|s
Tagalog: pantalon
Tamil: ��ப�பாயம� (kuppaayam)
Turkish: pantalon s
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trans-top|garment covering the genitals
Armenian: Õ¡Õ¶Õ¤Ö�Õ¡Õ¾Õ¡Ö�Õ¿Õ«Ö� (andravartiq)
Chinese (Mandarin): �裤 (nèikù)
Dutch: onderbroek
Esperanto: subvestaĵo
Finnish: alushousut, pikkuhousut
French: caleçon m (for men), slip#French|slip m (for men and women), culotte f (for men and women)
German: Unterhose f, Schlüpfer m
Hebrew: he-translation|ת×�ת×�× ×�×�|takhtonÃm m|p
Hungarian: alsónadrág
Indonesian: celana dalam, cawat (informal)
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Italian: mutande f|p (for men and women), slip#Italian|slip m (for men and women), mutandine f|p (for women)
Japanese: ��� (pantsu)
Russian: ����� (trusý) m|p
Scottish Gaelic: drathais f, drathars f
Spanish: bragas f|p or braga f|s (for women), calzoncillos m|p or calzoncillo m|s (for men)
Swahili: chupi (noun 9/10)
Swedish: underbyxa c, kalsonger (for men)
Tamil: ����ி (jaDDi)
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Derived terms
all mouth and pants, all mouth and no pants
Verb
en-verb|pants|es
- To pull someone's pants down; to forcibly remove someone's pants.
#* 1948, University of California, Carolina Quarterly, page 47:
#*: Keith Gerber has been pantsed twice already this summer by Lannie and Cling, and so his face is more resolved, the fear tempered by the fact that he understands these things to be inevitable.
#* 1980, William Hogan, The Quartzsite Trip, Atheneum, page 242:
#*: [T]he other boys, Stretch Latham and Rod Becker mainly, pantsed him, got his jockey shorts away and threw them onto Hubcap Willie's roof.
#* 1993, Harold Augenbraum, Ilan Stavans, Growing Up Latino: Memoirs and Stories, page 174:
#*: Richard did not stand too close to him, because he was always trying to pants him, and he would have died of shame if he did it tonight, because he knew his BVDs were dirty at the trap door.
Synonyms
depants, de-pants
(British) keg
Adjective
en-adj
- context|UK|slang Of inferior quality.
#:Your mobile is pants — why don't you get one like mine?
Etymology 2
From the noun pant or the verb to pant.
Noun
pants
- plural of|pant
Verb
pants
- third-person singular of|pant
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