pants
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pants¹
- /pænts/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ænts
Where it comes from
Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers”): borrowed from French pantalon, itself derived from Italian Pantalone, one of the principal characters found in commedia dell'arte, who wore tight trousers. Doublet of pantsu. The verb is from the noun.
noun pant
- An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. The pants are fine, but the jacket will have to be altered.
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An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants.
I decided to pass up her underclothes, not from feelings of delicacy, but because I couldn't see myself putting her pants on and snapping her brassière.
Similar: underwear
- Rubbish; something worthless. You're talking pants!
adjective more pants · most pants
- Of inferior quality, rubbish. Your mobile is pants — why don’t you get one like mine?
verb pantses · pantsing · pantsed
- To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants. 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.
pants²
- /pænts/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ænts
noun
- plural of pant
pants³
- /pænts/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ænts
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of pant
Pants⁴
proper noun
- plural of Pant
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bloomers, drawers, trousers, knickers, britches, slacks, breeches, tights, underpants, panties, undies, shorts, jeans, boxers, overalls, trunks
Translations
Every language
noun garment covering the body from the waist downwards
| Español | pantalón, pantalones |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 바지 baji |
| 日本語 | ズボン zubon |
| 中文 | 褲子 /裤子 kùzi, 長褲 /长裤 chángkù |
| हिन्दी | पतलून patlūn, पैंट paiṇṭ |
| Português | calças |
| Français | pantalon |
| Deutsch | Hose |
| Italiano | calzoni, pantaloni, brache, mutanda, boxer |
| Ελληνικά | παντελόνι pantelóni |
| Română | pantaloni, nădrag |
| Русский | брю́ки brjúki, штаны́ štaný, портки́ portkí, шарова́ры shalwar |
| Tiếng Việt | quần lót dài, quần |
| العربية | بِنْطَال binṭāl, سِرْوَال sirwāl, بَنْطَلُون banṭalōn |
| עברית | מכנסיים \ מִכְנָסַיִם mikhnasáyim |
noun undergarment covering the genitals
| Español | braga, calzoncillo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 팬티 paenti, 빤스 ppanseu |
| 日本語 | パンツ pantsu, 下穿き shitabaki |
| 中文 | 內褲 /内裤 nèikù, 襯褲 /衬裤 chènkù |
| Português | calcinha, cueca |
| Français | caleçon, slip, culotte |
| Deutsch | Unterhose, Schlüpfer |
| Italiano | mutande, slip, mutandine |
| Ελληνικά | κιλότα kilóta, σώβρακο sóvrako |
| Русский | трусы́ trusý, тру́сики trúsiki, кальсо́ны kalʹsóny, пантало́ны pantalóny |
| العربية | سِرْوَال اَلسُّنَة sirwāl as-suna |
| עברית | תַּחְתּוֹנִים takhtoním |
adj of inferior quality
| Русский | отсто́й otstój |
|---|
verb pull someone’s pants down
| Français | déculotter |
|---|---|
| Italiano | smutandare |
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title = {pants},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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