caleçon

French

Etymology

From Italian calzone.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kalsɔ̃/

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Noun

caleçon m. (plural caleçons)

1. (Europe) boxer shorts, boxer briefs
2. (Canada) boxer briefs. Caleçons sold in Quebec tend to be more conservatively cut than their equivalent in France or Haiti.

Derived terms

• caleçon de bain

Quotations

• 1903. Jules Garçon, editor, Encyclopédie Universelle Des Industries Tinctoriales..., Page 199:

  Ce qui me le fit mettre dans les poches de mon caleçon de bain... ("What I did put in the pockets of my swimming shorts?")

• 1965. François Mauriac, Nouveaux Mémoires, Flammarion, page 905:

  Un caleçon minuscule. ("A tiny [pair of] briefs.")