knickerbockers

English

Noun

knickerbockers (plural only)

1. Men's or boys' baggy knee trousers, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century.

Translations

knickerbockers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燈籠褲 (cmn), 灯笼裤 (cmn) (dēnglongkù)

• Finnish: polvihousut (fi)
• French: knickerbockers (fr) m pl, knickers (fr) m pl

• German: Knickerbocker (de) m pl
• Japanese: ニッカーボッカー (ja) (nikkābokkā)
• Russian: бриджи (ru) (brídžy) pl

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /(k)ni.kœʁ.bɔ.kœʁ/

Noun

knickerbockers m pl (singular knickerbocker)

1. Knickerbockers.

   Il est venu en knickerbockers.

Usage notes

The singular form knickerbocker is just another spelling for the plural form which may refer to one or more pair of trousers.