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Revision as of 19:01, 8 December 2016
English
Etymology
Attested since the 1610s, from the earlier form trouzes (attested since the 1580s), extended from trouse (1570s), with plural ending typical of things in pairs, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Irish triubhas (“close-fitting shorts”), of uncertain origin. The unexplained intrusive second -r- is perhaps due to the influence of drawers.[1]
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaʊzəz/ - (deprecated use of
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|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaʊzɚz/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter)Audio (US): (file) - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Hyphenation: trou‧sers
Noun
- An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.
- The trousers need to be shortened.
- Why can women wear trousers when men can't wear skirts?
- Template:RQ:SWymn ChpngBrgh
- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC, pages The effect the apparition had on me was to make me start violently, and we all know what happens when you start violently while holding a full cup of tea. The contents of mine flew through the air and came to rest on the trousers of Aubrey Upjohn, MA, moistening them to no little extent. Indeed, it would scarcely be distorting the facts to say that he was now not so much wearing trousers as wearing tea. […] “I see you have not changed since you were with me at Malvern House,” he said in an extremely nasty voice, dabbing at the trousers with a handkerchief. […] “Frightfully sorry,” I said. “Too late to be sorry now. A new pair of trousers ruined. It is doubtful if anything can remove the stain of tea from white flannel.”:
Synonyms
Usage notes
- "Pants" is about four times more common in the US than "trousers", based on use in COCA.
- "Trousers" is about nine times more common in the UK than "pants", based on use in BNC.
- "Slacks" about one tenth as common as "pants" in the US and "trousers" in the UK.
Hyponyms
- jeans
- pantaloons
- shorts
- slacks
- See also Wikisaurus:trousers
Translations
article of clothing for the lower body — see pants
References
- ^ Etymology of trousers in Online Etymology Dictionary