briefs

See also: Briefs

English

A man wearing briefs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹiːfs/
• Rhymes: -iːfs

Noun

briefs

1. plural of brief
2. (usually plural) A short close-fitting type of underpants.

Usage notes

• Underpant briefs are said to come in "pairs", which is to say that the phrase "pair(s) of" is used as a counter for them.

Derived terms

• boxer briefs
• trunk briefs
• bikini briefs
• control brief
• swim briefs

Related terms

other related male lower abdomen undergarment terms

• athletic supporter
• boxers
• boxer shorts
• gonch
• jockstrap
• jockeys

• jockey shorts
• jocks
• long johns
• scants
• underwear
• underpants
• undies

Translations

male underwear

• Arabic: سِرْوَال اَلسُّنَة‎‎ m (sirwāl as-suna)

  Egyptian Arabic: كلوت‎‎ m (kulut), سلب‎‎ m (sleb), لباس‎‎ m (lebaas), أندر‎‎ m (ʔandar)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: （男式）短內褲, （男式）短内裤 (duǎn nèikù), （男式）三角褲 (zh), （男式）三角裤 (zh) (sānjiǎokù), （男式）內褲 (zh), （男式）内裤 (zh) (nèikù)

• Czech: slipy m pl (male underwear)
• Dutch: slip (nl)
• Esperanto: kalsoneto
• Finnish: pikkuhousut (fi), alushousut (fi)
• French: (Europe) slip (fr) m, (Quebec) bobettes (fr) f pl
• German: Unterhose (de) f

• Hungarian: alsónadrág (hu)
• Italian: slip (it) m pl
• Japanese: ブリーフ (burīfu)
• Luxembourgish: Slip m
• Polish: majtki (pl) pl, slipy (pl) pl, gacie (pl) f pl (colloquial), gatki (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: cueca (pt) f
• Russian: трусы́ (ru) m pl (trusý), бри́фы m pl (brífy)
• Spanish: slip (es), trusa f
• Welsh: trôns m, trônsiau m pl

Verb

briefs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brief

Anagrams

• FBIers, fibers, fibres