briefs

See also: Briefs

§English

Wikipedia

A man wearing briefs

§Noun

briefs

1. plural form of brief
2. (plural only) A short type of underpants worn by men or boys.

§Usage notes

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

§Related terms

other related male bottom end undergarment terms

athletic supporter boxers boxer briefs boxer shorts gonch jockstrap jockeys

jocks long johns scants underwear underpants undies

§Translations

male underwear

• Arabic: سروال السنة m (sirwaal 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, （男式）三角裤 (zh) (sānjiǎokù), （男式）內褲, （男式）内裤 (zh) (nèikù)

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

• German: Unterhose (de) f
• Italian: slip (it) m pl
• Japanese: ブリーフ (burīfu)
• Luxembourgish: Slip m
• Polish: majtki (pl) pl, slipy (pl) pl
• Portuguese: cueca (pt) f
• Russian: трусы (ru) m pl (trusý), брифы m pl (brífy)
• Spanish: slip (es)

§Verb

briefs

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

§Anagrams

• fibers
• fibres