English
A pair of men's briefs
Pronunciation
Noun
briefs
plural of brief
( usually in the plural ) A short close-fitting type of underpants .
Usage notes
Despite being a single item of clothing, briefs —like pants , trousers , underpants , &c.—are considered to come in "pairs" and are counted using the phrase "pair(s) of".
Derived terms
Synonyms
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: 貼身 短內褲 / 贴身 短内裤 ( tiēshēn duǎnnèikù ) , 贴身 短内裤 ( tiēshēn duǎnnèikù )
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
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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 (ru) m pl ( brífy )
Spanish: slip (es) , trusa f
Welsh: trôns m , trônsiau m pl
Verb
briefs
third-person singular simple present indicative of brief
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