dungarees

English

WOTD – 23 June 2009

Dungaree is typically associated with working clothes, here seen on female mechanics working on a Texan trainer during the Second World War.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi डूंगरी (ḍūṅgrī, “coarse calico”), from the name of a village.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdʌŋ.ɡəˈɹiːz/

Noun

1. Heavy denim pants or trousers, usually with bib and braces, worn especially as work clothing.

   Helen donned a pair of faded dungarees and grabbed her knapsack before rushing off to school.

Related terms

• dungaree

Translations

heavy denim pants or overalls

• Catalan: mico (ca)
• Czech: montérky f pl (bib overalls)
• Dutch: tuinbroek (nl), grove kleren
• Finnish: haalarihousut (fi), haalarit (fi)
• French: salopette (fr) f
• German: Latzhose (de) f (bib overalls)
• Italian: tuta (it)
• Maori: tāngari, tarau tāngari
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• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} dongeribukse m or f (pants):
• Portuguese: macacão (pt)
• Romanian: salopetă de stambă
• Russian: рабо́чие брю́ки f pl (rabóčije brjúki)
• Scottish Gaelic: briogais-biob f (bib overalls)
• Spanish: (Venezuela) braga (es) f, (Chile) jardinera f, (Argentina) mameluco m, (Spain) pantalón de peto m, mono (es)
• Swedish: snickarbyxor

Anagrams

• Gendreaus, underages, ungreased