jeans

See also: Jeans

English

Etymology

Originally a shortened form of jean fustian (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English Gene (“Genoa; Genovese”) + fustian (“strong cotton fabric”). The -s was added to jean under influence from the cognate (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French Jannes (modern French Gênes).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jēnz, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːnz/
• Rhymes: -iːnz
• Homophone: genes

Noun

1. A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
   • 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

     Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.

   Traditionally most jeans are dyed dark blue.

jeans

1. plural of jean

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:trousers

Derived terms

• blue jeans
• cream in one's jeans

Related terms

• Genoese, Genovese

Translations

plural of jean — see jean

denim trousers

• Albanian: jeans m, xhins (sq) m
• Amharic: ጂንስ (ǧins)
• Arabic: جِينْز m (jīnz)

  Egyptian Arabic: جينز m (jīnz), جينس m (jens)

• Armenian: ջինս (hy) (ǰins)
• Azerbaijani: cins şalvar, cins (az)
• Belarusian: джы́нсы m pl (džýnsy)
• Bengali: জিনস (jins)
• Bulgarian: джи́нси m pl (džínsi)
• Burmese: ဂျင်းဘောင်းဘီ (gyang:bhaung:bhi)
• Catalan: texans (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牛仔褲／牛仔裤 (ngau⁴ zai² fu³), 牛仔裤 (ngau⁴ zai² fu³)

  Hakka: 牛仔褲／牛仔裤, 牛仔裤 (ngiù-chṳ́-fu)

  Mandarin: 牛仔褲／牛仔裤 (zh), 牛仔裤 (zh) (niúzǎikù)

  Min Dong: 牛囝褲／牛囝裤 (ngù-giāng-kó), 牛囝裤 (ngù-giāng-kó)

  Min Nan: 牛仔褲／牛仔裤 (zh-min-nan), 牛仔裤 (gû-á-khò͘), 拍鐵仔褲／拍铁仔裤 (zh-min-nan), 拍铁仔裤 (phah-thih-á-khò͘)

  Wu: 牛仔褲／牛仔裤 (⁶gnieu-tse-khu), 牛仔裤 (nyieu tse khu)

• Czech: džíny (cs) f pl
• Danish: cowboybukser, jeans (da) pl
• Dutch: jeansbroek (nl) m or f, jeans (nl), spijkerbroek (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: ĝinzo
• Estonian: teksad pl, teksased pl, teksapüksid (et)
• Finnish: farmarihousut pl, farkut (fi) pl
• French: jeans (fr) m pl
• Georgian: ჯინსი (ǯinsi)
• German: Niethose f, Jeans (de) f, Jeanshose (de) f
• Greek: τζιν (el) n (tzin)
• Haitian Creole: abako
• Hebrew: גִּ׳ינְס m (jins)
• Hindi: जीन्स f (jīns)
• Hungarian: farmer (hu), farmernadrág (hu)
• Icelandic: gallabuxur f pl
• Indonesian: jins
• Irish: jíons m, brístí géine m
• Italian: jeans (it) m pl
• Japanese: ジーンズ (jīnzu), ジーパン (jīpan)
• Kazakh: джинс (djins)
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• Khmer: ខោខូវ (khao khəw), ខោខោវប៊យ (khao khaowbɔɔy), ខោខូវប៊ (khao khəwbɔɔ)
• Korean: 청바지 (ko) (cheongbaji), 진 (ko) (jin)
• Kyrgyz: джинсы (djinsı)
• Lao: ໂສ້ງຄາບອຍ (sōng khāp ʼa nya)
• Latvian: džinsi pl
• Lithuanian: džinsai pl
• Macedonian: фармерки f pl (farmerki)
• Malay: jean
• Maori: tarau tāngari
• Marathi: जीन्स (jīnsa)
• Mongolian: жийнс (mn) (žiins), жинсэн өмд (žinsen ömd)
• Norwegian: jeans (no) m, olabukse m or f
• Persian: جین (fa) (jin), لی (fa) (li)
• Polish: dżinsy (pl) pl, jeansy (pl) f pl, teksasy (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: jeans m pl or m, calça-jeans f
• Romanian: blugi (ro) pl
• Russian: джи́нсы (ru) m pl (džínsy)
• Scottish Gaelic: dìnichean f pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фармерке pl, краварке pl, фармерице pl

  Roman: farmerke (sh) pl, kravarke pl, farmerice (sh) pl

• Slovak: rifle (sk) m pl, džínsy f pl
• Slovene: kavbojke f pl
• Spanish: bluejeans m pl (Latin America), bluyín (es) m (Latin America, colloquial), jeans m pl (Latin America), mahones m pl (Puerto Rico), pantalones de mezclilla m pl (Mexico), pitusas f pl (Cuba), tejanos (es) m pl (Northeastern Spain), vaqueros (es) m pl (Spain standard usage)
• Swedish: jeans (sv) pl
• Tajik: ҷинс (tg) (jins)
• Thai: ยีนส์ (yiin), ยีน (th) (yiin), กางเกงยีน (gaang-geeng yiin)
• Tibetan: འཇིན ('jin), རས་བྱིང (ras bying)
• Turkish: kot (tr), kot pantolon, blucin (tr)
• Ukrainian: джи́нси (uk) m pl (džýnsy)
• Urdu: جینس f (jīns)
• Uzbek: jinsi
• Vietnamese: jeans (vi), quần jeans, quần bò
• Welsh: jîns
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Yami: abtan
• Yiddish: דזשינס (dzhins)

See also

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Anagrams

• Janes, janes

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• jean (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English jeans.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

jeans f (plural jeans, diminutive jeansje n)

1. A pair of jeans (denim trousers)
2. (by extension) Any denim garment
3. (invariable) The cotton fabric denim

Synonyms

• (trousers): jeansbroek m, spijkerbroek m

Derived terms

• jeanstint

Related terms

• blue jeans
• Genuees m & adjective

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

jeans m

1. plural of jean

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English jeans.

Noun

jeans m pl

1. (Jersey) jeans

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English jeans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒĩs/

Noun

jeans m (uncountable)

1. denim (type of textile)

   O jeans é frequentemente tingido de anil.

   Denim is often dyed indigo.

Noun

jeans m pl or m (sometimes plural only, in variation, invariable)

1. jeans (denim trousers)

   Vista seus jeans.

   Wear your jeans.

Adjective

jeans (invariable, comparable, comparative no)

1. made of denim

   saia jeans ― denim skirt

   Comprei uma jaqueta jeans.

   I bought a denim jacket.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

•  

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝins/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩns]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝins/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩns]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃins/ [ˈʃĩns]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒins/ [ˈʒĩns]

Noun

jeans m (plural jeans)

1. jeans (trousers)

Usage notes

Spelling proscribed as an anglicism; the spelling yin or yines is preferred.

Synonyms

• pantalones vaqueros