pantyhose

See also: panty hose

English

Pantyhose on a woman's legs.

Alternative forms

• pantie hose, pantie-hose, pantihose, panty hose, panty-hose

Etymology

From panty +‎ hose.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpæntɪhəuz/

Noun

pantyhose pl (plural only)

1. (Canada, US) Thin nylon tights worn over the legs, usually tan in color.

   Synonym: (British, always plural) tights

Translations

nylon tights worn about legs — see also tights

• Basque: panti (eu)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 襪褲／袜裤 (mat⁶ fu³)

  Mandarin: 連褲襪／连裤袜 (zh) (liánkùwà)

• Czech: punčocháče (cs) f
• Dutch: panty (nl) m
• Esperanto: kalsonŝtrumpo
• Finnish: sukkahousut (fi) pl
• French: collants (fr) m pl
• German: Feinstrumpfhose (de) f, Strumpfhose (de) f
• Hungarian: harisnyanadrág (hu), harisnya (hu)
• Italian: collant (it) m
• Japanese: パンティストッキング (ja) (panti sutokkingu), タイツ (ja) (taitsu)
• Korean: 팬티 스타킹 (paenti seutaking), 타이츠 (taicheu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: strømpebukse (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: strømpebukse f

• Polish: rajstopy (pl) pl
• Portuguese: meia-calça (pt) f
• Romanian: ciorap-chilot (ro) m
• Russian: колго́тки (ru) f pl (kolgótki)
• Spanish: pantimedias f pl, media (es) f, panti (es) f, pantimedia f
• Swedish: strumpbyxor (sv) c pl
• Turkish: külotlu çorap (tr)

Further reading

• pantyhose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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