spijkerbroek

Betekenis (Engels)

a pair of jeans

Sinonieme

jeans

jeansbroek

Vertalings

jeans

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Jeans

τζιν

jeans

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jeans

tejanos

Jeanshose

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bluyín

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jeans

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vaqueros

blue-jean

jean

texans

kot

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈspɛi̯kərˌbruk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Compound of spijker (“nail (metal fastener)”) + broek (“trousers, pants”). Named after the use of rivets in jeans, which were thought to resemble the heads of nails. Cf. Afrikaans klinknaelbroek (literally “rivet trousers”).