Maschile

caleçon

(Inglese)

boxer shorts, boxer briefs

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kal.sɔ̃/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

Borrowed from Italian calzone, with an excrescent schwa (cf. the form calçon, attested in the sixteenth century). Doublet of chausson, an inherited form.

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