trousers

Meaning

An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.

Synonyms

pants

pantaloons

breeches

pants

slacks

drawers

leggings

shorts

🩳

long pants

unmentionables

pantaloon

panties

articles

shirt

👕

smallclothes

stocking

stove-pipe

strides

fold back

pants term

man’s loincloth

Alan Whickers

chuddies

cajones

pyjamas

bell-bottoms

bloomer

breech

britches

clothing

inexpressible

knickerbockers

knickers

paints

Translations

pantalon

Hose

pantalón

pantaloni

broek

pantalones

calças

calzoni

pantalon

pantalons

lange broek

bracae

culotte

Beinkleid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹaʊzəz/

Etymology

Attested since the 1610s, from the earlier form trouzes (attested since the 1580s), extended from trouse (1570s), with plural ending typical of things in pairs, from Middle Irish triubus (“close-fitting shorts”), from Old Irish tribus, of uncertain origin. The unexplained intrusive second -r- is perhaps due to the influence of drawers. Doublet of trews (“trousers”).
Old Irish tribus is probably a borrowing of Anglo-Norman tribuz, trebuz, from Old French trebus, from Old Occitan trebucs, trabucs, from Late Latin trabrugi, tribuces, tubruci (“leg-coverings”), from an early Germanic language, likely Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌺𐍃 (*þiuhbrōks), from Proto-Germanic *þeuhabrōks (“loincloth, trousers”), from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą (“thigh”) + *brōks (“leggings, trousers”), thus making it by surface analysis, thigh + breeches. Cognate with Old High German diohbruoh (“loincloth, trousers”), whence obsolete German Diechbruch (“short legwear, knee breeches, loincloth”).

Sentences

Jeans are the only kind of trousers I have in my wardrobe .