Masculine
caleçon
Meaning
boxer shorts, boxer briefs
Concepts
pair of shorts
pair of underpants
knee pants
short pants
Jockey shorts
boxershorts
knee breeches
pair of briefs
pair of drawers
pair of knickers
pair of panties
Synonyms
calcif
leggings
trunks
caleçon long
Translations
mutande
onderbroek
Unterhose
calzoncillos
calçotets
don
ceroulas
σώβρακοFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kal.sɔ̃/
Etymology
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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