pants

English Online Dictionary. What means pants‎? What does pants mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /pænts/
• Rhymes: -ænts

Etymology 1

Shortened from pantaloons (“trousers”): borrowed from French pantalon, itself derived from Italian Pantalone, one of the principal characters found in commedia dell'arte, who wore tight trousers. Doublet of pantsu. The verb is from the noun.

Noun

pants pl (plural only, attributive pant)

2. (chiefly Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines, Singapore, Northern England) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]
3. (chiefly UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]
4. (UK, slang) Rubbish; something worthless.

Synonyms

• (outer garment): breeks, britches, hosen, slacks, strides, trousers
• (undergarment): see Thesaurus:underwear

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: パンツ (pantsu)
  • → English: pantsu
  • → Mandarin: 胖次 (pàngcì)
  • → Korean: 빤스 (ppanseu)

Translations

Adjective

pants (comparative more pants, superlative most pants)

1. (British, slang) Of inferior quality, rubbish.

Translations

Verb

pants (third-person singular simple present pantses, present participle pantsing, simple past and past participle pantsed)

1. To pull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.

Synonyms

• (pull someone’s pants down): depants, de-pants, debag, (British) keg, (Australian) dack, (Canada) sag

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

pants

1. plural of pant

Etymology 3

Verb

pants

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pant

References

Further reading

• pants on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pantsing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• NAPTs, snapt

Latvian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

pants m (1st declension)

1. verse, stanza (section of poem or song lyric)
2. (law) paragraph, article, clause (section of legal document)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English track pants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpants/ [ˈpãn̪t̪s]
• Rhymes: -ants
• Syllabification: pants

Noun

pants m pl (plural only)

1. (Mexico) joggers (athletic trousers); sweatpants
2. (Mexico) tracksuit

Swedish

Noun

pants

1. indefinite genitive singular of pant