English Online Dictionary. What means shorts? What does shorts mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ts
Noun
shorts
- plural of short
Noun
shorts pl (plural only)
- Pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees.
- (dated) Underpants.
- (uncountable) Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
- The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard.
- Short, inferior hemp.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- short pants
- undershorts
Verb
shorts
- third-person singular simple present indicative of short
Anagrams
- Horsts, Stohrs, horsts
French
Noun
shorts m
- plural of short
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English shorts.
Noun
shorts m (definite singular shortsen, indefinite plural shorts or shortser, definite plural shortsene)
- shorts (trousers with short legs, no longer than to the knees).
Synonyms
- kortbukse
References
- “shorts” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English shorts.
Noun
shorts m (definite singular shortsen, indefinite plural shorts or shortsar, definite plural shortsane)
- shorts (as above)
Synonyms
- kortbukse
References
- “shorts” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English shorts.
Pronunciation
Noun
shorts m pl (plural only)
- Alternative form of short
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃoɾds/ [ˈʃoɾð̞s]
- Rhymes: -oɾds
Noun
shorts m pl (plural only)
- shorts
- plural of short
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English shorts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɧoːʈʂ/, (rare) /ʃoːʈʂ/
Noun
shorts pl
- shorts (garment)
Usage notes
Of athletic or casual shorts. Compare kortbyxor.
Declension
Derived terms
- badshorts (“swim shorts”)
- bermudashorts (“Bermuda shorts”)
- boxershorts (“boxer shorts”)
- fotbollsshorts (“football shorts, soccer shorts”)
- jeansshorts
See also
- kortbyxor
References
- shorts in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- shorts in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- shorts in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)