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Definition: Pyjamas |
PyjamasNoun1. Lightweight trousers worn in various Eastern countries. 2. Loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pyjamas" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Synonyms: PyjamasSynonyms: jammies (n), pajamas (n), pj's (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word "pyjama" came originally from the Hindi word pajama, derived from the Persian words for "leg garment".
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pyjamas."
Crosswords: Pyjamas |
| Non-English Usage: "Pyjamas" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (pyjamas), French (pair of pyjamas, pyjamas), Swedish (night suit, pajamas, pyjamas). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Äventyr i pyjamas (1935) Pyjamas Preferred (1932) Bananas in Pyjamas (1992) | |
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Books | |
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| "Pyjamas" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 98.47% of the time. "Pyjamas" is used about 393 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 98.47% | 387 | 14,277 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.53% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 393 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pyjamas": baby doll pyjamas ♦ lounging pyjamas ♦ pair of pyjamas ♦ think one is the cat's pyjamas. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pyjamas": pyjamas-on. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pyjamas | 80 | satin pyjamas | 4 |
banana in pyjamas | 51 | party pyjamas | 4 |
manufacturing pyjamas | 17 | the cat pyjamas | 4 |
producer pyjamas | 17 | banana in picture pyjamas | 2 |
pyjamas manufacturer | 17 | pants pyjamas | 2 |
pyjamas exporter | 12 | girl in pic pyjamas | 2 |
purple pyjamas | 10 | lady pyjamas | 2 |
in ninjas pyjamas | 6 | child pyjamas | 2 |
silk pyjamas | 5 | girl in pyjamas | 2 |
banana pyjamas | 5 | harry potter pyjamas | 2 |
man pyjamas | 4 | peter alexander pyjamas | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "pyjamas"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pizhama (pajamas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منامة بيجامة (pajamas), منامة (pajamas), بيجامة, بجامة داخلية, بجامة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шалвари (trousers), пижама (pajamas, slumbersuit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | pijama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 睡衣 (pajama, Pajamas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pyžamo (pajamas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pyjamas (pyjama, sleaping suit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pyjama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | piĵamo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیژامه(pajamas=)(پای جامه), لباس خواب مردانه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyjama (pajamas), yöpuku (night-dress, pajamas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pyjama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | piama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schlafanzug (nightgown, pajamas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πιτζάμα (pajamas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פי''מ" (pajamas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pizsama (night suit, pajamas, slumber suit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | pitseÚmaí. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pigiama (pajamas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | パクパク人形 (late-night phone call, Pacific, Pacific League, packet, pagoda, pajamas, Pascal, pass, path, puppet with a moving mouth, state of being dried out), 寝"着 (nightclothes, nightdress, nightgown, sleep-wear), 寝巻き (nightclothes, nightdress, nightgown, sleep-wear), 寝巻 (nightclothes, nightdress, nightgown, sleep-wear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | パジャマ (pajamas), ねまき (nightclothes, nightdress, nightgown, sleep-wear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | pyjamaghyn, cullee chadlee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | pidjama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yjamaspay pijama (night-suit, pajamas, slumber-suit). (various references) pijama (night suit, pajamas, slumber-suit). (various references) pigiama. (various references) пижама (night suit, night-suit, pajama, pajamas, slumbersuit, slumber-suit). (various references) dipejama. (various references) pidžama (night suit, pajamas, slumbersuit). (various references) pijama (night suit, pair of pyjamas, pajama, pajamas). (various references) panjama. (various references) pyjamas (night suit, pajamas). (various references) เสื้อกางเกงชุ"นอนเข้าชุ"กัน. (various references) pijama (pajamas, sleeper, sleeping suit). (various references) піжама (night suit, pajamas, sleep wear, sleeper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-j-m-p-s-y" | |
-2 letters: mayas. | |
-3 letters: amas, amps, jams, jays, maps, maya, mays, pams, pays, pyas, samp, spam, spay, yams, yaps. | |
-4 letters: aas, ama, amp, asp, ays, jam, jay, map, mas, may, pam, pas, pay, pya, sap, say, spa, spy, yam, yap. | |
-5 letters: aa, am, as, ay, ma, my, pa, ya. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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