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Definition: Pants |
PantsNoun1. (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers". 2. (usually in the plural) underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pants" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | Trousers' Country Cousins. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Slang | Noun, exclamation. Source: Derived from the term pants as a reference to underwear. Definition: Nonsense or rubbish,an exclamation of annoyance or frustration. Context: Used to describe an experience, place, or thing . Social Source: British Students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In Canadian and American English, the term pants refers to a long outer garment worn over the hips and legs, which in British English are called trousers (see that article).
In British English, the term pants refers to men's underpants. It is a catch-all term that can denote anything from thongs to boxer shorts, but all have the common feature that they are worn under trousers.
The word "pants" has acquired humorous connotations in the last few decades, largely among younger people. Many stand-up comedians have used the word as a lightly pejorative term. There is a tendency to use it as an adjective. This usage came to wider attention when it came to light that the then Prime Minister John Major tucked his shirt into his underpants.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pants."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Trousers (or "pants" in American English) are an item of clothing worn on the lower part of the body and covering both legs separately (rather than together as in a Skirt and dress. Trousers are worn at the hips or waist, and may be held up by their own fastenings, a belt, or suspenders. Leggings are form-fitting trousers of a clingy material, usually a knit. Trousers, together with a shirt, are the standard clothing for men in many or most parts of the world.Trousers may be characterized by:
Trousers were introduced into European society at several points in history, but gained their current predominance only in the 16th century.
- length: They can cover the body from the waist all the way down to the top of the foot, or stop almost anywhere from upper thigh to ankle. The most common short pants, known as shorts, are usually informal wear and stop anywhere from the upper thigh to the knee. Capris are women's pants that end mid-calf or just below the calf. [1]. Children who have grown such that the trouser legs are not long enough are pejoratively said to be wearing "floods" (a reference to hiked pants to keep them dry in flood times).
- some trousers have detachable legs, usually with zippers
- pockets: There may be front pockets (usually inset) and back pockets (usually patch).
- cuffs may or may not be present
- pleats: vertical folds in the front for a looser fit
- waist band may be elasticized
- fly: This allows easier dressing and for men urination without undressing. The fly may further be distinguished by the closure mechanism: zipper or buttons. There may not be a fly.
- leg shape: The bottom may be flared for "bell bottoms". The trouser legs may be straight, or tapered to be snug around the ankles
- beltloops may or may not be present to support a belt which may be used to adjust the tightness in the waist, and for decoration. Men can use suspenders (called braces in British English) to support trousers that are loose in the waist.
Based on a dubious interpretation of Deuteronomy 22:5 in the Bible, a small minority of Christians believe that women should not wear trousers, but only skirts and dresses. See more at http://www.spiritualabuse.org/issues/standards/dress/pants.html Some women and many young girls see trousers and shorts as being more practical and comfortable than skirts or dresses for most activities.
It is customary in the western world for men to wear trousers and not skirts or dresses. However, there are exceptions such as the Scottish kilt and the Greek tsolias, which are worn on ceremonial occasions, as well as clothing such as cassocks etc of religious functionaries.
A very common type of strong, informal trousers made of thick blue cloth are blue jeans.
Among certain groups saggy, baggy pants exposing underwear are in fashion, e.g. among skaters, for whom it also provides more freedom of movement.
Cut-offs are homemade shorts made by cutting the legs off trousers,
See also: Breeches, Codpiece, Hakama, Pantaloons, Georgepants, Cross-dresser.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Trousers."
Synonyms: PantsSynonyms: bloomers (n), drawers (n), knickers (n), trousers (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Pants, trousers, trowsers; breeches, pantaloons, inexpressibles, overalls, smalls, small clothes; shintiyan; shorts, jockey shorts, boxer shorts; tights, drawers, panties, unmentionables; knickers, knickerbockers; philibeg, fillibeg; pants suit; culottes; jeans, blue jeans, dungarees, denims. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pants |
| English words defined with "pants": Bermuda shorts, blue jean ♦ Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin ♦ denim ♦ flare, flare out ♦ Geraniaceous ♦ hot pants ♦ incongruously ♦ Jamaica shorts, jean ♦ Panter ♦ seat, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, slacks, sweat suit, sweats, sweatsuit ♦ workout suit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pants": alteration inspector, assorter ♦ BLINDSTITCH-MACHINE OPERATOR, bonding-machine operator, boot boy, bundle tier, bundler ♦ cream one's jeans ♦ dielectric-heat-sealing-machine operator ♦ ELECTRIC-SEALING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ fitter, factory ♦ GARMENT-ALTERATION EXAMINER, Gent's pants, gig-line ♦ heat-seal operator ♦ Incontinence Pads ♦ kicks ♦ outgoing inspector ♦ PANTER, pants closer, PANTS OUTSEAMER, CHAINSTITCH, piecer-up, plastic-welding-machine operator, pull-on ♦ seamer, SEAT JOINER, CHAINSTITCH, ski pants ♦ training suit ♦ WAISTBAND SETTER, LOCKSTITCH, warm-up suit ♦ ZIPPER SETTER, LOCKSTITCH. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What the hell's gotten into you, I got my thingy stuck in my zipper and I got piss all over my pants! (Tommy Boy; writing credit: Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner.) And fifty other lines to get into a girl's pants. (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) I don't have her stuffed down my pants right now, sorry to say, but relax, I'll get her. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) Okay. And your big problem is that you're married to this gorgeous underwear model who thinks the sun rises and sets in your pants, and that's not enough for you (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and Billy Crystal) Heed! Pants! Now (So I Married an Axe Murderer; writing credit: Robbie Fox.) | |
Lyrics | We started making out, and she took off my pants (What's My Age Again?; performing artist: Blink-182) So put your hands down my pants and I'll bet you'll feel nuts (The Bad Touch; performing artist: Bloodhound Gang) Tight pants points hardly reknown (Night Moves; performing artist: BOB SEGER; writing credit: Bob Seger) He's just trying to get your pants off (Feelin' So Good; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez) With his baggy pants and his legs in chains (Stole; performing artist: Kelly Rowland) | |
Clever | Show me a man with both feet on the ground, and I'll show you a man who can't put on his pants. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Black Leather Pants (1972) Hot Pants Holiday (1972) Scare Their Pants Off (1968) So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952) Fancy Pants (1950) | |
Song Titles | Hot Pants (performing artist: James Brown) You Make My Pants Pound (performing artist: Lisa Koch) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Squalus' Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Oliver F. Naquin (center, hatless, wearing khaki pants), with other survivors on board the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane, bound for the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, following their rescue, 25 May 1939. Credit: NAVY. |  | Champ Clark, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, hands in pants pockets. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fisherman oiling waterproof jackets and pants in boat. Christmas Day, Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Viva la huelga! boycott Farah pants. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Pants 1" by Ruud De Jong Commentary: "Photo taken with a Canon Powershot A70." | "Blue shoe" by Peter Hamza Commentary: "Blue shoe and pants worn by an old man." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | When the brisk minor pants for twenty-one. |
Bill Hicks | Supreme Court says pornography is anything without artistic merit that causes sexual thought, that's their definition, essentially. No artistic merit, causes sexual thought. Hmm. Sounds like...every commercial on television, doesn't it? You know, when I see those two twins on that Doublemint commercial? I'm not thinking of gum. I am thinking of chewing, maybe that's the connection they're trying to make. What? You've all seen that Busch beer commercial, where the girl in the short hot pants opens the beer bottle on her belt buckle, leaves it there, and it foams over her hand and over the bottle and the voice over goes, "Get yourself a BUSCH." Hmm. You know what that looks like, nah, no way. |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox | A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The men shucked off their pants, peeled their shirts, and waded out. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Tuck your shirt into your pants. (references) | |
Tuck pant legs into socks or boots and tuck shirt into pants. (references) | ||
When outside, wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and socks. (references) | ||
Business | Trousers or pants suits have been becoming more popular lately. (references) | |
Frilled hems, Capri pants, Turkish trousers, wide leg trousers, drawstring lounge pants, hipsters, low-slung trousers, one-piece trousers. (references) | ||
Trade | Philippines | Labels for pants, skirts, pajamas, shorts, tights, or half-slips, must be affixed at any appropriate place, such as the inside waistband or inner facing of the ply. (references) |
Travel | Uzbekistan | Pants are acceptable if covered by a long top, as is done in Uzbek national dress. (references) |
Uzbekistan | In Tashkent it is acceptable to wear short skirts, tops with bared shoulders, and pants. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Glen Campbell | You got me. I never drank when I was a kid, because if you did, you know, daddy would wear the back side of your pants out. |
Victoria Principal | I come from an era where I had to do it by the seat of my pants, but I've very grateful that I'm having the opportunity to mentor younger women and nurture them and see them explore areas that weren't necessarily open to me. |
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| "Pants" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 94.73% of the time. "Pants" is used about 455 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) | 94.73% | 431 | 13,316 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 5.27% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Total | 100.00% | 455 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pants": baby pants ♦ bikini pants ♦ by the seat of one's pants ♦ dirty one's pants ♦ have ants in one's pants ♦ hot pants ♦ in short pants ♦ knee pants ♦ long pants ♦ make a mess in smb.'s pants ♦ pair of pants ♦ pants suit ♦ peg pants ♦ plastic pants ♦ quilted pants ♦ scare the pants off ♦ short pants ♦ ski pants ♦ stirrup pants ♦ stretch pants ♦ sweat pants ♦ under pants ♦ wear the pants ♦ wet smb.'s pants ♦ with one's pants down. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pants": pants-cacking, pants-down. | |
Ending with "pants": sweat-pants. | |
| 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 |
sponge bob square pants | 1,792 | no pants | 140 |
pants | 1,481 | yoga pants | 132 |
hot pants | 1,130 | wetting pants | 130 |
leather pants | 789 | chef pants | 126 |
tight pants | 705 | dickies pants | 123 |
spongebob square pants | 434 | white pants | 122 |
cargo pants | 377 | linen pants | 122 |
baseball pants | 321 | training pants | 121 |
capri pants | 300 | ufo pants | 112 |
wet pants | 298 | bondage pants | 110 |
sponge bob square pants picture | 286 | dockers pants | 100 |
plastic pants | 285 | scrub pants | 96 |
pants down | 259 | the sisterhood of the traveling pants | 95 |
khaki pants | 247 | softball pants | 93 |
man pants | 228 | peeing pants | 84 |
dress pants | 187 | sexy pants | 84 |
womens pants | 184 | fleece pants | 82 |
pee pants | 149 | convertible pants | 79 |
sweat pants | 149 | pants picture spongebob square | 78 |
rubber pants | 142 | girl in tight pants | 75 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "pants"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pantallona (pantaloons, trousers). (various references) | |
Arabic | سروال تحتي قصير للنساء, سروال صفير, سروال (dungarees, pantaloon, slacks, trousers), بنطلون (bag, breech, peg-pant, slacks, trousers). (various references) | |
Asturian | calzón. (various references) | |
Bemba | itoloshi. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | ippotsíísoohsa'tsis. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гащи, панталони (breeches, inexpressibles, pantaloons, trousers, unmentionables). (various references) | |
Catalan | pantalons (trousers). (various references) | |
Cebuano | karsones. (various references) | |
Chamorro | katsunes. (various references) | |
Chinese | 褲子 (trousers), 褲 (drawers, trousers), 裤子. (various references) | |
Czech | pánské spodky, kalhoty (pantaloons, trousers, unmentionables). (various references) | |
Danish | bukser (trousers). (various references) | |
Dutch | pantalon (trousers), lange broek (trousers), broek (marsh, short pants, shorts, swamp, trousers). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | huara. (various references) | |
Esperanto | pantalono (trousers). (various references) | |
Faeroese | buksur (trousers). (various references) | |
Farsi | تنکه(ز.ع.), زیرشلواری (Drawer, Underdrawers, Underpants), شلوار (Britches, Gaskin, Pantaloon). (various references) | |
Finnish | housut (breeches, drawers, knickers, panties, shorts, trousers, underpants). (various references) | |
French | pantalon (pantaloon). (various references) | |
Frisian | broek. (various references) | |
German | Hose (breeches, hose, pantaloon, slacks, trouser, trousers), Unterhose (a pair of underpants, briefs, drawers, panties, underpants, undershorts). (various references) | |
Greek | παντελόνι (breeches, pantaloons, trousers). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | pantallona (trousers). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכנסיים (breeches, trousers). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nadrág (breeches, britches, drainpipes, inexpressibles, nether garments, pair of trousers, slacks, trousers), bugyi (briefs, drawers, knickers, panties), alsónadrág (drawers, pair of drawers, panties, shorts, trunks, underpants, undershorts). (various references) | |
Indonesian | celana panjang (trousers), celana (breeches, trousers). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | qarliik. (various references) | |
Irish | truís (trousers), treabhsar (trousers), bríste (trousers). (various references) | |
Italian | pantaloni (bag, pantaloon, pantaloons, slacks, trousers), mutande (brief, briefs, drawers, knickers, panties, underpants), calzoni (trousers). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 垂れ流し (incontinence, soiling one's pants), ハーバード大学 (50% beam splitter, half, half coat, half made, half mirror, half size camera, half swing, half tone, half volley, halfback, halftime, halfway house, harem, harem pants, harmonica, harmonize, harmony, harp, harpoon, harpsichord, harpy, Harvard University, herb, herb tea, hierarchy, high, high octane gasoline, high quality, high-class, high-end, high-grade, highjack, high-key, high-key tone, high-octane, high-sulfur, highway, highway patrol, hijack, hike, hiker, hiking, hurler derby, hyena, jai-alai, mouth organ, someone of mixed Japanese-foreign race, stylish fellow, three-quarter, top coat, westernized), パイル織 (pile fabric, pilot, pilot boat, pilot farm, pilot lamp, pilot shop, pilot survey, pine, pineapple juice, pirate, pirated edition, pirate's pants, powder, powdery, Pyrex, Pyrex glass, Pyroceram), トルコ帽 (fez, house trailer, sweat pants, sweat shirt, sweatshirt, tolerance, Tolstoy, toreador, toreador pants, tornado, torso, tortilla, trace, tracer, tracing, tracing paper, trade, trade money, trade show, trade union, trademark, trade-off, trader, trading, trading company, trail bike, trailer, trailer bus, trailer house, train, trainer, training, training camp, training pants, training shoes, training wear, training wizard, tray, tread, trekker, tremolo, trench coat, trenching, troubadour, very good), 小便を間漏らす (to wet one's pants), 小便を漏らす (to wet one's pants), 尻当て (lining of pants seat), ズボンが裂ける (the pants rip), シンボル操作 (Conference of Ministers of the Group of Five, diesel, dungarees, G5, gaps between bones or muscles, gene, gene bank, gene engineering, General Infantery, genetic engineering, genius, GI, G-mark, G-men, GNP, Good design mark, government men, gross national product, jeans, jeans jacket, jeans pants, jeep, spaces, symbol manipulation, symmetric, symmetry, sympathetic, symposium), シュタイナー学校 (a shop, chauvinism, chemise, chocolate, Chopin, crying, displaywindow, line drive to the shortstop, liquor, mall, Schiller, Schmidt camera, Schottky diode, serial, serial printer, serialize, series, serious, serious drama, shawl, shock, shock absorber, shock theory, shocker, shocking, shockwave, shop in shop, shopping, shopping bag, shopping bag lady, shopping cart, shopping centre, shopping mall, shoran, shordarvision, shore radar television, short, short bound, short circuit, short cut, short hair, short hole, short iron, short order, short pants, short relief, short short, short skirt, short stay, short story, short time, shortcake, short-circuit appeal, shortening, short-range navigation aid, shorts, short-scale, shortstop, shot, shotgun, shotgun bride, shotgun marriage, shotgun wedding, shoulder, shoulder bag, shoulder pad, shovel, show, show biz, show business, show girl, showboat, showcase, showman, showmanship, showroom, shredder, shrimp, Shroedinger, sleeping bag, snorkel, sound like a steam engine, Steiner school, stem turn in skiing, Sturm und Drang, syllable, Syria, temporary care, trace, weeping), サフラン擬 (knapsack), minor characters, sabot, sabotage, Sabrina pants, sand, sub, sub notebook, sub promenade, sub reader, sub sack, subbank, subculture, subdomain, sub-goal, sub-graph, subhead, subject, subleader, sublet, subliminal ad, submanager, submarine, submarine pitcher, sub-menu, subnet, subnetting, sub-network, sub-pattern, sub-process, subroutine, sub-set, substance, substitute, sub-system, subteen, subtitle, subtrack, subway, supplement, supplier, supply, to be idle, to be truant, to sabotage by slowness, zephyr lily), ガーター編み (African daisy, Gacrux, garbage, garbology, garden, garden party, garden smoker, garlic, garnet, garter stitch, gaucho, gaucho hat, gaucho look, gaucho pants, gauss, Gaussian, Geiger counter, gerbera, girder bridge, girdle, girl, girl friend, girl hunt, Girl Scouts, gown, guard, guard bunker, guard cable, guardian, guardrail, guidance, guide number, guidebook, guideline, guidepost, guile, guy, security guard, spirit, tour guide), アンモニア水 (ammonia water, ammonium, aqueous ammonia, eagle, Easter, easy, easy care, easy going, easy listening music, easy order, easy payment, EC, ether, etherboard, Ethernet, European Community, loose-fitting pants with an elastic or drawcord waist, routine fly ball, unlock, unlucky, unmoral), もし可能ならば (all the way, awfully, bashfully, be restless, completely, desperately, dishevelled, erection, farther, feel fuzzy, feel impatient, feel sad, fidget, flying squirrel, frightfully, gusto, hazy, hesitantly, if possible, impatient, inefficient, irritating, is something that, is that which, Japanese mafia, longer, misty, more, mumble, not quick enough, shaggy, slow, someone full of zest, swelling, tantalizing, tardy, the "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets, to do something the speaker regrets, to squirm, tousled, unkempt, violently, women's work pants, worry about, Yakuza), クロス商い (chloromycetin, chromatography, chromium, chronicle, chrono, chronobiology, chronograph, chronometer, chronoscope, clock, clomiphene, closet, crocus, Cro-Magnon, cropped pants, croquet, cross trade, crossing zone, Kronecker, Kronecker delta). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しりあて (lining of pants seat), ジーンズパンツ (jeans pants), もんぺ (women's work pants), もっこり (erection, the "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets), イージーパンツ (loose-fitting pants with an elastic or drawcord waist), ガウチョパンツ (gaucho pants), サブリナパンツ (Sabrina pants), クロップドパンツ (cropped pants), しょうべんをもらす (to wet one's pants), たれながし (incontinence, soiling one's pants), トレアドルパンツ (toreador pants), トレパン (training pants), トレーパン (training pants), トレーニングパンツ (sweat pants), パイレーツパンツ (pirate's pants), ハーレムパンツ (harem pants), ショートパンツ (short pants, shorts). (various references) | |
Kongo | mbati. (various references) | |
Korean | 바지 (Pant, trousers). (various references) | |
Macedonian | dolen vesh. (various references) | |
Malay | celana (trousers). (various references) | |
Manx | troosyn (knickers, slacks, tights, trews, trouser), breechyn (breeches, breeks, trousers). (various references) | |
Maori | tarau. (various references) | |
Maya | eex. (various references) | |
Mohawk | athahsteren'. (various references) | |
Norwegian | bukser (trousers), benklær (trousers). (various references) | |
Papago | shaliw. (various references) | |
Papiamen | kashon largo (trousers), kashon (trousers), karson largu (trousers), karson largo (trousers), karson (short pants, shorts, trousers). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | antspay.(various references) | |
Polish | spodnie (trousers). (various references) | |
Portuguese | calças (corduroys, galligaskins, knickers, pantaloon, panties, trousers, underpants). (various references) | |
Provencal | eslip. (various references) | |
Romanian | pantaloni (breeches, continuation, nether garments, pair of bags, pantaloon, trousers, unmentionables), nãdragi (bag), indispensabili (drawers, underwear), chiloţi (drawers, knickers, slips, trunks). (various references) | |
Romansch | chautschas. (various references) | |
Romany | pantolyà. (various references) | |
Ruanda | pantalon. (various references) | |
Russian | брюки (nether garments, pantaloons, slacks, trousers, unmentionables). (various references) | |
Samoan | ofuvae. (various references) | |
Scottish | briogais (breeches, trousers). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pantalone (inexpressibles, pantaloons, slacks, trousers). (various references) | |
Shona | bhurukwa. (various references) | |
Sicilian | causi. (various references) | |
Spanish | pantalón (bags, bottom, pair of trousers, trousers). (various references) | |
Sranan | bruku (trousers). (various references) | |
Swazi | lí-bhulúko. (various references) | |
Swedish | byxor (drawers, knickers, plus fours, shorts, slacks, trousers), kalsonger (drawers, underpants), byxa (drawers, hose, knickers, plus fours, shorts, slacks, trousers), benkläder (leggings, trousers). (various references) | |
Tagalog | salawál (trousers). (various references) | |
Turkish | pantolon (a pair of trousers, bags, breeches, pair of bags, pantaloons, trousers), paçalı don (long johns, longs), külot (a pair of drawers, briefs, drawers, panties, panty-, scanties, shorts, slip, step-ins, underpants, undershorts). (various references) | |
Turkmen | jalbar, balak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | труси (loincloth, shorts, skivvy, trunks), кальсони (drawers), брюки. (various references) | |
Yucatec | eex (trousers). (various references) | |
Zulu | ilibhulukwe (trousers), ibhulukwe (trousers). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bracæ, bracis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pants": pantsuit, pantsuited, pantsuits. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "pants": anticipants, dopants, nonparticipants, occupants, participants, sweatpants, underpants. (additional references) | |
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"Pants" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paltz, panats, panis, panos, pante, panths, panti, pantos, pantsi, pantsy, pantys, patna, pentas, pentl, pents, Pentz, pfaltz, phant, Phantd, pontis, ponts, Pyant, yants. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pants" (pronounced pa"nts) |
| 4 | -a" n t s | ants, aunts, chants, grants, implants, plants, transplants. |
| 3 | -n t s | accelerants, accents, accidents, accompaniments, accomplishments, abandonments, abatements, abortifacients, accountants, accounts, accouterments, achievements, adherents, adjustments, adolescents, advancements, advertisements, affronts, agents, agreements, ailments, alignments, allotments, amendments, amounts, amusements, ancients, announcements, antecedents, antidepressants, antioxidants, apartments, applicants, appointments, appoints, arguments, armaments, arraignments, arrangements, aspirants, assailants, assessments, assignments, assistants, astringents, attachments, attendants, ballpoints, basements, battlements, belligerents, blandishments, blueprints, blunts, bombardments, brents, celebrants, cents, checkpoints, circumvents, claimants, clients, coefficients, combatants, commandments, comments, commitments, compartments, complainants, complaints, complements, compliments, components, condiments, confidants, confronts, consents, consonants, constants, constituents, constraints, consultants, contaminants, contents, contestants, continents, contingents, coolants, copayments, cormorants, correspondents, counts, covenants, croissants, Crosscurrents, currents, curtailments, dachshunds, debutantes, decedents, decongestants, defendants, deferments, defoliants, delinquents, dents, deodorants, departments, dependents, deployments, depressants, derailments, descendants, descendents, descents, detergents, determinants, deterrents, developments, deviants, disagreements, disappointments, disappoints, disbursements, discontents, discounts, disinfectants, dispersants, displacements, dissents, dissidents, divestments, docents, documents, eggplants, elements, elephants, embarrassments, emigrants, emplacements, employments, enactments, encampments, encroachments, endorsements, endowments, enforcements, engagements, enhancements, enjoyments, enlargements, enrollments, entanglements, entertainments, enticements, entitlements, entrants, environments, equipments, equivalents, escarpments, establishments, events, experiments, exponents, ferments, figments, filaments, fingerprints, flaunts, flints, fluorescents, fonts, footprints, forints, formants, fragments, frequents, fronts, garments, giants, governments, grandparents, grunts, haunts, hints, hunts, hydrants, immigrants, impairments, impeachments, impediments, implements, impoundments, imprints, improvements, incidents, incitements, incompetents, increments, incumbents, independents, indictments, indigents, inducements, infants, informants, infringements, ingredients, inhabitants, inhalants, innocents, inpatients, installments, instruments, insurgents, intents, invents, investments, involvements, irritants, jaunts, joints, judgements, judgments, laments, lieutenants, ligaments, litigants, lubricants, malcontents, managements, measurements, merchants, migrants, militants, mints, miscreants, misjudgments, misrepresents, misstatements, moments, monuments, mounts, movements, mutants, noncombatants, nonresidents, nutrients, occupants, opponents, ornaments, overpayments, overstatements, oxidants, pageants, paints, parents, parliaments, participants, patents, patients, pavements, payments, peasants, pennants, percents, pheasants, pigments, pinpoints, pints, placements, points, pollutants, portents, postponements, precedents, predicaments, prepayments, presents, presidents, prevents, prints, procurements, pronouncements, propellants, proponents, protestants, punishments, punts, quints, readjustments, reagents, realignments, reassignments, recipients, recounts, redeployments, reenactments, refinements, refreshments, refrigerants, Regents, regiments, registrants, reimbursements, reinforcements, remnants, rents, repayments, replacements, represents, reprints, requirements, resentments, resents, residents, respondents, restatements, restaurants, restraints, retirements, retrenchments, rodents, rudiments, sacraments, saints, savants, scents, sealants, sediments, segments, sentiments, sergeants, serpents, servants, settlements, shipments, solvents, splints, sprints, standpoints, statements, stimulants, stints, storefronts, students, stunts, subcontinents, succulents, supergiants, superintendents, supplements, sweatpants, taints, talents, taunts, temperaments, tenants, tenements, tents, tints, torments, torrents, tournaments, transients, treatments, tyrants, undercurrents, undergarments, underpants, underpayments, vagrants, variants, vents, viewpoints, wants, warrants, waterfronts. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ants, naps, pans, pant, past, pats, snap, span, spat, tans, taps. | |
-2 letters: ant, apt, asp, nap, pan, pas, pat, sap, sat, spa, tan, tap, tas. | |
-3 letters: an, as, at, na, pa, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: paints, pantos, patens, patins, pintas, plants, ptisan. | |
+2 letters: anapest, aptness, arpents, capstan, captans, catnaps, catnips, dopants, dustpan, entraps, haptens, hatpins, nonpast, outspan, pandits, panties, parents, partans, partons, passant, pastern, pastina, pasting, patents, patinas, patines, patness, patrons, pattens, peanuts, peasant, pedants, penates, pentads, petnaps, pianist, pinatas, pissant, pitmans, plaints, planets, platans, platens, postman, ptisans, pulsant, saltpan, sandpit, sapient, spartan, spinate, spirant, standup, stewpan, taipans, tampans, tampons, tarpans, tarpons, teopans, trapans, trepans, tympans, unstrap, upstand. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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