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English

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Pants (US, Canada, Australia, etc.)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    Etymology tree
    Ancient Greekπᾶς(pâs)
    Ancient Greekἔλεος(éleos)
    Proto-Indo-European*-eti
    Proto-Indo-European*-eyéti
    Proto-Indo-European*-esyéti
    Proto-Indo-European*-éh₁ti
    Proto-Indo-European*-yeti
    Proto-Indo-European*-éh₁yeti
    Proto-Indo-European*-yeti
    Proto-Indo-European*-éyeti
    Ancient Greek-έω(-éō)
    Ancient Greekἐλεέω(eleéō)
    Proto-Indo-European*-mṓ
    Ancient Greek-μων(-mōn)
    Ancient Greekἐλεήμων(eleḗmōn)
    Ancient GreekΠαντελεήμων(Panteleḗmōn)bor.
    Englishpantaloon
    Englishpantaloons
    Englishpants

    Shortened frompantaloons(“trousers”): borrowed fromFrenchpantalon, itself derived fromItalianPantalone, one of the principal characters found incommedia dell'arte, who wore tight trousers.Doublet ofpantsu. The verb is from the noun.[1]

    Noun

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    Pants (United Kingdom)

    pants pl (plural only,attributivepant)

    2. (chiefly Canada,US, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines, Singapore, Northern England) An outergarment that covers the body from thewaist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as theankles;trousers.[from 19th c.]
      • 1933,Kenneth Roberts,Rabble in Arms, published1996,page220:
        “But they cover the legs,” Joseph explained. “That is the only reason my people wearpants: to cover the legs in the winter, or when traveling through rough country, full of thorns. In warm weather, or in open country,pants are unnecessary, uncomfortable, and foolish.”
      • 1970 June, traditional, “The Blackleg Miner” (track 4), inHark! The Village Wait‎[1], performed bySteeleye Span:
        It's in the evening after dark when the blackleg miner creeps to work. With his moleskinpants and his dirty shirt, there goes the blackleg miner.
      • 1989,Bryce Courtenay,The Power of One, Penguin, published2006,page427:
        Then he gave me a last desperate push and I tripped over the shorts caught around my ankles and fell down. I tried to pull mypants up with my boxing gloves but without success.[…]In those days nobody wore underpants and I was bare-arsed and fancy free in front of everyone.
      • 2010, Ronald C. Eng, editor,Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, 8th edition, US: The Mountaineers Books,page24:
        Look forpants with reinforced seats and knees and full-length side zippers that make it possible to put thepants on while you are wearing boots, crampons, skis, or snowshoes.
      • 2005,Octavia E. Butler,Fledgling,page12:
        I rolled up the legs of thepants, then I went back into the trees.
      • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[2]:
        The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearingpants when he gallivants about in front of windows, throw out his impressive collection of rotting Jack-O-Lanterns from previous Halloweens and take out his garbage, as it’s attracting wildlife (cue moose and Northern Exposure theme song).
      • 2014 January 13, “Blackburn man hid machete down his trousers”, inThe Lancashire Telegraph‎[3]:
        Taylor was seen nearby and had a three foot machete down hispants.
    3. (chiefly UK) Anundergarment that covers thegenitals and often thebuttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body;underpants.[from 19th c.]
      • 1939,Raymond Chandler,The Big Sleep, Penguin, published2011, page39:
        I decided to pass up her underclothes, not from feelings of delicacy, but because I couldn't see myself putting herpants on and snapping her brassière.
      • 1976,Nathan H. Azrin, Richard M. Foxx,Toilet Training in Less Than a Day, published1988,page127:
        Big girls get candy for drypants.
      • 1984,Martin Amis,Money, Vintage, published2005, page183:
        As she bent over the intercom the little skirt went peek-a-boo and you could see whitepants cupping her buttocks like a bra.
    4. (UK, slang)Rubbish; somethingworthless.
      You're talkingpants!
      The film was a load [or pile] ofpants.
    Synonyms
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    Hyponyms
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    long pants
    short pants or underwear
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    Translations
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    garment covering the body from the waist downwards
    undergarment covering the genitals

    Adjective

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    pants (comparativemorepants,superlativemostpants)

    1. (British, slang) Ofinferiorquality,rubbish.
      Your mobile ispants — why don’t you get one like mine?
      • 2015, T. R. Richmond,What She Left‎[4],Penguin Books, page39:
        'Is that what you're going to do when you graduate?' he asked. 'Be a photographer?'
        'I wish, but I'mpants at the technical stuff. ...'
      • 2019, Game Freak,Pokémon Sword and Shield, spoken by Hop:
        "Lee? How'd you manage to find your way here? You'repants with directions. You always get lost."
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    of inferior quality

    Verb

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    pants (third-person singular simple presentpantses,present participlepantsing,simple past and past participlepantsed)

    1. Topull someone’s pants down; to forcibly remove someone’s pants.
      • 1948,Carolina Quarterly, University of California, page47:
        Keith Gerber has beenpantsed twice already this summer by Lannie and Cling, and so his face is more resolved, the fear tempered by the fact that he understands these things to be inevitable.
      • 1980,William Hogan (author),The Quartzsite Trip, Atheneum, page242:
        [T]he other boys, Stretch Latham and Rod Becker mainly,pantsed him, got his jockey shorts away and threw them onto Hubcap Willie’s roof.
      • 1993,Harold Augenbraum, Ilan Stavans,Growing Up Latino: Memoirs and Stories, page174:
        Richard did not stand too close to him, because he was always trying topants him, and he would have died of shame if he did it tonight, because he knew his BVDs were dirty at the trap door.
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    Translations
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    pull someone’s pants down

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    pants

    1. plural ofpant

    Etymology 3

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    Verb

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    pants

    1. third-personsingular simplepresentindicative ofpant

    References

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    1. ^“pants,v.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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    Noun

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    pants m (1st declension)

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

    Declension

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    Declension ofpants (1st declension)
    singularplural
    nominativepantspanti
    genitivepantapantu
    dativepantampantiem
    accusativepantupantus
    instrumentalpantupantiem
    locativepantāpantos
    vocativepantpanti

    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromEnglishtrack pants.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    pants m pl (plural only)

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

    Swedish

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    Noun

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    pants

    1. indefinitegenitivesingular ofpant
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