Dictionary

dungarees en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌdʌŋ.ɡəˈɹiːz/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From dungaree + -s, from Hindi डूंगरी (ḍūṅgrī, “coarse calico”), from the name of a village.

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only) Heavy denim pants or trousers, usually with bib and braces, worn especially as work clothing.
   • Helen donned a pair of faded dungarees and grabbed her knapsack before rushing off to school.
   • I’d arrived at Heaven nightclub, underneath the Charing Cross railway arches, on a hot Sunday afternoon to find my friends had already gone in – you didn’t risk hanging back and missing your chance – so I joined the queue of kids dressed in the acid house uniform of Day-Glo dungarees and smiley T-shirts. 2018 July 1, Sharon Walker, “Thirty years since the second summer of love”, in The Guardian:
   • Next came a domeshaped sukhpal (palanquin), its silver plated pole being borne by eight sturdy troopers wearing red flowing kurtas, silk kamarbunds, and silk dungarees. 1976, Tapan Ghosh, The Adventures of Shivaji, page 140:

Forms

Synonyms

overalls

Translations (29)

ca mico (heavy denim pants or overalls) · da smækbukser (heavy denim pants or overalls) · fi lappuhaalari (heavy denim pants or overalls) · hu kertésznadrág (heavy denim pants or overalls) · pl ogrodniczki (heavy denim pants or overalls) · fi työhousut (heavy denim pants or overalls) · hu overal (heavy denim pants or overalls) · sv snickarbyxor (heavy denim pants or overalls) · fr salopette (heavy denim pants or overalls) · ro salopetă de stambă (heavy denim pants or overalls) · es overol (heavy denim pants or overalls) · es mono (heavy denim pants or overalls) · bg рабо́тен пантало́н (heavy denim pants or overalls) · es pantalón de peto (heavy denim pants or overalls) · de Latzhose (heavy denim pants or overalls) · ru рабо́чие брю́ки (heavy denim pants or overalls) · pt macacão (heavy denim pants or overalls) · es mameluco (heavy denim pants or overalls) · es braga (heavy denim pants or overalls) · cs montérky (heavy denim pants or overalls) · mi tāngari (heavy denim pants or overalls) · nl tuinbroek (heavy denim pants or overalls) · it tuta (heavy denim pants or overalls) · nl grove kleren (heavy denim pants or overalls) · gd briogais-biob (heavy denim pants or overalls) · es jardinera (heavy denim pants or overalls) · fi haalarihousut (heavy denim pants or overalls) · mi tarau tāngari (heavy denim pants or overalls) · nl salopette (heavy denim pants or overalls)