pantaloons en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs) Ancient Greek ἔλεος (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 Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) Ancient Greek Παντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)der. Italian Pantalonebor. French pantalonbor. English pantaloon English pantaloons From pantaloon.
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of pantaloon
form of pantaloon
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(plural, plural-only) An article of clothing covering each leg separately, that covers the area from the waist to the ankle.
But the truth was, her pantaloons came down to her ankles, and when she got the leg of one caught in a twig, she nearly fainted[.]
1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 19:
Deriveds
troons · pantyhose · panties · pants · panty · the pantaloons off
Relateds
Translations (11)
ca pantalons (an article of clothing covering each leg separately) · cs hatě (an article of clothing covering each leg separately) · pl pantalony (an article of clothing covering each leg separately) · ca calces (an article of clothing covering each leg separately) · scn càusi (an article of clothing covering each leg separately) · cs dlouhé kalhoty (an article of clothing covering each leg separately) · gl calzas (an article of clothing covering each leg separately) · gv troosyn çhionn (an article of clothing covering each leg separately) · el παντελόνι (an article of clothing covering each leg separately) · gl pantalóns (an article of clothing covering each leg separately) · ms pantelon (an article of clothing covering each leg separately)