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jeans
CEFRA1
/d͡ʒiːnz/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.
Examples
I ripped my jeans on the fence.
It is easy to work in jeans.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningA pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
More examples
In contextMeg was the only girl that was wearing jeans.
Traditionally most jeans are dyed dark blue.
As a general thing, they were dressed in homespun “jeans,” blue or yellow—there were no other varieties of it; all wore one suspender and sometimes two—yarn ones knitted at home,—some wore vests, but few wore coats.
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Origin
noun
From Gene(s) (also spelled Jean(s)), an obsolete English name for the Italian city of Genoa. Compare French Gênes. In the context of clothing, the term originally denoted a kind of coarse cotton (known more fully as Gene(s) fustian) that was associated with Genoa. It began to be used for trousers made of such cloth in the 19th century. At this point, the final -s was reanalysed as a plural ending.