trousers

CEFRA1

/ˈtɹaʊzəz/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    Clothing covering each leg separately from the waist down.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.

Examples

  • It looks nice with your trousers.

  • These trousers are a bit tight.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

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In context

  • Those are my trousers.

  • The trousers need to be shortened.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Attested since the 1610s, from the earlier form trouzes (attested since the 1580s), extended from trouse (1570s), with plural ending typical of things in pairs, from Middle Irish triubus (“close-fitting shorts”), from Old Irish tribus, of uncertain origin. The unexplained intrusive second -r- is perhaps due to the influence of drawers. Doublet of trews (“trousers”). Old Irish tribus is probably a borrowing of Anglo-Norman tribuz, trebuz, from Old French trebus, from Old Occitan trebucs, trabucs, from Late Latin trabrugi, tribuces, tubruci (“leg-coverings”), from an early Germanic language, likely Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌺𐍃 (*þiuhbrōks), from Proto-Germanic *þeuhabrōks (“loincloth, trousers”...