capri pants
capri pants noun: casual pants or trousers, usually for women, with the bottom hem reaching to below the knee but above the ankle (at midcalf, more or less); usually lightweight and summery.
Noun
capri pants pl (plural only)
- Casual pants or trousers, usually for women, with the bottom hem reaching to below the knee but above the ankle (at midcalf, more or less); usually lightweight and summery.
- I see women wearing capri pants nearly every day; they're not as bad as cargo capris, but they aren't the capri pants of Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn, either. Those 1960s capri pants were fitted.2012, Tim Gunn, Ada Calhoun, Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 90
- Synonyms:
- clamdiggers
capri pants meaning in Vietnamese
capri pants in Vietnamese
- casual pants for women
- quần lửng
Synonyms of capri pants
Origin of capri pants
Part of the Capri Collection by fashion designer Sonja de Lennart (1920–), named after her family's preferred holiday destination, the Italian island of Capri.
Words formed from capri pants
Questions about capri pants
- What does capri pants mean?
- Capri pants means casual pants or trousers, usually for women, with the bottom hem reaching to below the knee but above the ankle (at midcalf, more or less); usually lightweight and summery.
- What is capri pants in Vietnamese?
- Capri pants in Vietnamese is quần lửng. See Capri pants meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is capri pants?
- Capri pants is a noun.
Words near capri pants in the dictionary
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