trousers
Syllables: trou·sers/ˈtɹaʊzəz//ˈtɹaʊzɚz/
trousers noun: 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.
Noun
trousers pl (plural only, attributive trouser)
- 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.
- The trousers need to be shortened.
- It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, “The Dissolution”, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 3
trousers meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi
trousers in Hindi
- trousers, pants
- पतलून patlūn
trousers in Malayalam
- കാൽച്ചട്ട, കാലുറ
trousers in Kannada
- ಷರಾಯಿ, ಇಜಾರ, ಕಾಲಂಗಿ
trousers in Punjabi
- trousers
- ਪਜਾਮਾ pajāmā
More languagesFewer languages
- trousers in Gujarati
- પાટલૂન pāṭlūn, લેંઘો leṅgho, સુરવાલ survāl
- trousers in Pashto
- پرتوګ partug
Synonyms of trousers
6 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of trousers
| attributive | trouser |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | trowsers |
Origin of trousers
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, perhaps Gothic *𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌺𐍃 (*þiuhbrōks) or Old High German diohbruoh (“loincloth, trousers”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þeuhabrōks (“loincloth, trousers”), a compound of Proto-Germanic *þeuhą (“thigh”) + *brōks (“leggings, trousers”), equivalent to thigh + breeches. Compare obsolete Modern German Diechbruch (“short legwear, knee breeches, loincloth”).
Words formed from trousers
- all talk and trousers
- all mouth and no trousers
- all mouth and trousers
- bell-bottomed trousers
- bell-bottom trousers
- cargo trousers
- combat trousers
- drainpipe trousers
- Dutchman's trousers
- harem trousers
- in short trousers
- long trousers
- overtrousers
- pair of trousers
- peg-top trousers
- put one's trousers on one leg at a time
- put on one's trousers one leg at a time
- saggy trousers
- short trousers
- spongebag trousers
- stovepipe trousers
- sweat trousers
- treggings
- troons
- trouserettes
- trouserlike
- trousersed
- trousersless
- undertrousers
- wear the trousers
- whoops, there go my trousers
Phrases with trousers
Questions about trousers
- What does trousers mean?
- Trousers means 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.
- What is trousers in Hindi?
- Trousers in Hindi is पतलून (patlūn). See Trousers meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is trousers?
- Trousers is a noun.
- How do you pronounce trousers?
- Trousers is pronounced /ˈtɹaʊzəz/ (UK).
Words near trousers in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: trousers (page history and authors); पतलून (Hindi) (page history and authors); trousers (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trousers (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪਜਾਮਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); પાટલૂન (Gujarati) (page history and authors); پرتوګ (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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