trousers
/ˈtraʊzəz/noun
उच्चारण ट्राउज़ज़
पतलून, पैंट
Basic word
- 1
[pl.] especially BrE
a piece of clothing that covers the body from the waist down and is divided into two parts to cover each leg separately (American pants)
पतलून, पैंट
- a pair of trousers
- He ironed his trousers before the interview.
- These trousers are too long for me.
+ 1 more example
- Her school trousers got muddy during the football game.
§Grammar and usage
Trousers is always plural ('My trousers are new', not 'is new'; 'a pair of trousers'), like scissors, spectacles, jeans, pants, shorts, tongs and pliers.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: trousers सदा plural है ('My trousers are new', 'is new' नहीं; 'a pair of trousers'), scissors, spectacles, jeans, pants, shorts, tongs और pliers की तरह।
British and American English: trousers (British) and pants (American; in British English, pants means underwear).
British और American English में trousers (British) और pants (American; British English में pants का अर्थ अंतर्वस्त्र है)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Wear the trousers (be the person who makes the decisions in a family).
Idiom 'wear the trousers' (परिवार में निर्णय लेने वाला व्यक्ति होना)।
⌂Word origin and word building
Word origin: pyjamas comes from Persian and Hindi (pai jama, leg clothing).
शब्द-उत्पत्ति में pyjamas फ़ारसी और हिंदी (पाय जामा, टाँगों का वस्त्र) से आया है।