/pænts/
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Translation
In American English, trousers. In British English, the underwear worn under trousers.
Word origin
Short for pantaloons, a kind of trousers named after Pantalone, a character in old Italian theatre.
- Origin
- Italian
- Root
- Pantalone
Examples
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"A pair of pants" is how we count them. There is no singular "pant".
American films "" trousers.
The word means two different things on the two sides of the Atlantic.
These .
"Pants" is always plural, so the verb is "are".
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