la

feminine

/ky.lɔt/

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Translation

knickers, pants; breeches

Word origin

From cul ('backside'), from Latin culus. The culotte was the knee breeches of the old regime, and the revolutionaries who refused them were the sans-culottes.

Origin: Latin
Root: culus
English cognates: culottes

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralculottes

Examples

She bought a pair of white knickers.

The knickers are in the cupboard.

He still wears short trousers.

My knickers are too small.

She keeps her knickers with her socks.

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This word is part of lesson 52.