jeans

English

Etymology

Originally a shortened form of jean fustian (from Middle English Gene (“Genoa; Genovese”) (from Latin Genua) + fustian (“strong cotton fabric”). The -s was added to jean under influence from the cognate Old French Jannes (modern French Gênes).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jēnz, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiːnz/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -iːnz
• Homophone: genes

Noun

jeans pl (plural only)

1. A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.

   Traditionally most jeans are dyed dark blue.

   • 1873, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Charles Dudley Warner, The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, published 1874, →OCLC, page 19:

     As a general thing, they were dressed in homespun “jeans,” blue or yellow—there were no other varieties of it; all wore one suspender and sometimes two—yarn ones knitted at home,—some wore vests, but few wore coats.

   • 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:

     Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.

Noun

jeans

1. plural of jean

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:trousers

Derived terms

Related terms

• Genoese, Genovese

Descendants

• → Greek: τζιν (tzin)
• → Hindi: जीन्स (jīns)
• → Irish: jíons

Translations

See also

• 👖

Anagrams

• Janes, janes

Dutch

Alternative forms

• jean (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English jeans.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

jeans f (plural jeans, diminutive jeansje n)

1. A pair of jeans (denim trousers)
2. (by extension) Any denim garment
3. (invariable) The cotton fabric denim

Synonyms

• (trousers): jeansbroek m, spijkerbroek m

Derived terms

• jeanstint

Related terms

• blue jeans
• Genuees m & adjective

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒin/, (after English) /dʒins/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

jeans m

1. plural of jean

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English jeans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒins/
• Rhymes: -ins

Noun

jeans m pl (plural only)

1. jeans (trousers)

   Hypernym: pantaloni

   di jeans ― jean, denim (relational)

References

Further reading

• jeans in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English jeans.

Noun

jeans m pl

1. (Jersey) jeans

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jeans.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒĩs/

Noun

jeans m (uncountable)

1. (Brazil) denim (type of textile)

   Synonym: ganga

   O jeans é frequentemente tingido de anil.

   Denim is often dyed indigo.

Noun

jeans m pl or m (sometimes plural only, in variation, invariable)

1. jeans (denim trousers)

   Synonym: calças de ganga

   Onde estão os jeans?

   Where are the jeans?

Adjective

jeans (invariable, not comparable)

1. (Brazil, relational) denim

   saia jeans ― denim skirt

   Comprei uma jaqueta jeans.

   I bought a denim jacket.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jeans.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ins

Noun

jeans m (plural jeans)

1. jeans (trousers)

   Synonym: pantalones vaqueros

2. plural of jean

Usage notes

• Spelling proscribed as an anglicism; the spelling yin or yines is preferred.

References

Swedish

Noun

jeans c

1. (plural only) jeans

Declension

References

• jeans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jeans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)