Meanings
alternative bellbottoms
- pluralplural onlyPants that are flared from the knee downwards, a characteristic style of the 1970s.
After landing, Brody, wearing bell-bottoms and large green sunglasses, announced to assembled reporters that he would be giving away his $25 million fortune to ordinary people to spread love and “cure the problems of the world.”
2022 April 27, Jennifer Schuessler, “An Heir, a $25 Million Giveaway and 30,000 Unopened Letters”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: flares
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPants that are flared from the knee downwards, a characteristic style of the 1970s.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(used in the plural) trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans klokbroek, matroosbroek
- klokbroekpants that are flared from the knee downwards
- matroosbroekpants that are flared from the knee downwards
Chinese Cantonese 喇叭褲 /喇叭裤
- 喇叭褲 /喇叭裤 (laa³ baa¹ fu³)pants that are flared from the knee downwards
Chinese Mandarin 喇叭褲 /喇叭裤
- 喇叭褲 /喇叭裤 (lǎbākù)pants that are flared from the knee downwards
Czech zvonáče
- zvonáčepants that are flared from the knee downwards
Finnish leveälahkeiset housut
- leveälahkeiset housutpants that are flared from the knee downwards
French pattes d'éléphant
- pattes d'éléphantpants that are flared from the knee downwards
German Schlaghose, Hose mit Schlag
- Schlaghosepants that are flared from the knee downwards
- Hose mit Schlagpants that are flared from the knee downwards
Indonesian cutbrai
- cutbraipants that are flared from the knee downwards
Italian pantaloni a zampa di elefante
- pantaloni a zampa di elefantepants that are flared from the knee downwards
Japanese ベルボトム, パンタロン
- ベルボトム (berubotomu)pants that are flared from the knee downwards
- パンタロン (pantaron)pants that are flared from the knee downwards
Korean 나팔바지
- 나팔바지 (napalbaji)pants that are flared from the knee downwards
Polish dzwony
- dzwonypants that are flared from the knee downwards
Portuguese calças à boca de sino
- calças à boca de sinopants that are flared from the knee downwards
Russian брю́ки клёш, клёш
- брю́ки клёш (brjúki kljoš)pants that are flared from the knee downwards
- клёш (kljoš)pants that are flared from the knee downwards
Spanish pantalones de campana, pantalones acampanados
- pantalones de campanapants that are flared from the knee downwards
- pantalones acampanadospants that are flared from the knee downwards
- pantalones de pata de elefantepants that are flared from the knee downwards
Turkish İspanyol paça
- İspanyol paçapants that are flared from the knee downwards
Cite this entry
bell-bottoms. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bell-bottoms
“bell-bottoms.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bell-bottoms. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bell-bottoms,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bell-bottoms.
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