Meanings
noununderpants pl (plural only, attributive underpant)
attributive underpant
- pluralplural onlyUnderwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
He wore khakis slung so low that five inches of his underpants showed—dark blue boxers with big white polka dots.
2011, Les Roberts, The Cleveland Creep: A Milan Jacovich Mystery, page 872 more examples
The Italian fashion of wearing red underpants on December 31 is becoming popular, reputedly to guarantee luck for the new year.
1994, Marketing in Europe, Issues 380-385, page 77She takes off her fatigue pants and throws them in the washer and the surgical greens and her bloodstained bra and turns on the machine. She is wearing socks and underpants and a .38 Special with a shrouded hammer in an ankle holster.
1999, Thomas Harris, Hannibal, page 19Synonyms: see at Thesaurus:underwear § Hyponyms
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUnderwear covering the genitalia and often buttocks, usually going no higher than the navel.
Similar
see at Thesaurus:underwear § Hyponyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
- Proto-Hellenic*pánts
- Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
- Ancient Greekἔλεος (éleos)
- Ancient Greekἐλεέω (eleéō)
- Ancient Greekἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
- Ancient GreekΠαντελεήμων (Panteleḗmōn)
- ItalianPantalone
- Frenchpantalon
- Englishpantaloon
- Englishpantaloons
- Englishpants
- Englishunderpants
Translations
Arabic سِرْوَال
- سِرْوَال (sirwāl)type of underwear
Bulgarian га́щи
- га́щи (gášti)type of underwear
Catalan calçotets, (Balears) calçons blancs
- calçotetstype of underwear
- (Balears) calçons blancstype of underwear
- braguestype of underwear
Chinese Cantonese 底褲 /底裤
- 底褲 /底裤 (dai² fu³)type of underwear
Chinese Mandarin 內褲 /内裤
- 內褲 /内裤 (nèikù)type of underwear
Czech spodky, kalhotky
- spodkytype of underwear
- kalhotkytype of underwear
- slipytype of underwear
Danish underbukser
- underbuksertype of underwear
Esperanto kalsono
- kalsonotype of underwear
Estonian aluspüksid
- aluspüksidtype of underwear
Finnish alushousut, pikkuhousut
- alushousuttype of underwear
- pikkuhousuttype of underwear
- kalsarittype of underwear
- alkkarittype of underwear
French caleçon, calcif
- caleçontype of underwear
- calciftype of underwear
- bobettestype of underwear
German Unterhose, Schlüpfer
- Unterhosetype of underwear
- Schlüpfertype of underwear
- Höschentype of underwear
Greek σώβρακο, κιλότα
- σώβρακο (sóvrako)type of underwear
- κιλότα (kilóta)type of underwear
Hebrew תַּחְתּוֹנִים
- תַּחְתּוֹנִים (takhtoním)type of underwear
Hindi चड्डी, कच्छा
- चड्डी (caḍḍī)type of underwear
- कच्छा (kacchā)type of underwear
- कच्छ (kacch)type of underwear
- जाँघिया (jāṅghiyā)type of underwear
- जांघिया (jāṅghiyā)type of underwear
Hungarian alsónadrág
- alsónadrágtype of underwear
Icelandic nærbuxur
- nærbuxurtype of underwear
Indonesian celana dalam, cawat
- celana dalamtype of underwear
- cawattype of underwear
Irish fobhríste
- fobhrístetype of underwear
Italian mutande
- mutandetype of underwear
Japanese パンツ, ズボン下
- パンツ (pantsu)type of underwear
- ズボン下 (zubonshita)type of underwear
Korean 팬티, 속바지
- 팬티 (paenti)type of underwear
- 속바지 (sokbaji)type of underwear
Latvian apakšbikses
- apakšbiksestype of underwear
Lithuanian apatiniai
- apatiniaitype of underwear
Malay seluar dalam
- seluar dalamtype of underwear
Māori toroiho, tarau roto
- toroihotype of underwear
- tarau rototype of underwear
Norwegian Bokmål underbukse, underbukser
- underbuksetype of underwear
- underbuksertype of underwear
Persian زیرشلواری, زیرتنبانی
- زیرشلواری (zir-šalvâri)type of underwear
- زیرتنبانی (zir-tonbâni)type of underwear
- سلتراج (selterâj)type of underwear
Polish majtki, slipy
- majtkitype of underwear
- slipytype of underwear
- gacietype of underwear
- gatkitype of underwear
Portuguese cuecas
- cuecastype of underwear
Punjabi ਕੱਛਾ
- ਕੱਛਾ (kacchā)type of underwear
Romanian chiloți
- chiloțitype of underwear
Russian трусы́, тру́сики
- трусы́ (trusý)type of underwear
- тру́сики (trúsiki)type of underwear
- кальсо́ны (kalʹsóny)type of underwear
Slovak spodky, nohavičky
- spodkytype of underwear
- nohavičkytype of underwear
Spanish calzoncillos, anatómicos
- calzoncillostype of underwear
- anatómicostype of underwear
- fundillostype of underwear
- gayumbostype of underwear
- interiorestype of underwear
- pantaloncillostype of underwear
- trusatype of underwear
- calzoncillotype of underwear
- chontype of underwear
- sliptype of underwear
- gayumbotype of underwear
Swedish underbyxa, kalsonger
- underbyxatype of underwear
- kalsongertype of underwear
- trosortype of underwear
Tagalog karsonsilyo
- karsonsilyotype of underwear
Tamil ஜட்டி
- ஜட்டி (jaṭṭi)type of underwear
Thai กางเกงใน
- กางเกงใน (gaang-geeng-nai)type of underwear
Turkish iç çamaşırı, don
- iç çamaşırıtype of underwear
- dontype of underwear
Ukrainian труси́
- труси́ (trusý)type of underwear
Urdu جان٘گھیا
- جان٘گھیا (jānghiyā)type of underwear
Vietnamese quần đùi, quần xà lỏn
- quần đùitype of underwear
- quần xà lỏntype of underwear
- quần lóttype of underwear
Welsh trons
- tronstype of underwear
Yiddish גאַטקעס
- גאַטקעס (gatkes)type of underwear
Cite this entry
APA
underpants. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpants
MLA
“underpants.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpants. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underpants,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpants.
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