culotte
See also: culotté
English
Etymology
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Borrowed from French culotte f.
Pronunciation
Noun
culotte (plural culottes)
- singular of culottes
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
French
Etymology
From cul m + -otte f. Equivalent to the feminine derivative of culot m.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ky.lɔt/
Audio: (file)
Noun
culotte f (plural culottes)
- (a pair of) panties, knickers
- trousers, pants; shorts
- (historical) breeches
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: キュロット (kyurotto)
- → Portuguese: culote m, calote m
- → Romanian: chilot m
- → Spanish: culote m
- → Turkish: külot, kilot
See also
- pantalon m
Further reading
- “culotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Unadapted borrowing from French culotte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈlot/ [kuˈlot̪]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -ot
Noun
culotte m (plural culottes)
- alternative form of culote
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- “culotte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024