different between jammies vs pyjama

English

Pronunciation

Noun

jammies

1. plural of jammy

Noun

jammies pl (plural only)

1. (slang) pajamas/pyjamas
   • 2009, Arlene Gorey, My Spanking Diary - Page 28

     I was just in my pajamas and slippers, and I blushed because she was looking at me. Then she whispered, "Take off your jammies, and love me up good, Arlene. Please, I want you to."

   • 1961, Patricia McLaine, Love Is Contagious, Dramatists Play Service, Inc., ?ISBN, page 48,

     GUY: I've always worn jammies. Don't think I'd feel right without 'em.
     SAM [Tosses pajamas to Guy L.]: Then you wear them.

References

• Merriam-Webster Online: "jammies"

Anagrams

• Jemimas

English

Alternative forms

• (attributive form of pyjamas): pajama

Pronunciation

Noun

pyjama

1. (Britain) attributive form of pyjamas

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pajamas, from pai jamahs (“loose trousers tied at the waist, worn by Muslims in India”), adopted by colonials, especially for nightwear, probably from Hindi ?????? (paij?m?, “pajama”), itself from Persian ????????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?ja?ma?/
• Hyphenation: py?ja?ma

Noun

pyjama m (plural pyjama's, diminutive pyjamaatje n)

1. pyjamas, a matching set of light material trousers and vest for wearing to bed and sleeping in

Derived terms

See also

• nachtkledij
• nachtkleed
• slaapmuts

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pyj?m?/, [?pyj?m?]
• Rhymes: -yj?m?
• Syllabification: py?ja?ma

Noun

pyjama

1. pajamas, pyjamas

Declension

Hypernyms

• yöasu, yöpuku

French

Etymology

From English pyjama, from Urdu/Hindi ???????? (p?yj?ma) / ?????? (paij?m?), from Persian ??????? / ??????? (p?yj?ma / p?j?ma, “leg garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.?a.ma/

Noun

pyjama m (plural pyjamas)

1. pyjamas

Derived terms

• soirée pyjama

Further reading

• “pyjama” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).