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pyjamas
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??d????m?z/, (archaic) /pa??d????m?z/
Noun
pyjamas pl (plural only)
- Britain standard spelling of pajamas (clothes for sleeping in).
- 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231:
- The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas.
- 2007, Ann Brashares, Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue, page 178:
- She wasn?t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.
- 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231:
- Britain standard spelling of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia).
- 2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34:
- They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.
- 2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34:
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English pyjamas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pyja?mas/, [p?y?jæ?mas]
Noun
pyjamas c (singular definite pyjamassen, plural indefinite pyjamasser or pyjamas)
- pajamas, pyjamas
Inflection
Further reading
- pyjamas on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Noun
pyjamas m
- plural of pyjama
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English pyjamas.
Noun
pyjamas m pl
- pyjamas
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [p?????m?s]
Noun
pyjamas
- pyjamas
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English. See there for more.
Noun
pyjamas m (definite singular pyjamasen, indefinite plural pyjamasar, definite plural pyjamasane)
- pajamas
References
- “pyjamas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
pyjamas c
- pyjamas
Declension
Related terms
- pyjamaspapper
- pyjamasrandig
Welsh
Alternative forms
- pajamas
Etymology
Borrowed from English pyjamas.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /p??d??amas/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /p??d??amaz/
Noun
pyjamas m pl
- pyjamas
Mutation
pyjamas From the web:
- what pyjamas keep you cool
- what pyjamas should i wear
- what pyjamas do guys like
- what pyjamas to wear to a sleepover
- what's pyjamas in irish
- what pyjamas do you wear
- what's pyjamas in french
- what's pyjamas in spanish
nightclothes
English
Etymology
night +? clothes
Noun
nightclothes pl (plural only)
- Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and, when worn over nightclothes, a robe.
- The disturbance brought out many of the neighbors in their nightclothes.
Synonyms
- nightwear
- sleepwear
Translations
nightclothes From the web:
- what does night clothes mean
- what are night clothes
- what are night clothes called
- types of night clothes
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