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trousers
English
Etymology
Attested since the 1610s, from the earlier form trouzes (attested since the 1580s), extended from trouse (1570s), with plural ending typical of things in pairs, from Middle Irish triubhas (“close-fitting shorts”), of uncertain origin. The unexplained intrusive second -r- is perhaps due to the influence of drawers.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?a?z?z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t?a?z?z/
- Hyphenation: trou?sers
Noun
trousers pl (plural only)
- An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg.
- Synonyms: breeches, britches, (all Britain, dialectal) kecks, (chiefly US) pants, (Australia) strides; see also Thesaurus:trousers
Usage notes
- Pants is about four times more common in the US than trousers, based on use in COCA.
- Trousers is about nine times more common in the UK than pants, based on use in BNC.
- Slacks about one tenth as common as pants in the US and trousers in the UK.
Hyponyms
- jeans
- pantaloons
- shorts
- slacks
Derived terms
- whoops, there go my trousers
Translations
References
Anagrams
- rousters
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mast
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mäst, IPA(key): /m??st/
- (US, Canada, Northern England) IPA(key): /mæst/
- Homophone: massed (/mæst/)
- Rhymes: -??st, -æst
- Rhymes: -æst
Etymology 1
From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”). Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin m?lus, Russian ????? (móst, “bridge”), Irish adhmad.
Noun
mast (plural masts)
- (nautical, communication) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires. [from 9th c.]
- (naval) A non-judicial punishment ("NJP"); a disciplinary hearing under which a commanding officer studies and disposes of cases involving those under his command. [from 17th c.]
Hyponyms
- (tall, slim post to support the sails on a ship): foremast, mainmast, mizzenmast, topmast
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mast (third-person singular simple present masts, present participle masting, simple past and past participle masted)
- To supply and fit a mast to (a ship). [from 16th c.]
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
From Old English mæst (“fallen nuts, food for swine”), mæsten (“to fatten, feed”), from West Germanic; probably related to meat.
Noun
mast (plural masts)
- The fruit of forest-trees (beech, oak, chestnut, pecan, etc.), especially if having fallen from the tree, used as fodder for pigs and other animals. [from 10th c.]
- c. 1609, George Chapman, Homer, Prince of Poets [translation of Odyssey]:
- She shut them straight in sties, and gave them meat: / Oak-mast, and beech, and cornel fruit, they eat,
- 1715, Robert South, "A Sermon upon Prov. i.32", Twelve sermons preached at several times, and upon several occasions, page 73:
- they feed and grovel like Swine under an Oak, filling themselves with the Mast, but never so much as looking up
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, page 162:
- He […] would begin to pick up the seed-cases or mast, squeeze each one with his fingers to see if it were fertile, and drop it if it were not.
- c. 1609, George Chapman, Homer, Prince of Poets [translation of Odyssey]:
Derived terms
- mastless
Translations
Verb
mast (third-person singular simple present masts, present participle masting, simple past and past participle masted)
- (of swine and other animals) To feed on forest seed or fruit.
- (agriculture, forestry, ecology, of a population of plants) To produce a very large quantity of fruit or seed in certain years but not others.
Etymology 3
From French masse, with -t probably after Etymology 1, above.
Noun
mast (plural masts)
- (obsolete, billiards) A type of heavy cue, with the broad end of which one strikes the ball. [18th–19th c.]
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 74:
- Godfrey thus conquered, pretended to lose his temper, curs'd his own ill luck, swore that the table had a cast, and that the balls did not run true, changed his mast, and with great warmth challenged his enemy to double his sum.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 74:
Related terms
- mast cell
Anagrams
- AMTs, ASTM, ATMs, MTAs, Mats, Stam, amts, mats, stam, tams
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech mast, from Proto-Slavic *mast?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mast]
- Hyphenation: mast
- Rhymes: -ast
Noun
mast f
- ointment
Declension
Derived terms
- masti?ka f
Related terms
- mastit
- mastný
- mastnota
Further reading
- mast in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- mast in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?st/
- Hyphenation: mast
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch mast, from Old Dutch *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz.
Noun
mast m (plural masten, diminutive mastje n)
- mast (pole on a ship, to which sails can be rigged)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: mas
- ? Japanese: ???
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch mast.
Noun
mast m (plural masten, diminutive mastje n)
- mast, fodder for pigs or other animals made up of acorns and beechnuts.
Anagrams
- stam, tams
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?s?t/
Etymology
From either Middle Low German mast or German Mast.
Noun
mast (genitive masti, partitive masti)
- mast
- (card games) suit
- (poker) flush
Declension
Compounds
- mastirida
Descendants
- ? Ingrian: masti
Middle English
Adjective
mast
- Alternative form of mased
Middle French
Etymology
Old French mast
Noun
mast m (plural masts)
- mast (structure found on watercraft)
Descendants
- French: mât
Northern Kurdish
Noun
mast m
- yoghurt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German mast (“mast”).
Noun
mast f or m (definite singular masta or masten, indefinite plural master, definite plural mastene)
- mast
Synonyms
- stang
Derived terms
- fokkemast
- stormast
- radiomast
- lysmast
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- masa, maset
Verb
mast
- past participle of mase
References
- “mast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- master (non-standard since 2012)
Etymology
From Middle Low German mast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?st/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
mast f (definite singular masta, indefinite plural master, definite plural mastene)
- mast
References
- “mast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *mast?.
Noun
mast f
- ointment
Declension
Related terms
- mazati
- mastný
- mastnost
Descendants
- Czech: mast
Further reading
- “mast”, in Vokabulá? webový: webové hnízdo pramen? k poznání historické ?eštiny [online]?[1], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk ?eský AV ?R, 2006–2020
Old French
Alternative forms
- maste
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *mast.
Noun
mast m (oblique plural maz or matz, nominative singular maz or matz, nominative plural mast)
- mast (structure found on watercraft)
Descendants
- Middle French: mast
- French: mât
- Norman: mât
- ? Spanish: maste
- ? Spanish: mástel (spelling influenced by árbol)
- ? Spanish: mástil
- ? Spanish: mástel (spelling influenced by árbol)
- ? Old Portuguese: masto, maste
- Portuguese: mastro, (archaic) masto
- ? Portuguese: mastaréu
- Portuguese: mastro, (archaic) masto
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- m?st
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maist, *maistaz. Cognates include Old English m?st and Old Saxon m?st.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma?st/
Adjective
m?st
- superlative degree of gr?t
Adverb
m?st
- most
Descendants
- Saterland Frisian: maast
- West Frisian: meast
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 28
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *mast? (Russian ????? (mast?), Polish ma??). Compare mazati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mâ?st/
Noun
m?st f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- grease
- ointment
- fat
- lard
- schmaltz
Declension
References
- “mast” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German mast, from Old Saxon *mast, from Proto-West Germanic *mast.
Noun
mast c
- mast, tall slim structure
Declension
Anagrams
- Mats, mats, samt, stam
Zazaki
Noun
mast n
- yoghurt (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)
Synonyms
- most
- mhost
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