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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesjean
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ʒãn/
"Il porte un jean bleu."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Hardwearing trousers made of denim or other cotton fabric, typically worn casually.
"He wore a blue shirt and a comfortable pair of jeans." - 2
Pants traditionally reinforced with rivets at the stress points, originally designed for manual laborers.
"She bought a new pair of designer jeans for the weekend."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word jeans derives from Genoa, Italy, where a sturdy cotton fabric known as 'jeane' was manufactured as early as the 16th century. The modern usage emerged in the United States in the mid-19th century when Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss applied copper rivets to sturdy work trousers made of denim.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Jeans" is said worldwide
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jean
Transliteration: /ʒãn/
"Il porte un jean bleu."
Jeans
Transliteration: /dʒiːns/
"Er trägt eine blaue Jeans."
jeans
Transliteration: /dʒins/
"Indossa un paio di jeans."
jeans
Transliteration: /ʝins/
"Lleva unos jeans azules."
calças de brim
Transliteration: /ˈkaw.sas dʒi ˈbɾĩ/
"Ele comprou uma calça jeans nova."
जींस
Transliteration: jeens
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उसने नीले रंग की जींस पहनी है।"
牛仔裤
Transliteration: niúzǎikù
Script: 中文汉字
"他穿着一条蓝色的牛仔裤。"
청바지
Transliteration: cheongbaji
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 파란색 청바지를 입고 있다."
ジーンズ
Transliteration: jiinzu
Script: 日本語
"彼は青いジーンズを穿いています。"
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