breeches

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• /ˈbɹiː.t͡ʃɪz/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhreg- Proto-Germanic *brōks Proto-West Germanic *brōk Old English brōc Old English brēċ Middle English brek Middle English breches English breeches From Middle English breches, brechen pl, a variant of Middle English breche, brech, brek (“breeches”), from Old English brēċ (“underpants”), the plural of brōc (“legging, buttocks”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōk, from Proto-Germanic *brōks (“crotch, legging, trousers”). Akin to West Frisian broek (“leggings, over-trousers”), Dutch broek (“pair of trousers, underpants, long-johns”), obsolete German Bruch (“pair of hose, leggings, pants trousers”), Old Norse brók (“breeches”) (whence Danish brog); compare Latin brācae ( > French braies, Spanish bragas) which is immediately of Celtic origin, yet ultimately borrowed from the same Proto-Germanic source above. Compare brail.

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kuitbroek — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Afrikaans: kuitbeenbroek — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Bulgarian: брич (brič) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Catalan: calçons — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Chinese Mandarin: 五分褲 /五分裤 (wǔfēnkù) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Chinese Mandarin: 半長褲 /半长裤 (bànchángkù) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬褲 /马裤 (mǎkù) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Dutch: kniebroek — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Finnish: polvihousut — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• French: culotte — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• French: haut-de-chausses — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Galician: calzón — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Galician: calzóns — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Galician: bragas — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Georgian: ბრიჯი (briǯi) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• German: Breeches — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• German: Kniehose — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Greek: βράκα (vráka) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Ancient Greek: βράκαι (brákai) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Italian: brache — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Japanese: 半ズボン (han-zubon) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Japanese: ブリーチズ (burīchizu) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Kyrgyz: бриджи (bridji) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Kyrgyz: ооз.шым (ooz.şım) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Lithuanian: bridžiai — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Norwegian: knebukser — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Persian: تنبان (tonbân) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Persian: اندرورد (andarvard) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Polish: bryczesy — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Portuguese: calções — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Russian: бри́джи (brídži) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Russian: бриджи (bridži) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Serbo-Croatian: кило̀те — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Serbo-Croatian: kilòte — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Sicilian: vrachi — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Sicilian: causi — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Spanish: calzones — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Swedish: knäbyxor — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Ottoman Turkish: دیزلك (dizlik) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Ukrainian: бриджі (brydži) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs
• Ukrainian: брічи (bričy) — a garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs