noun
Meaning 1
plural of brief
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
briefs
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A very short, close-fitting type of underpants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-normally, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 3
Swimming briefs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 4
Male underpant bikini briefs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, informal, plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 5
An adult diaper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, plural, plural-only
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verb
Meaning 6
third-person singular simple present indicative of brief
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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noun
Meaning 7
short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey shorts)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Jockey shorts
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: underpants
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سِرْوَال اَلسُّنَة (sirwāl as-suna) — male underwear
- Arabic: كلوت (kulut) — male underwear
- Arabic: سلب (sleb) — male underwear
- Arabic: لباس (lebaas) — male underwear
- Arabic: أندر (ʔandar) — male underwear
- Chinese Mandarin: 貼身短內褲 /贴身短内裤 (tiēshēn duǎnnèikù) — male underwear
- Czech: slipy — male underwear
- Dutch: slip — male underwear
- Esperanto: kalsoneto — male underwear
- Finnish: pikkuhousut — male underwear
- Finnish: alushousut — male underwear
- French: slip — male underwear
- French: bobettes — male underwear
- German: Unterhose — male underwear
- Hebrew: תחתונים — male underwear
- Hungarian: alsónadrág — male underwear
- Hungarian: gatya — male underwear
- Italian: slip — male underwear
- Japanese: ブリーフ (burīfu) — male underwear
- Luxembourgish: Slip — male underwear
- Polish: majtki — male underwear
- Polish: slipy — male underwear
- Polish: gacie — male underwear
- Polish: gatki — male underwear
- Portuguese: cueca — male underwear
- Russian: трусы́ (trusý) — male underwear
- Russian: бри́фы (brífy) — male underwear
- Spanish: slip — male underwear
- Spanish: calzoncillo — male underwear
- Spanish: trusa — male underwear
- Thai: กางเกงใน (gaang-geeng-nai) — male underwear
- Thai: กางเกงลิง — male underwear
- Welsh: trôns — male underwear
- Welsh: trônsiau — male underwear
Real reading context