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culottes

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /kjuːˈlɒts/
  • /ˈkuːlɑts/ elsewhere
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒts

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of loose shorts which look like a skirt; a divided skirt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: culotte

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French culottes f pl.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: килоти (kiloti) — a divided skirt
  • Finnish: shortsihame — a divided skirt
  • Finnish: housuhame — a divided skirt
  • French: jupe-culotte — a divided skirt
  • German: Hosenrock — a divided skirt
  • Hungarian: szoknyanadrág — a divided skirt
  • Icelandic: buxnapils — a divided skirt
  • Indonesian: kulot — a divided skirt
  • Irish: culataí — a divided skirt
  • Polish: kuloty — a divided skirt
  • Spanish: culote — a divided skirt