long johns

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Reputedly named after American heavyweight boxer John L. Sullivan (1858–1918); also posed as an approximation of French longues jambes (“long legs”); see Wikipedia.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 保溫內衣 /保温内衣 (bǎonuǎn nèiyī) — full-length undergarments
• Czech: spodky — full-length undergarments
• Czech: podvlékačky — full-length undergarments
• Finnish: pitkät alusvaatteet — full-length undergarments
• Galician: cirolas — full-length undergarments
• Hebrew: גַּטְקֶס (gátqes) — full-length undergarments
• Hungarian: meleg alsóruha/alsónemű/alsóruházat — full-length undergarments
• Mongolian: дулаан өмд (dulaan ömd) — full-length undergarments
• Polish: kalesony — full-length undergarments
• Portuguese: ceroulas — full-length undergarments
• Portuguese: calção — full-length undergarments
• Russian: кальсо́ны (kalʹsóny) — full-length undergarments
• Spanish: calzoncillos largos — full-length undergarments
• Swedish: långkalsonger — full-length undergarments
• Chinese Mandarin: 長內衣褲 /长内衣裤 (chángnèiyīkù) — garment for bottom half of the body
• Chinese Mandarin: 秋褲 /秋裤 (qiūkù) — garment for bottom half of the body
• Dutch: lange onderbroek — garment for bottom half of the body
• Finnish: pitkät alushousut — garment for bottom half of the body
• French: caleçon long — garment for bottom half of the body
• Galician: calzóns — garment for bottom half of the body
• German: lange Unterhose — garment for bottom half of the body
• Hungarian: jégernadrág — garment for bottom half of the body
• Hungarian: jégeralsó — garment for bottom half of the body
• Hungarian: jégergatya — garment for bottom half of the body
• Hungarian: jéger — garment for bottom half of the body
• Italian: calzamaglia — garment for bottom half of the body
• Japanese: タイツ (taitsu) — garment for bottom half of the body
• Japanese: 股引 (momohiki) — garment for bottom half of the body
• Japanese: ズボン下 (zubon shita) — garment for bottom half of the body
• Macedonian: ѕиври (dzivri) — garment for bottom half of the body
• Mongolian: дулаан өмд (dulaan ömd) — garment for bottom half of the body
• Polish: kalesony — garment for bottom half of the body
• Portuguese: ceroulas — garment for bottom half of the body
• Romanian: izmene — garment for bottom half of the body
• Russian: кальсо́ны (kalʹsóny) — garment for bottom half of the body
• Spanish: pantalón interior largo — garment for bottom half of the body