Phrase guide

trouser leg

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Either of the legs of a pair of trousers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the leg of a pair of trousers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pant leg

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leg

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: балаҡ (balaq) — sleeve
  • Bulgarian: крачол (kračol) — sleeve
  • Catalan: camal — sleeve
  • Chinese Cantonese: 褲腳 /裤脚 (fu3 goek3) — sleeve
  • Chinese Mandarin: 褲管 /裤管 (kùguǎn) — sleeve
  • Chinese Mandarin: 褲腳管 /裤脚管 (kùjiǎoguǎn) — sleeve
  • Chinese Mandarin: 褲桶 /裤桶 (kùtǒng) — sleeve
  • Danish: bukseben — sleeve
  • Dutch: broekspijp — sleeve
  • Finnish: lahje — sleeve
  • French: jambe de pantalon — sleeve
  • German: Hosenbein — sleeve
  • Hungarian: nadrágszár — sleeve
  • Icelandic: skálm — sleeve
  • Ingrian: lahe — sleeve
  • Irish: osán — sleeve
  • Italian: braca — sleeve
  • Italian: calzone — sleeve
  • Japanese: ズボンの脚 (zubon no ashi) — sleeve
  • Macedonian: ногавица (nogavica) — sleeve
  • Macedonian: пачавица (pačavica) — sleeve
  • Plautdietsch: Lemp — sleeve
  • Polish: nogawka — sleeve
  • Portuguese: perna — sleeve
  • Romanian: crac — sleeve
  • Russian: штани́на (štanína) — sleeve
  • Serbo-Croatian: nogav — sleeve
  • Spanish: pernera — sleeve
  • Spanish: pernil — sleeve
  • Ukrainian: штани́на (štanýna) — sleeve
  • Ukrainian: холо́ша (xolóša) — sleeve