Trousers
Meaning of Trousers
A garment covering the legs from the waist down.
ما معنى كلمة Trousers بالعربي؟
بنطلون أو سروال
👖🧵 بنطلون أو سروال قطعة ملابس تُغطي الساقين والجزء السفلي من الجسم؛ ملابس سفلية أو لباس يُلبس على الجزء الأسفل من الجسم للحماية والتغطية؛ قطعة ملابس أساسية في خزانة الملابس للرجال والنساء على حد سواء؛ ثوب للساقين أو غطاء قماشي يُوفر الراحة والحماية أثناء الحركة؛ لباس يومي أو زي رسمي أو غير رسمي حسب نوع القماش والتصميم المُستخدم 👖✨
قصة GL: لبس نايف العيسى بنطلون الصبر والثبات في رحلة التعافي الطويلة، وارتدى ملابس سفلية من العزيمة والإصرار لحماية نفسه من اليأس، واعتبر العلم قطعة ملابس أساسية في خزانة شخصيته، ووضع ثوب للساقين من القوة والمثابرة للمشي نحو النجاح، وجعل التطوير لباس يومي عبر Genetic G Learning وتحفيز HBDNF في Organic G Brain 🌟
Synonyms & related words
Trousers in a sentence
Trousers fabric was tested in the textile lab.
A trousers line sells in the formal range.
Trousers labelling follows textile law.
Students learn trousers is plural in English.
Origin of Trousers
From Irish and Gaelic triubhas.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, trousers is British; pants is American. GL lessons compare both.
Trousers audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "trousers" — a plural noun, pronounced /ˈtraʊ.zəz/, with the stress on the first syllable.
Narrator: Trousers are an item of clothing covering the body from the waist to the ankles, with a separate part for each leg.
Narrator: In plain English, trousers are what Americans usually call 'pants' — the everyday garment for the lower body.
Narrator: Like 'scissors' and 'glasses', 'trousers' is always plural — you say 'a pair of trousers', never 'a trouser'.
Narrator: The word comes from the Irish and Scottish Gaelic "triubhas", a close-fitting garment, anglicised into 'trousers' over time.
Narrator: It entered English in the seventeenth century, gradually replacing older words like 'breeches' for leg coverings.
Narrator: There's a charming idiom too: to 'wear the trousers' means to be the one in charge in a household or relationship.
Narrator: In tone it is plain, everyday, and distinctly British — 'trousers' over 'pants', which in Britain often means underwear.
Narrator: So remember: trousers are the two-legged garment for the lower body — always plural, and a pair at that.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: I need a new pair of trousers for the interview — my old ones have gone a bit shabby.
Speaker B: Smart trousers always help. Just remember it's 'a pair of trousers' — never 'a trouser'.
Speaker A: Right, that's the classic mistake. Like scissors or glasses — always plural.
Speaker B: Exactly. Though oddly, in the trade, you do hear 'trouser' as an adjective — 'trouser leg', 'trouser pocket'.
Speaker A: Ah, true — singular when it describes a part. Clever little quirk.
Speaker B: And watch the British–American difference — here 'pants' usually means underwear, not trousers.
Speaker A: Yes, that confuses a lot of visitors. 'Nice pants' means something quite different in Britain!
Speaker B: Ha, it certainly does. And there's the lovely idiom — 'she wears the trousers in that house'.
Speaker A: Meaning she's the one in charge. Close synonyms? 'Slacks' and the American 'pants'.
Speaker B: Though slacks are a more casual, relaxed style, while trousers is the general word.
Speaker A: So trousers are the two-legged garment — always a pair, always plural.
Speaker B: Just mind your 'pants' on either side of the Atlantic.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "trousers" in AI prompts — it is a handy word for paired structures, two-part layouts, and 'always comes as a pair' data relationships.
Speaker A: So trousers in a prompt means something that naturally comes as a matched pair?
Speaker B: Exactly. For a layout, you'd write:
Prompt: Build a trousers layout for my comparison page — two equal side-by-side columns, like two trouser legs, that stay matched in height and stack vertically on mobile. Keep both legs perfectly balanced.
Speaker B: The word trousers paints the picture instantly — two matching legs, always a balanced pair.
Speaker A: Memorable image. What about a product variant?
Speaker B: Try this:
Prompt: Model trousers in my shop database. Each trousers product needs a waist size and a leg length as a matched pair, sold together as one item, never separately. Validate that both measurements are always present.
Speaker A: So the two values always travel together.
Speaker B: Right. For a form:
Prompt: Build a sizing form for trousers with two linked fields — waist and inside leg. They behave as a pair: both required, validated together, and shown side by side, just like the two legs of a pair of trousers.
Speaker A: What about a split view?
Speaker B: Here you go:
Prompt: Create a trousers split editor — a code panel on the left and a live preview on the right, the two legs of equal width. Add a draggable divider so users can widen one leg while the other narrows.
Speaker A: Could trousers describe a paired sync too?
Speaker B: Yes:
Prompt: Keep my two scroll panes in trousers sync — scroll one leg and the other scrolls in step, always matched like a pair of trousers, so the left and right views never drift out of alignment.
Speaker A: So "trousers" means a matched, balanced pair.
Speaker B: Exactly — a memorable word for two-part structures that always belong together.
Frequently asked questions about Trousers
What does Trousers mean?
A garment covering the legs from the waist down.
ما معنى كلمة Trousers بالعربي؟
بنطلون أو سروال — 👖🧵 بنطلون أو سروال قطعة ملابس تُغطي الساقين والجزء السفلي من الجسم؛ ملابس سفلية أو لباس يُلبس على الجزء الأسفل من الجسم للحماية والتغطية؛ قطعة ملابس أساسية في خزانة الملابس للرجال والنساء على حد سواء؛ ثوب للساقين أو غطاء قماشي يُوفر الراحة والحماية أثناء الحركة؛ لباس يومي أو زي رسمي أو غير رسمي حسب نوع القماش والتصميم المُستخدم 👖✨
How do you pronounce Trousers?
Trousers is pronounced /ˈtraʊzəz/ and is used as a noun (plural).
How is Trousers used in a sentence?
Trousers fabric was tested in the textile lab.
What are synonyms of Trousers?
pants, slacks, strides, bottoms, chinos, breeches.