"caleçon" meaning in All languages combined

See caleçon on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /kal.sɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-caleçon.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-caleçon.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-caleçon.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-caleçon.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-caleçon.wav Forms: caleçons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian calzone, with an excrescent schwa (cf. the form calçon, attested in the sixteenth century). Doublet of chausson, an inherited form. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|it:calzone}}, {{bor+|fr|it|calzone}} Borrowed from Italian calzone, {{doublet|fr|chausson}} Doublet of chausson Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} caleçon m (plural caleçons)
  1. boxer shorts, boxer briefs Tags: masculine Derived forms: caleçon de bain

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kalsón",
      "word": "καλσόν"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kalsono"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Louisiana Creole",
      "lang_code": "lou",
      "word": "caneçon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kalsonger"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "カルソン"
    }
  ],
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        "2": ":bor",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "calzone"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Italian calzone",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "chausson"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of chausson",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian calzone, with an excrescent schwa (cf. the form calçon, attested in the sixteenth century). Doublet of chausson, an inherited form.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caleçons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "caleçon m (plural caleçons)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Underwear",
          "orig": "fr:Underwear",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "caleçon de bain"
        }
      ],
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            [
              47,
              54
            ]
          ],
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            [
              51,
              57
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Which made me put it in the pockets of my swimming trunks...",
          "ref": "1903, Jules Garçon, editor, Encyclopédie Universelle Des Industries Tinctoriales, page 199:",
          "text": "Ce qui me le fit mettre dans les poches de mon caleçon de bain...",
          "translation": "Which made me put it in the pockets of my swimming trunks...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A tiny pair of boxers.",
          "ref": "1965, François Mauriac, Nouveaux Mémoires, Flammarion, page 905:",
          "text": "Un caleçon minuscule.",
          "translation": "A tiny pair of boxers.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "boxer shorts, boxer briefs"
      ],
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          "boxer shorts",
          "boxer shorts"
        ],
        [
          "boxer briefs",
          "boxer briefs"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kal.sɔ̃/"
    },
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      "word": "caleçon de bain"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "el",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "roman": "kalsón",
      "word": "καλσόν"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kalsono"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Louisiana Creole",
      "lang_code": "lou",
      "word": "caneçon"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kalsonger"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "カルソン"
    }
  ],
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    },
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        "2": "it",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "chausson"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of chausson",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian calzone, with an excrescent schwa (cf. the form calçon, attested in the sixteenth century). Doublet of chausson, an inherited form.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caleçons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "m"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "French countable nouns",
        "French doublets",
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        "French nouns",
        "French terms borrowed from Italian",
        "French terms derived from Early Medieval Latin",
        "French terms derived from Italian",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with quotations",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
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          "text": "Ce qui me le fit mettre dans les poches de mon caleçon de bain...",
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        },
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        ],
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          "boxer briefs"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
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