briefs

See also: Briefs

English

A pair of men's briefs

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɹiːfs/
Rhymes: -iːfs

Noun

briefs

plural of brief
(usually in the plural) A short close-fitting type of underpants.

Usage notes

Despite being a single item of clothing, briefs—like pants, trousers, underwear, &c.—are considered to come in "pairs" and are counted using the phrase "pair(s) of".

Derived terms

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:underwear

Translations

male underwear

Arabic: سِرْوَال اَلسُّنَة‎ m (sirwāl as-suna)
Egyptian Arabic: كلوت‎ m (kulut), سلب‎ m (sleb), لباس‎ m (lebaas), أندر‎ m (ʔandar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貼身短內褲, 贴身短内裤 (tiēshēn duǎnnèikù)
Czech: slipy m pl (male underwear)
Dutch: slip (nl)
Esperanto: kalsoneto
Finnish: pikkuhousut (fi), alushousut (fi)
French: (Europe) slip (fr) m, (Quebec) bobettes (fr) f pl
German: Unterhose (de) f

Hungarian: alsónadrág (hu)
Italian: slip (it) m pl
Japanese: ブリーフ (burīfu)
Luxembourgish: Slip m
Polish: majtki (pl) pl, slipy (pl) pl, gacie (pl) f pl (colloquial), gatki (pl) f pl
Portuguese: cueca (pt) f
Russian: трусы́ (ru) m pl (trusý), бри́фы (ru) m pl (brífy)
Spanish: slip (es), trusa f
Welsh: trôns m, trônsiau m pl

Verb

briefs

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brief

Anagrams

FBIers, fibers, fibres

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