pyjamas

See also: pyjamas'

English

A girl (and a doll) wearing pyjamas

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/, (archaic) /paɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/

Noun

pyjamas pl (plural only)

  1. British spelling standard spelling of pajamas (clothes for sleeping in).
    • 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231:
      The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas.
    • 2007, Ann Brashares, Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue, page 178:
      She wasn′t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.
  2. British spelling standard spelling of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia).
    • 2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34:
      They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pyjaːmas/, [pʰyˈjæːmas]

Noun

pyjamas c (singular definite pyjamassen, plural indefinite pyjamasser or pyjamas)

  1. pajamas, pyjamas

Inflection

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French

Noun

pyjamas m

  1. plural of pyjama

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Noun

pyjamas m pl

  1. pyjamas

Swedish

Noun

pyjamas c

  1. pyjamas

Declension

Declension of pyjamas 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pyjamas pyjamasen pyjamasar pyjamasarna
Genitive pyjamas pyjamasens pyjamasars pyjamasarnas
  • pyjamaspapper
  • pyjamasrandig

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Pronunciation

Noun

pyjamas m (plural {{{2}}})

  1. pyjamas

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
pyjamas byjamas mhyjamas phyjamas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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