breeches

Other forms of breeches

plural

breecheses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about breeches

What does breeches mean?

breeches means "(used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee".

How many syllables are in breeches?

breeches has 2 syllables: bree-ches. The stress falls on "bree". In IPA it is /ˈbɹitʃɪz/.

What is another word for breeches?

Close synonyms include knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is breeches a common word?

breeches is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.