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say it: PAN-tuh-loon
pantaloon is a noun meaning "a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes". It is pronounced /ˈpæntəˌlun/ — PAN-tuh-loon. It carries 3 recorded senses.
a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes
a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man
trousers worn in former times
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pantaloon come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.