trousers

Other forms of trousers

plural

trouserses·

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 trousers

What does trousers mean?

trousers means "(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately".

How many syllables are in trousers?

trousers has 2 syllables: trou-sers. The stress falls on "trou". In IPA it is /ˈtɹaʊzɚz/.

What is another word for trousers?

Close synonyms include pair of trousers, pant. 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 trousers a common word?

trousers is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.