jeans

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US /d͡ʒiːnz/ See IPA manual

noun name Freq #5565

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noun
Trousers made from strong denim cotton, usually blue.

He wore jeans and a T-shirt to the party.

Etymology

From Gene(s) (also spelled Jean(s)), an obsolete English name for the Italian city of Genoa. Compare French Gênes. In the context of clothing, the term originally denoted a kind of coarse cotton (known more fully as Gene(s) fustian) that was associated with Genoa. It began to be used for trousers made of such cloth in the 19th century. At this point, the final -s was reanalysed as a plural ending.

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# jeans

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, name
**IPA (US):** d͡ʒiːnz
**Frequency rank:** 5565

## Meanings
1. Trousers made from strong denim cotton, usually blue.

## Examples
- He wore jeans and a T-shirt to the party.

## Etymology
From Gene(s) (also spelled Jean(s)), an obsolete English name for the Italian city of Genoa. Compare French Gênes. In the context of clothing, the term originally denoted a kind of coarse cotton (known more fully as Gene(s) fustian) that was associated with Genoa. It began to be used for trousers made of such cloth in the 19th century. At this point, the final -s was reanalysed as a plural ending.

## AI Etymology
Jeans comes from Gene(s) (also spelled Jean(s)), an obsolete English name for the Italian city of Genoa. Compare French Gênes. In the context of clothing, the term originally denoted a kind of coarse cotton (known more fully as Gene(s) fustian) that was associated with Genoa. It began to be used for trousers made of such cloth in the 19th century. At this point, the final -s was reanalysed as a plural ending.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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