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capri

capri

3 3.7
Close-fitting pants that end below the knee and above the ankle
  • noun
  • /kæˈpri/
translation icon : pantalones capri
  • When Bhadraa reappeared, she was wearing capri pants, a button-down blouse, and flip-flops.
  • capri pants
  • capri jeans
  • tight capri

The capris, the capris, the capris dance slacks.

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Examples

  • I opted for capri pants and a light long-sleeve shirt, which seemed to do just the trick.

    Blog text (8)
  • Loretta wore cat's-eye sunglasses and capri pants between the eras in which they were fashionable, but she was stylish to me, and she could move fast.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Culottes are basically wide leg but Capri length, so wide leg cuts off right below the knee.

  • I bought the cropped like Capri wonder unders.

  • I like a Capri length, a mid calf, low calf length.

  • She is wearing black stretch capri pants like the ones Lynne's mother used to wear, but somehow they look nothing like they did on her mother.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Iris had on a white T-shirt and sky-blue capri pants.

  • Marge was short and bottom-heavy, wearing turquoise stretch capri pants with a big T-shirt that had glittery pink and orange flamingos on it.

Synonyms

toreador pants
vscapri
1 7.6

Close-fitting women's pants that end at the calf like those worn by bullfighters

end below the knee and above the ankle without specific stylistic reference

How Short

shorts
1 1.0
knee pants
  • Archaic
1 9.9
capri
3 3.7
long trousers
  • UK
1 1.0

Surface Forms

capri singular
capris plural

Etymology

Capri is the name given to the short, close-fitting pants because they were named after the Italian island Capri, where people liked light, seaside clothes. So, to remember capri, think of walking on that island in pants that stop below the knee and feel summery.