pajama
8
2.3
- noun
- /pəˈdʒɑːmə/
- US
:
pantalón
- She's sitting cross-legged on the couch in pajama bottoms and a t-shirt, with the tissue box by her side.
- pajama bottoms
- pajama pants
- kurta pajamas
They probably think he's going on hiring my pajamas, my pajama shorts.
- They probably think he's going on hiring my pajamas, my pajama shorts.
- I do that a lot though with filming I wear I am the the pajama bottom wearer.
- This is pretty much the same thing as that little bando play suit thing that just like they look like pajama pants, well, like granny pants or something anyway.
Examples
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And where did you get those pajamas?
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Her mother was dressed in navy knit pants with her pink pajama top still on.
Fiction book (1999) -
So my favorite pajama company is Bed Head.
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And a pair of pajama pants that had been missing in action for several months.
Blog text (6) -
His hair was standing straight up, and his pajama top was on backwards.
Fiction book (1991) -
And they both go to the same men's pajama department.
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In just his pajama bottoms, he got out of bed and padded into the kitchen.
Fiction book (1991) -
The man was wearing a pair of red-check pajamas, and his brown hair was sleep-tousled.
Fiction book (2001) -
Alec walked downstairs, wearing flannel pajama bottoms, a dirty white T-shirt, and slippers without socks.
Fiction book (1996) -
He relaxed on the sofa, wearing his comfortable pajama bottoms.
Synonyms
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4.0
A woman's underwear that covers the lower body and each leg
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1.0
Clothes worn on the lower body with separate parts for each leg
1
8.9
A pair of light, loose trousers that are tight at the ankles, worn by women in South Asia
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pajama comes from the Persian parts pāy 'leg' and jāma 'clothes', passed into Hindi/Urdu and then English, so it originally named a garment for the legs. That is why a pajama can mean a loose pair of trousers traditionally worn in South Asia.