Jeans

Pronunciation

• enPR: jÄ“nz, IPA: /dÊ’iːnz/
• Rhymes: -iːnz
• Homophones: genes

Origin

Originally a shortened form of jean fustian (from Middle English Gene ("Genoa; Genovese") + fustian ("strong cotton fabric"). The -s was added to jean under influence from the cognate Old French Jannes (modern French Gênes).

Noun

plural

1. (pluralonly) A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
• 2013-08-03, Revenge of the nerds, Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
2. Traditionally most jeans are dyed dark blue.
3. Plural of jean

Synonyms

Derived terms

• blue jeans
• cream in one's jeans

Related terms

• Genoese, Genovese

Anagrams

• janes