English Explanatory Dictionary

tights

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.
  2. A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.
  3. A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.
  4. In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

Pronunciation

/taɪts/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-tights.wav

Word forms

tights

Etymology

From tight + -s.

Synonyms

pantyhose

Translations

Bulgarian: чорапога́щи Bulgarian: чорапога́щник Chinese Cantonese: 連褲襪 /连裤袜 Chinese Mandarin: 連褲襪 /连裤袜 Czech: punčocháče Danish: strømpebukse Dutch: collant Esperanto: kalsonŝtrumpo Finnish: sukkahousut French: collant German: Strumpfhose Hungarian: harisnyanadrág Hungarian: harisnya Icelandic: sokkabuxur Ido: kalzego Irish: riteoga Italian: collant Japanese: パンティストッキング Japanese: タイツ Korean: 팬티 스타킹 Korean: 타이츠 Luxembourgish: Collant Macedonian: хулахо́пки Maltese: kalzetti Norwegian Bokmål: strømpebukse Norwegian Nynorsk: strømpebukse Polish: rajstopy Portuguese: meia-calça Portuguese: colãs Romanian: colanți Romanian: dres Russian: колго́тки Scottish Gaelic: stocainnean Spanish: panti Spanish: pantimedia Swedish: strumpbyxor Swedish: tajts Turkish: tayt Ukrainian: колго́тки Welsh: teits
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