# jeans

Pronunciation: US say "JEENZ" /d͡ʒinz/; UK

## Noun

1. A pair of pants made from denim cotton.
   - Simple: Strong cotton pants, usually blue, made from a tough cloth called denim.
   - _He rolled up the cuffs of his jeans before wading into the creek._
   - _Designers showed several new styles of jeans at the spring runway show._
2. Plural of jean. — plural of jean
   - Simple: Plural of jean. A single pair of pants made of jean is also called jeans.
   - _The factory produces thousands of jeans each week._
   - _Retailers say wide-leg jeans now outsell skinny ones._

## Origin

From Gene(s) (also spelled Jean(s)), an obsolete English name for the Italian city of Genoa (compare French Gênes). It originally referred to a coarse cotton cloth associated with Genoa, known more fully as Gene(s) fustian. In the 19th century the word came to mean trousers made of such cloth, and the final -s was reinterpreted as a plural ending.

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