bell-bottoms

See also: bellbottoms

English

Bell bottom jeans.

Alternative forms

• bellbottoms

Pronunciation

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Noun

bell-bottoms pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) Pants that are flared from the knee downwards, a characteristic style of the 1970s.

   Synonym: flares

   • 2022 April 27, Jennifer Schuessler, “An Heir, a $25 Million Giveaway and 30,000 Unopened Letters”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     After landing, Brody, wearing bell-bottoms and large green sunglasses, announced to assembled reporters that he would be giving away his $25 million fortune to ordinary people to spread love and “cure the problems of the world.”

Translations

pants that are flared from the knee downwards

• Afrikaans: klokbroek, matroosbroek
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喇叭褲／喇叭裤 (zh) (lǎbākù)

• Czech: zvonáče (cs) m pl
• Finnish: leveälahkeiset housut
• French: pattes d’éléphant (fr)
• German: Schlaghose f, Hose mit Schlag f
• Japanese: ベルボトム (berubotomu)
• Korean: 나팔바지 (ko) (napalbaji)
• Macedonian: ѕвонарки f pl (dzvonarki)
• Manx: troosyn cass lhean m pl
• Polish: dzwony (pl) m pl
• Portuguese: calças à boca de sino
• Russian: брю́ки клёш f pl (brjúki kljoš), клёш (ru) m (kljoš)
• Spanish: pantalones de campana pl, pantalones acampanados m pl, pantalones de pata de elefante m pl
• Turkish: İspanyol paça

See also

• bell-bottom
• bell-bottomed
• bell-bottom trousers
• bell-bottomed trousers