mutande

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin mūtandae, from mūtandus (which is to be changed).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /muˈtan.de/
  • Rhymes: -ande
  • Hyphenation: mu‧tàn‧de

Noun

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mutande f pl (plural only)

  1. pants (UK), underpants (US)
    • 1947, Primo Levi, “Sul fondo”, in Se questo è un uomo, Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 38:
      Conosciamo già in buona parte il regolamento del campo, che è favolosamente complicato. Innumerevoli sono le proibizioni: avvicinarsi a meno di due metri dal filo spinato; dormire con la giacca, o senza mutande, o col cappello in testa; []
      We already largely know the regulation of the camp, that it is fabulously complicated. Innumerable are the prohibitions: getting less than two meters away from the barbed wire; sleeping with a jacket, or without underwear, or with a hat on your head; []
  2. knickers
  3. briefs

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Latin

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Participle

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mūtande

  1. vocative masculine singular of mūtandus

Swedish

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Participle

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mutande

  1. present participle of muta

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