Noun pants pl (US, Aus) Piece of clothing that is worn on the legs. (British) Piece of underwear, covering the genitalia. Synonyms Trousers (1) underpants (2) Translations Breton: bragoù m (1), brageier pl (1) Esperanto: pantalono (1), subvestaĵo (2) Finnish: housut (1), alushousut (2), pikkuhousut (2) German: Hose f (1), Unterhose f (2), Schlüpfer m (2) Indonesian: celana (1), celana dalam (2), cawat (2, informal) Swedish: byxa (singular) (1), underbyxa (2), kalsonger (2, for men) Verb he pants, she pants, it pants 3rd person singular of pant: breathe rapidly in short gasps. Adjective (British, colloquial) of low quality.