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chiloț
underpants (briefs) /kiˈlot/
noun#3389 most common
Also: panties, shorts (underwear)
Example sentences
Chiloții sunt curați.
The underpants are clean.
Mama spală chiloții copilului.
Mom washes the child's underpants.
Am uitat să-mi iau chiloți de schimb pentru excursie.
I forgot to pack a spare pair of underwear for the trip.
Vânzătoarea i-a recomandat un chilot din bumbac organic.
The saleswoman recommended her a pair of organic cotton underwear.
Deși părea ridicol, și-a schimbat chiloții chiar înainte de interviu, ca ritual norocos.
Although it seemed ridiculous, he changed his underwear right before the interview, as a lucky ritual.
Publicitatea din anii '90 promova chiloți colorați ca simbol al eliberării vestimentare postcomuniste.
1990s advertising promoted colorful underwear as a symbol of post-communist sartorial liberation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | chilot | chiloți |
| Genitive | chilotului | chiloților |
| Accusative | chilot | chiloți |
| Vocative | chilotule | chiloților |
Word family
chilota pair of underpants (singular, used when counting or specifying one item)
chiloțiunderpants (the everyday plural form, used the way "pantaloni" is always plural)
chiloțelsmall/child's underpants (informal diminutive)
chilot de baieswim briefs
Etymology
Romanian dictionaries trace "chilot" to Turkish "külot," which Turkish itself had borrowed from French "culotte" (breeches, knee pants). As the word passed into Romanian it settled on the narrower modern meaning of underpants rather than outer breeches. This route, French into Turkish into Romanian, is the same path several other everyday Romanian words took during Ottoman-era contact.
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