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English translation: leggings / jeggings / treggings /long johns

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French term or phrase:	Pantalons caleçon
English translation:	leggings / jeggings / treggings /long johns
Entered by:	B D Finch

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19:57 Jan 4, 2012

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Marketing - Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Clothes catalogue

French term or phrase: Pantalons caleçon

Bonsoir,
Je cherche la traduction du terme 'pantalon caleçon', pour la description d'une collection de vêtements.
Merci.

RocMer KudoZ activity Questions: 281 (3 open) (3 without valid answers) (34 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 02:41

leggings / long johns

Explanation:
Leggings if they are for women and long johns if they are men's underwear.

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Note added at 20 mins (2012-01-04 20:18:30 GMT)
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"caleçon, nom masculin
Sens 1 Sous-vêtement masculin aux jambes plus ou moins longues [Couture]. Synonyme culotte Anglais boxer shorts
Sens 2 Pantalon féminin très moulant [Couture]. Anglais leggings"
http://www.linternaute.com/dictionnaire/fr/definition/caleco...

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Note added at 2 days3 hrs (2012-01-06 23:17:48 GMT)
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http://blog.debenhams.com/leggings-jeggings-and-treggings-ex...

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Note added at 2 days3 hrs (2012-01-06 23:19:49 GMT)
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The end of that reference is "... treggings-explained/advice/advice-2/"
"Leggings, jeggings and treggings, this season it’s been all about the ‘ings’.

But with all these fashion terms being thrown around, do you know the difference? To make things easier we’ve demystified each style and given you an idea on how to wear them."

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B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:41

Grading comment

j'ai finalement opté pour 'leggings' après discussion avec le client. merci
1 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

leggings / long johns

B D Finch

3 +2

jeggings

David Goward

"cropped trousers", "capris pants", "long shorts", "clam diggers"

Margaret Rigaud

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

1 hr confidence:

"cropped trousers", "capris pants", "long shorts", "clam diggers"

Explanation:
... more translations: depending on the style you want.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-04 21:56:07 GMT)
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"capri pants"! apologies for the typo.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capri_pants

Margaret Rigaud
Local time: 01:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

11 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

jeggings

Explanation:
Have to admit I'd never heard of "jeggings" until I looked up the French term and found the Damart site:
http://www.damart.fr/produits/pantaloncaleçon-perfect-fit-ma...
damart.co.uk calls these things "jeggings":
http://www.damart.co.uk/-p-I7460.html
Suspecting an in-house or trade name, I googled "jeggings" and to my great surprise found 5½ million ghits...
where have I been hiding?

David Goward
France
Local time: 02:41
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 36

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

leggings / long johns

B D Finch
France
Local time: 02:41
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 52

Grading comment

j'ai finalement opté pour 'leggings' après discussion avec le client. merci

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Changes made by editors

Jan 13 - Changes made by B D Finch:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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