Meaning

3 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

    She put on a coat over her new pair of pajamas.

    Pyjama, Schlafanzug, Pölter

    пижа́маpižáma

    піжа́маpižáma

  2. (plural, plural only)Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.

    шарова́рыšarováry

  3. (plural, plural only, slang)The coloured uniform worn by players in professional limited overs matches.

Examples

171 sentences
  1. Tom came to class in his pajamas.

    Том прийшов у клас у піжамі.

    ruТом пришёл на уроки в пижаме.

    deTom ist im Schlafanzug zum Unterricht gekommen.

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  2. Put on your pajamas.

    Одягни піжаму.

    ruНадень пижаму.

    deZieh deinen Schlafanzug an!

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  3. Put your pajamas on.

    Одягни піжаму.

    ruНадень пижаму.

    deZieh deinen Schlafanzug an!

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  4. Tom doesn't usually wear pajamas.

    Том зазвичай не носить піжаму.

    ruТом обычно не носит пижаму.

    deTom trägt für gewöhnlich keine Schlafanzüge.

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  5. I ate breakfast in my pajamas.

    ruЯ позавтракал в пижаме.

    deIch frühstückte im Schlafanzug.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in:
Русский
By meaning 2
clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in:
loose-fitting trousers worn in South Asia:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in:

Origin

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पाजामा (pājāmā) / Urdu پاجامہ (pājāma)), from Classical Pe

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi पाजामा (pājāmā) / Urdu پاجامہ (pājāma)), from Classical Persian پَاجَامَه (pājāma, “trousers, drawers”), from پَا (pā, “leg”) + جَامَه (jāma, “garment”).

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Forms

plural: pajamases

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • in his pajamas
  • wear pajamas
  • on his pajamas
  • his pajamas when
  • wearing his pajamas
  • his pajamas and
  • doesn't wear pajamas
  • in my pajamas

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pajamas — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto