pyjamas

English

A girl (and a doll) wearing pyjamas

Noun

pyjamas (plural only)

1. (chiefly British) Standard form of pajamas (clothes for sleeping in).
   • 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231,

     The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas.

   • 2007, Ann Brashares, Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue, page 178,

     She wasn′t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.

2. (chiefly British) Standard form of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in the Far East).
   • 2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34,

     They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English pyjamas

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pyjaːmas/, [pʰyˈjæːmas]

Noun

pyjamas c (singular definite pyjamassen, plural indefinite pyjamasser or pyjamas)

1. pajamas, pyjamas

Inflection

    Inflection of pyjamas

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	pyjamas	pyjamassen	pyjamasser pyjamas	pyjamasserne pyjamassene
genitive	pyjamas'	pyjamassens	pyjamassers pyjamas'	pyjamassernes pyjamassenes

External links

• Pyjamas on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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French

Noun

pyjamas m pl

1. Plural form of pyjama

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From English pyjamas.

Noun

pyjamas mpl

1. pyjamas

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Swedish

Noun

pyjamas c

1. a pyjamas

Declension

Declension of pyjamas

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pyjamas	pyjamasen	pyjamasar	pyjamasarna
genitive	pyjamas	pyjamasens	pyjamasars	pyjamasarnas

Related terms

• pyjamaspapper
• pyjamasrandig