/d͡ʒiːnz/
OriginFrom Gene(s) (also spelled Jean(s)), an obsolete English name for the Italian city of Genoa. Compare French Gênes. In the context of clothing, the term originally denoted a kind of coarse cotton (known more fully as Gene(s) fustian) that was associated with Genoa. It began to be used for trousers made of such cloth in the 19th century. At this point, the final -s was reanalysed as a plural ending.
- plural, plural-onlyA pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
“Traditionally most jeans are dyed dark blue.”
“As a general thing, they were dressed in homespun “jeans,” blue or yellow—there were no other varieties of it; all wore one suspender and sometimes two—yarn ones knitted at home,—some wore vests, but ”
“Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London”
- form-of, pluralplural of jean
- form-of, pluralplural of Jean
- A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John.