English
Two boys in pajamas.
Alternative forms
Noun
pajamas pl (normally plural, singular pajama)
- Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
- Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.
Usage notes
“pajamas” is chiefly a U.S. spelling, the rest of the English speaking world uses “pyjamas.”
Derived terms
Translations
clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in
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- Korean: 파자마 (ko) (pajama)
- Kyrgyz: пижама (picama)
- Lao: ສົ້ງເສື້ອນຸ່ງນອນ (song sư̄a nung nǭn), ເສຶ້ອນອນ (sưa nǭn), ເສື້ອນອນ (sư̄a nǭn)
- Latvian: pidžama f
- Lithuanian: pižama f
- Macedonian: пижа́ма f (pižáma)
- Maltese: paġama f
- Maori: kākahu moe
- Mongolian: унтлагын хувцас (untlagyn huvtsas)
- Norwegian: pysjamas (no) m
- Persian: پايجامه (pâyjâme), پیژامه (fa) (pižâme)
- Polish: piżama (pl) f, pidżama (pl) f
- Portuguese: pijama (pt) m
- Romanian: pijama (ro) f
- Russian: пижа́ма (ru) f (pižáma)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пиџама f
- Roman: pidžama (sh) f
- Sinhalese: පිජාමා (pijāmā)
- Slovak: pyžamo n, pyžama f
- Slovene: pižama (sl) f
- Spanish: pijama (es), pijamas n
- Swedish: pyjamas (sv) c
- Tagalog: pandiyama, padyama, damit-pantulog
- Tajik: пижама (pižama)
- Telugu: పైజామా (paijāmā)
- Thai: ชุดนอน (chút-non)
- Turkish: pijama (tr)
- Turkmen: pijama
- Ukrainian: піжа́ма f (pižáma)
- Urdu: پاجاما (pājāmā), پایجامه (paijāmā)
- Uzbek: pijama (uz)
- Vietnamese: pijama, quần áo ngủ
- Yiddish: פּיזשאַמעס f (pizhames)
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loose-fitting trousers worn in the Far East
See also