pantaloni Italian · revision 38953

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1799, Palermo document|origins=vec Pantalon}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /pan.taˈlo.ni/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pantaloni''' ''m pl'' (plural only)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|pantalon]], which DELI dates to 1650 and DEI to 1625 in the plural.^(DELI 1999)^(DEI)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) The French word comes from the name of a mask of the commedia dell'arte who wore long trousers, [[vec|Pantalon]] of Venice.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(DEI)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ The mask was named after the saint [[Pantaleone]], venerated in Venice, whose name was very common in the city; the church of San Pantalon is recorded there by 1101, and the mask by 1561.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(REW 1935) Prati also mentions the view that the trousers took their name from a nickname of the Venetians themselves, who were called after the mask.^(Prati 1951|736)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The earliest Italian records are from the years around 1800: a Palermo document of 1799 speaks of breeches ''chiamati alla pantalona'', “called after Pantalone”, and in 1809 Ugo Foscolo wrote that he did not dare present himself to His Excellency ''così in pantaloni'', “like this, in trousers”.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) The garment was long trousers in the French fashion.^(DEI|2751)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Venetian lexicographer Boerio wrote in 1829 that the word had come into use after the political revolution, for wide sailor's trousers that covered the whole leg and then became common.^(DELI 1999)^(Prati 1951|736) Two years before Foscolo, in 1797, the Jacobins had used ''pantaloni'' in a political sense, for the members of the Venetian oligarchy.^(DELI 1999) Tommaseo marked the word as taken from French.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ The word spread to many languages: DEI cites Turkish ''pantalon'', English ''pantaloon'' (1798) and Portuguese ''pantalão''.^(DEI|2751) ''Pantalonaia'', a woman who makes trousers, is recorded from 1936 and ''pantaloncino'' “shorts” from 1967.^(Nocentini 2010)^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1561 – The Venetian mask Pantalone is first recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1650 – French ''pantalon'' is recorded in DELI's dating.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1797 – Jacobin writers call the Venetian oligarchs ''pantaloni''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1799 – A Palermo document mentions breeches ''alla pantalona''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1809 – Ugo Foscolo writes ''in pantaloni''.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1829 – Boerio's Venetian dictionary describes the new garment.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|trousers]], [[m|en|pants]]: a garment covering the body from the waist down, with a separate part for each leg: ''Si è comprato un paio di pantaloni di velluto.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(singular, pantalone)'' One leg of a pair of trousers: ''Mi sono strappato il pantalone sinistro.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pantaloncini]]

+ * [[pantalonaia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fr|pantalon]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The singular ''pantalone'' is used for the garment too, and for one of its legs.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) ''Portare i pantaloni'' means to be the one in charge in a family, and ''farsela nei pantaloni'' (colloquial) to be terrified.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003) ''Gonna pantalone'' is a divided skirt and ''tailleur pantalone'' a trouser suit.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}