chilot

Forms

chilot m (plural chiloți)^[1]

Etymology

It is borrowed from French culotte (“breeches, knickers”).^[2][3][4][1] The French word is formed from French cul (“backside”) with the suffix -otte.^[1]

Semantic evolution

In Romanian the word names an undergarment, used mostly in the plural, chiloți, for one garment.^[2][4][1] Besides underwear it also names short sports trousers.^[2] The compound ciorap-chilot “tights” is among the recent words Dimitrescu records.^[5]

Meanings

Noun

1. (mostly in the plural) underpants, knickers: an undergarment covering the body from the waist to above the knees, worn under trousers, a dress or a skirt.^[2][4][1]
2. Short trousers worn for sport.^[2]

Related words

• French culotte

Usage notes

Damé records an unrelated Moldavian chilot “packages, luggage”, quoted from Creangă.^[6]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 178
3. ^ Marcu, Florin (2000), Marele dicționar de neologisme, București: Saeculum Vizual, p. s.v. chilot
4. ^ a b c Costăchescu, Adriana; Dincă, Daniela; Dragoste, Ramona; Popescu, Mihaela; Scurtu, Gabriela (2009–2010), Dicționar de împrumuturi lexicale din limba franceză (DILF), 2 vols., Craiova: Universitaria, p. 1
5. ^ Dimitrescu, Florica (1997), Dicționar de cuvinte recente, 2nd ed., București: Logos (with the 3rd ed., 2013, in CLRE), p. s.v. chilot
6. ^ Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État, p. 1