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Definition of culottes

culottes

/kuːˈlɑːts/
cu · lottes
Plural:culottes
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• noun

1

Women's knee-length or calf-length trousers cut with very full legs so as to resemble a skirt.

Example

"She wore a pair of lightweight linen culottes to stay comfortable during the summer afternoon."

2

Close-fitting knee-breeches worn by European gentlemen from the late sixteenth century through the eighteenth century.

Example

"The historical portrait depicted a French nobleman dressed in silk culottes and buckled shoes."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed from French culotte ('knee-breeches'), a diminutive derived from cul ('buttocks'), which comes from Latin culus. Historically, the aristocratic style of wearing culottes gave rise to the French Revolutionary term sans-culottes ('without knee-breeches') for working-class revolutionaries who wore full-length trousers.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Culottes. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/culottes
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