jeans

Pronunciation

• enPR: jēnz
• IPA ^(key): /dʒiːnz/
• SAMPA: /dZi:nz/

Homophone

• genes

Noun

Singular none

Plural jeans

A pair of jeans

1. (uncountable) Jeans are pants made from denim.

Usage notes

To talk about one piece of clothing we say "a pair of jeans". For more than one we say "pairs of jeans". You can also just say "jeans" for one pair. To call it "a jean" is incorrect.