English

A girl (and a doll) wearing pyjamas

Noun

pyjamas pl ‎(plural only)

1. British standard spelling of pajamas (clothes for sleeping in).
   • 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231:

     The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas.

   • 2007, Ann Brashares, Summers of the Sisterhood: Forever in Blue, page 178:

     She wasn′t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.

2. British standard spelling of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in the Far East).
   • 2010, Lucy Norris, Recycling Indian Clothing: Global Contexts of Reuse and Value, Indiana University Press, page 34:

     They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English pyjamas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyjaːmas/, [pʰyˈjæːmas]

Noun

pyjamas c (singular definite pyjamassen, plural indefinite pyjamasser or pyjamas)

1. pajamas, pyjamas

Inflection

French

Noun

pyjamas m

1. plural of pyjama

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English pyjamas.

Noun

pyjamas m pl

1. pyjamas

Swedish

Noun

pyjamas c

1. a pyjamas

Declension

Related terms

• pyjamaspapper
• pyjamasrandig