knickers
French, noun/(k)ni.kœʁ/
knickers is spelled K-N-I-C-K-E-R-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written French, the 250,316th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knickers is a French masculine noun meaning “knickerbockers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de bermuda descendant en-dessous du genou et s’attachant par une boutonnière”.
What does knickers mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineknickerbockers
Il est venu en knickers.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de bermuda descendant en-dessous du genou et s’attachant par une boutonnière
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of knickers
- knicker alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce knickers?
- /(k)ni.kœʁ/
- \kni.kœʁs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to knickers
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is knickers in French?
knickers appears about once in every 63 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).