# panty
## English
### Alternative forms

* pantie (uncommon)

### Etymology

Recorded since 1845 in the plural, meaning “drawers for men”, a derogatory diminutive of pants (the shortening of pantaloons); meaning “underpants for women or children” first recorded 1908.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ænti

### Noun

panty (plural panties)
* (obsolete, in the plural) Short trousers for men, or more usually boys. [from the 19th c.]
* (usually in the plural, or in compounds) An article of clothing worn as underpants by women. [from the 20th c.]
** 1952 October 13, Advertisement, Life, page 13,
    For, unlike old-fashioned diapers, PLAYTEX Dryper confines all wetness to the panty area; brings your baby a whole new world of comfort plus cleaner, finer protection.
** 2003, Glamour, Volume 101, Issues 4-6, page number unknown,
    “One time I was going to run and change before a concert because I realized I had panty lines showing,” says Britta Phillips, […] .
** 2011, Dan S. Kennedy, Jason Marrs, No B.S. Price Strategy, page 54:That puts their panty well over 1000% higher priced than the Hanes panty and roughly 300% higher priced than the Victoria′s Secret panty. All three are cotton bikini panties. Not much difference in the actual panty but a huge discrepancy in prices.
* (informal, roller derby) A helmet cover.
** 2010, Alex Cohen, Jennifer Barbee, Down and Derby: The Insider's Guide to Roller Derby, unnumbered page:There is a special play called “Passing the Star” that allows the jammer to remove her helmet panty and hand it over to the pivot.
** 2010, Pamela Ribon, Going in Circles, page 200:We′re practicing this strategy right now. Francesca is the Jammer, and she′s supposed to pass me the helmet panty. Bruisey-Q is assisting her, helping her get through the pack by knocking the formidable ass of ThunderSmack out of the way.
** 2018, Elicia Hyder, Lights Out Lucy: Roller Derby 101:"If you get jammed in, hand me the panty. You can't throw it at me."

#### Usage notes

One wears a pair of panties (like pant(aloon)s), not a panty. The singular form is used in derived terms, but rarely to refer to a single pair of panties.

#### Derived terms

* pantied
* pantie girdle, panty girdle
* pantie hose, pantihose, pantyhose, panty hose, panty-hose
* pantiliner, pantyliner, panty liner
* panty-belt
* panty dropper
* panty line
* panty man
* panty raid
* panty remover
* panty shield
* pantywaist
* pink panty dropper

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: panti

#### Translations
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English panties, panty.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛnti/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pan‧ty

### Noun

panty m (plural panty's, diminutive panty'tje n)
* a pantyhose, nylon tights worn about legs by women
* (obsolete) originally, short and/or legless undershorts worn by women and children

#### Derived terms

* netpanty

## French
### Etymology

From English panty.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɑ̃.ti/

### Noun

panty m (plural pantys)
* panty girdle

### Further reading

* “panty”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English panty.

### Noun

panty m (plural pantys)
* pantyhose
    Synonyms: pantys, pantimedias, medias panty, media

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “panty”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10