- the US spelling of pyjamas
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pa•ja•mas /pəˈdʒɑməz, -ˈdʒæməz/USA pronunciation
n. [plural]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Clothingclothing worn for sleeping, made of loose-fitting trousers and a top:These pajamas don't fit.
pa•ja•mas
(pə jä′məz, -jam′əz),USA pronunciation n. (used with a plural v.)
pa•ja′maed, adj.
- Clothingnight clothes consisting of loose-fitting trousers and jacket.
- Clothingloose-fitting trousers, usually of silk or cotton, worn by both sexes in the Orient.
- Persian pāy leg + jāma garment
- Hindi, variant of pāyjāma
- plural of pajama 1870–75
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py•jam•as
(pə jä′məz, -jam′əz),USA pronunciation n. (used with plural v.) [Chiefly Brit.]
- British Termspajamas.
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loose-fitting nightclothes comprising a jacket or top and trousers full loose-fitting ankle-length trousers worn in various Asian countries
'pajamas' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
airplane cloth
- bed jacket
- bottom
- cat's pajamas
- drop seat
- jammies
- jams
- nightclothes
- p.j.'s
- pajama
- pyjamas
- sleeper
- sleepwear
- stinky pinky