/ kjuːˈlɒts; NAmE kuːˈlɑːts/ noun
[ pl. ] women's wide short trousers / pants that are made to look like a skirt :
a pair of culottes
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: French , knee breeches , diminutive of cul rump, from Latin culus .
/ kjuːˈlɒts; NAmE kuːˈlɑːts/ noun
[ pl. ] women's wide short trousers / pants that are made to look like a skirt :
a pair of culottes
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: French , knee breeches , diminutive of cul rump, from Latin culus .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005