caleçon

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian calzone, with an excrescent schwa (cf. the form calçon, attested in the sixteenth century). Doublet of chausson, an inherited form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kal.sɔ̃/ === Noun === caleçon m (plural caleçons) boxer shorts, boxer briefs ==== Usage notes ==== Caleçons sold in Quebec tend to be more conservatively cut than their equivalent in France or Haiti. ==== Derived terms ==== caleçon de bain ==== Descendants ==== → Greek: καλσόν (kalsón) → Esperanto: kalsono Louisiana Creole: caneçon → Swedish: kalsong → Japanese: カルソン === References === Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.