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Singular and plural of pants, shorts, jeans, etc. up vote 1 down vote favorite. In English, words like pants, shorts, and jeans appear to be in the plural but really refer to one item of clothing (I don't know what the technical term for it is). To be more specific, you can say one pair of pants/shorts/jeans..
In these dialects, the term underdrawers is used for undergarments. In Australia, the terms pants and trousers are synonymous. In most parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland, trousers is the general category term, and pants refers to underwear. In some parts of Scotland, trousers are known as trews; taken from the early Middle English trouse, its plural developed into trousers.