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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..
  Apparently, the singular form of bacteria is bacterium, but you can use the word bacteria for singular, too, and no one will correct you. If you are in science class or â¦ something, if you want to use a word other than bacteria for singular, then bacterium is the word to use.