izmene

Plural of izmană, borrowed from Old Church Slavonic измѣна (izměna), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *měniti (“to change”). Compare Serbo-Croatian izmena (“change”). For the semantic evolution from "change", compare Italian mutande.

• IPA^(key): /izˈme.ne/

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izmene f pl (plural only)

1. underwear, underpants, undergarments, drawers

   Synonyms: chiloți m, indispensabili m pl

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• “izmene”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025