collant
masculine
The Italian word for tights is collant.
collant is used to refer to the women's garment known as tights or pantyhose. If you want to specify fishnet tights, use the phrase calze a rete.
Meaning: women's garment (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
collant is a masculine noun. It is an invariable noun, meaning it does not change its form in the plural. To say 'some tights', use the partitive article dei before the word, resulting in dei collant.
Did you know?
- In Italian, the word calza comes from the Latin calceus, which originally referred to a shoe. This means the language historically grouped footwear and leg-wear under the same root.
- The word collant is a direct loanword from French, which explains why it follows French spelling patterns rather than traditional Italian ones.
- If an Italian speaker mentions calze in a domestic context, they might actually be referring to socks. To avoid confusion with collant, they often specify calzini for short socks.
Examples in context
- Sta indossando dei collant.She's wearing tights.This sentence is useful for describing what someone is wearing using collant.Tatoeba #4246702 by Guybrush88, translation #1862564 by Spamster
- Questi uomini stanno indossando dei collant.These men are wearing tights.This sentence is useful for describing what men are wearing using collant.Tatoeba #4246713 by Guybrush88, translation #1862565 by Spamster
- Mi servono dei collant neriI need black tights
- Buongiorno, sto cercando dei collant neri opachi taglia mediaGood morning, I'm looking for some medium-sized opaque black tights
- Ho comprato dei collant neri nuovi.I bought some new black tights.
- 1 more sentence on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Martina and Francesco are getting ready for a party.
- MartinaFrancesco, mi aiuti con questi collant?Francesco, can you help me with these tights?
- FrancescoCerto, Martina, dimmi pure.Of course, Martina, just tell me.
- MartinaSono un po' troppo stretti.They are a bit too tight.
- FrancescoProva quelli più grandi, se vuoi.Try the larger ones, if you want.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “tights” translations and entries collant, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries collant, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
