Explore Culottes through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Culottes in a sentence
Culottes meaning
A type of loose shorts which look like a skirt; a divided skirt.
Using Culottes
- The main meaning on this page is: A type of loose shorts which look like a skirt; a divided skirt.
Context around Culottes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Culottes
- In this selection, "culottes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sans, billowy, dressy, cropped and resented stand out and add context to how "culottes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and tartan culottes or skirt and long dressy culottes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "culottes" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with culottes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They were long, dressy culottes. (5 words)
From kick-flare silhouettes to billowy culottes, cropped jeans allow you to showcase quirky socks and stylish footwear. (18 words)
The Jacobins identified themselves with the popular movement and the sans-culottes, who in turn saw popular violence as a political right. (22 words)
These uniforms consist of a white shirt, tie, blazer with school crest, and tailored trousers (often not of the same color as the blazer) for boys and a white blouse, tie, blazer with school crest, and tartan culottes or skirt for girls. (42 words)
This encouraged the Jacobins to seize power through a parliamentary coup, backed up by force effected by mobilising public support against the Girondist faction, and by utilising the mob power of the Parisian sans-culottes. (35 words)
Fifth, the working class of Paris and the other cities—the sans-culottes —resented the fact that the property owners and professionals had taken all the spoils of the Revolution. (30 words)
Example sentences (6)
From kick-flare silhouettes to billowy culottes, cropped jeans allow you to showcase quirky socks and stylish footwear.
They were long, dressy culottes.
Fifth, the working class of Paris and the other cities—the sans-culottes —resented the fact that the property owners and professionals had taken all the spoils of the Revolution.
The Jacobins identified themselves with the popular movement and the sans-culottes, who in turn saw popular violence as a political right.
These uniforms consist of a white shirt, tie, blazer with school crest, and tailored trousers (often not of the same color as the blazer) for boys and a white blouse, tie, blazer with school crest, and tartan culottes or skirt for girls.
This encouraged the Jacobins to seize power through a parliamentary coup, backed up by force effected by mobilising public support against the Girondist faction, and by utilising the mob power of the Parisian sans-culottes.