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# pyjama

«pyjama» in Mova's school dictionary: **Loose, comfortable clothes for sleeping in, usually a top…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pyjamas — usually plural; pyjama as an adjective: pyjama top)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (pyjamas) Loose, comfortable clothes for sleeping in, usually a top and trousers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyjama/#m1)

2) (pyjama, before another noun) Belonging to pyjamas: «pyjama party», «pyjama top». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyjama/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and routines: put on pyjamas at bedtime; «pyjama day» at school for charity. In hygiene, change pyjamas regularly. Phrases: «a pair of pyjamas», «in your pyjamas», «pyjama party», «PJs».

### examples

- I put on my pyjamas after my bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyjama/#x1)
- We had a pyjama party at my friend's house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyjama/#x2)
- My pyjama top has stars on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyjama/#x3)
- It was pyjama day at school, so we came in our PJs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyjama/#x4)
- Grandpa gave me a new pair of pyjamas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyjama/#x5)
- Don't go outside in your pyjamas! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyjama/#x6)

### note

Usually plural: «pyjamas» or «a pair of pyjamas». UK spelling «pyjamas»; US spelling «pajamas». Short form: «PJs». Use «pyjama» (singular) only before another noun.

### In the corpora

- [That night he dreams he has to fight Jake in front of the whole school, in his pyjamas.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/366-sam-is-scared-fear-is-normal/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pyjama» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyjama/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.