(used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
"After a long day fixing the fence, I kicked off my boots and relaxed in my worn-out jeans."
A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
"She wore her favorite blue jeans to the concert last night."
plural of jean
In plain English: Jeans are pants made from durable blue denim fabric that people wear every day.
"She wore her favorite blue jeans to the picnic."
Usage: Jeans refers to trousers made from durable denim fabric, not the singular material itself. Use the plural form when talking about the garment you wear, even though it looks like a singular item.
A patronymic surname, from given names derived from a medieval variant of John.
"The genealogist traced the family tree back to an ancestor named Jeans, revealing that their last name was actually a patronymic derived from the medieval form of John."
The word jeans comes from an old English name for the Italian city of Genoa and originally referred to a coarse cotton fabric associated with that region. By the 19th century, the term shifted to describe trousers made from this material, at which point the final "s" was reinterpreted as a plural ending rather than part of the original place name.