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English
Navy pea coat
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English cote , coate , cotte , from Old French cote , cotte ( “ outer garment with sleeves ” ) , from Latin cotta ( “ undercoat, tunic ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *kuttô , *kuttǭ ( “ cowl, woolen cloth, coat ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewd- , *gud- ( “ woolen clothes ” ) .
Cognate with Old High German kozza , kozzo ( “ woolen coat ” ) (German Kotze ( “ coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape ” ) ), Middle Low German kot ( “ coat ” ) , Ancient Greek βεῦδος ( beûdos , “ woman's attire ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
coat (countable and uncountable , plural coats )
( countable ) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms .Wp
1906 , Stanley J[ohn] Weyman , chapter I, in Chippinge Borough , New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC , page 01 :It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
1977 , Agatha Christie , chapter 4, in An Autobiography , part II, London: Collins , →ISBN :Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. [ …] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
( countable ) A covering of material , such as paint .Wp
fresh coat of paint
1667 , John Milton , “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons ], , →OCLC ; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873 , →OCLC :Fruit of all kinds, in coat / Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk , or shell .
( countable ) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin .Wp
When the dog shed its coat , it left hair all over the furniture and the carpet.
( uncountable , nautical ) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather ).
( obsolete ) A petticoat .
The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth .
A coat of arms .Wp
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The First Part of Henry the Sixt ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :Hark , countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat .
A coat card .
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Translations
outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
Albanian: pallto (sq) f
Alutiiq: paltuuk
Arabic: مِعْطَف (ar) m ( miʕṭaf )
Armenian: վերարկու (hy) ( verarku ) , պալտո (hy) ( palto )
Asturian: abrigu m , sayu m
Azerbaijani: palto (az)
Belarusian: паліто́ n ( palitó ) , пальто́ n ( palʹtó ) , пінжа́к m ( pinžák ) ( jacket )
Bengali: কোট ( kōṭ )
Bulgarian: сако́ (bg) n ( sakó ) , жаке́т (bg) m ( žakét ) , пардесю́ (bg) n ( pardesjú ) , палто́ (bg) n ( paltó )
Burmese: အင်္ကျီ (my) ( angkyi ) , လောင်းကုတ်အင်္ကျီ (my) ( laung:kut-angkyi ) , ကုတ် (my) ( kut )
Catalan: abric (ca) m , casaca (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎦᏌᎴᎾ ( gasalena )
Chichewa: khothi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 褸 / 褛 ( lau1 )
Mandarin: 外衣 (zh) ( wàiyī ) , 大衣 (zh) ( dàyī ) , 外套 (zh) ( wàitào )
Cornish: kota m , mantel f
Czech: kabát (cs) m , plášť (cs) m
Danish: frakke c
Dutch: mantel (nl) m , jas (nl) m
Esperanto: jako (eo) , ( portata eksterdome, vintre aŭ ĝenerale en malvarma vetero ) palto
Estonian: mantel (et)
Faroese: frakki m
Finnish: takki (fi)
French: manteau (fr) m , paletot (fr) m , pardessus (fr) m
Georgian: პალტო ( ṗalṭo ) , ქურქი ( kurki ) , პიჯაკი ( ṗiǯaḳi ) , ქურთუკი ( kurtuḳi )
German: Mantel (de) m
Greek: πανωφόρι (el) n ( panofóri ) , παλτό (el) n ( paltó )
Ancient: ἀρνακίς f ( arnakís ) , ῥῆνιξ f ( rhênix )
Guaraní: ahoja (gn)
Hawaiian: kuka
Hebrew: מְעִיל (he) m ( meíl )
Hindi: कोट (hi) m ( koṭ )
Hungarian: kabát (hu)
Icelandic: jakki (is) m , frakki (is) m
Indonesian: mantel (id)
Irish: cóta m , casóg f
Italian: mantello (it) m , cappotto (it) m , casacca (it) f , giacca (it) f , giubba (it) f
Japanese: コート (ja) ( kōto ) , 外套 (ja) ( がいとう, gaitō )
Kazakh: пальто ( palto )
Khmer: អាវធំ ( ʼaaw thom )
Korean: 코트 (ko) ( koteu ) , 외투(外套) (ko) ( oetu )
Kyrgyz: пальто ( palto )
Lao: ເສຶ້ອໃຫຍ່ ( sưa nyai )
Latgalian: svuorks , kuļuks , biņdzjuks , sveita
Latin: laena f
Latvian: mētelis m , svārki m pl
Lithuanian: paltas m
Luhya: kumuchosi
Lutshootseed: kəpu
Macedonian: капут m ( kaput )
Malay: kot (ms)
Manx: cooat m
Maori: koti
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: пальто (mn) ( palʹto )
Navajo: éétsoh
Norman: câsaque f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: frakk (no) m
Nynorsk: frakk m
Persian: پالتو (fa) ( pâlto ) , کت (fa) ( kot ) , کاپشن (fa) ( kâpšen )
Plautdietsch: Waums n , Jak f
Polish: płaszcz (pl) m
Portuguese: casaco (pt) m , agasalho (pt)
Russian: пальто́ (ru) n ( palʹtó ) , пиджа́к (ru) m ( pidžák ) ( jacket )
Scottish Gaelic: còta m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̀пӯт m
Roman: kàpūt (sh) m
Slovak: kabát m , plášť m
Slovene: plašč (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: płašć m
Spanish: abrigo (es) m , saco (es) m , casaca (es) f
Swahili: koti (sw)
Swedish: rock (sv) c
Tajik: палто ( palto )
Taos: kùtiʼína
Thai: เสื้อนอก ( sʉ̂ʉa-nɔ̂ɔk ) , เสื้อโค้ท
Tibetan: ཀོར ( kor ) , ཕྱུ་པ ( phyu pa )
Turkish: palto (tr)
Turkmen: palto
Ukrainian: пальто́ (uk) n ( palʹtó ) , піджа́к ( pidžák ) ( jacket )
Urdu: کوٹ m ( koṭ )
Uyghur: پەلتو ( pelto )
Uzbek: palʼto , palto (uz)
Vietnamese: áo bành tô , áo khoác (vi)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: ( South Wales ) cot (cy) f , ( North Wales ) côt (cy) f
Winnebago: woonąžįxete
Yiddish: מאַנטל m ( mantl )
covering of material, such as paint
Bulgarian: покри́тие n ( pokrítie )
Catalan: cobertura f
Czech: nátěr m
Danish: lag (da) n
Dutch: laag (nl) f
Esperanto: tavolo (eo) , tegaĵo
Finnish: pinta (fi) , pinnoite (fi)
French: couche (fr) f
German: Beschichtung (de) f
Greek: επικάλυμμα (el) n ( epikálymma ) , ( paint ) στρώση (el) f ( strósi ) , επίχρισμα (el) n ( epíchrisma )
Ido: induto (io) , induturo (io)
Irish: brat m , cóta m
Italian: rivestimento (it) m
Japanese: 塗装 (ja) ( とそう, tosō ) , コーティング ( kōtingu )
Macedonian: слој m ( sloj )
Malay: lapisan (ms)
Polish: warstwa (pl) f
Portuguese: cobertura (pt) f , mão (pt) f , demão (pt) f
Russian: слой (ru) m ( sloj )
Spanish: cubierta (es) f
Swahili: koti (sw)
Swedish: lager (sv) , täcklager , hölje (sv) , täcke (sv)
Welsh: ( South Wales ) cot (cy) f , ( North Wales ) côt (cy) f
fur or feathers
Asturian: pelleyu (ast) m or n
Danish: pels (da) c ( fur ) , fjerdragt c ( feathers ) , dragt c
Finnish: turkki (fi) ( fur ) , höyhenpuku (fi) ( feathers )
Greek: τρίχωμα (el) n ( tríchoma ) , γούνα (el) f ( goúna ) , ( feathers ) φτέρωμα (el) n ( ftéroma )
Hungarian: bunda (hu)
Irish: clúmh m
Japanese: 毛皮 (ja) ( けがわ, kegawa ) , 羽毛 (ja) ( うもう, umō )
Latin: pellis f
Macedonian: крзно n ( krzno ) ( fur ) , пердуви m ( perduvi ) ( feathers )
Polish: sierść (pl) f
Portuguese: pelagem (pt) f , pelo (pt) m
Russian: шкура (ru) f ( škura )
Spanish: pelaje (es) m
Swahili: koti (sw)
Swedish: hårbeklädnad , päls (sv) , fjäderdräkt (sv)
Tibetan: སྤུ ( spu ) , བལ ( bal ) ( sheep )
Welsh: ( South Wales ) cot (cy) f , ( North Wales ) côt (cy) f
canvas secured around mast
Translations to be checked
Verb
coat (third-person singular simple present coats , present participle coating , simple past and past participle coated )
( transitive ) To cover with a coating of some material.
The frying pan was coated with a layer of non-stick material, making it easier to wash.
2021 January 13, “Fleet News: Final Avanti West Coast Super Voyager refurbished”, in RAIL, issue 922 , page 23 :Door grab handles have been coated with an anti-microbial finish.
( transitive ) To cover like a coat.
( transitive , archaic ) To clothe .
Hyponyms
Translations
to cover with a coat of some material
Bulgarian: намазвам (bg) ( namazvam ) , покривам (bg) ( pokrivam )
Catalan: cobrir (ca)
Dutch: bekleden (nl) , coaten (nl)
Esperanto: tegi (eo)
Finnish: päällystää (fi)
French: couvrir (fr) , revêtir (fr)
Galician: bañar (gl) , revestir (gl) , cubrir (gl)
German: beschichten (de)
Greek: σκεπάζω (el) ( skepázo )
Italian: rivestire (it) , incappottare (it)
Macedonian: обложува ( obložuva ) , покрива ( pokriva )
Polish: pokrywać (pl) , pokryć (pl)
Portuguese: revestir (pt)
Russian: покрыва́ть (ru) ( pokryvátʹ )
Spanish: cubrir (es)
Swahili: koti (sw)
Swedish: täcka (sv) , belägga (sv)
Turkish: kaplamak (tr) , kaban (tr)
Vietnamese: phết (vi) , phủ (vi) , trét (vi)
Anagrams
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Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *koːwa- . Compare Classical Nahuatl cōātl ( “ snake ” ) .
Pronunciation
( standard ) IPA (key ) : /ˈku(w)at/
( Witzapan ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɡu(w)at/
( Tacuba ) IPA (key ) : /ˈkʷat/
Noun
coat (plural cohcoat )
snake
Cuaconi peuhqui ne coat mocuehcueloa Then the snake started to curl up
Derived terms
Yola
Noun
coat
Alternative form of cooat
1867 , GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY :Mee coat is ee-runt. My coat is torn.
References
Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867 , page 65