coat

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English [edit]

Navy pea coat

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle English coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garmet with sleeves”), from Old Frankish *kotta (“coat”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttōn (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeud-, *gud- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old High German kozza, kozzo (“woolen coat”) (Modern German Kotze), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beũdos, “woman's attire”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

coat (countable and uncountable; plural coats)

  1. (countable) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
  2. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.
  3. (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
    When the dog shed its coat, it left hair all over the furniture and the carpet.
  4. (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)

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Translations [edit]

outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
covering of material, such as paint
fur or feathers
canvas secured around mast
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Verb [edit]

coat (third-person singular simple present coats, present participle coating, simple past and past participle coated)

  1. To cover with a coat of some material
    One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.
  2. To cover as a coat.

Translations [edit]

to cover with a coat of some material
to cover as a coat

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