sweater

English

Wikipedia

A sweater.

Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • IPA: /ˈswɛt.ə/, X-SAMPA: /"swEt.@/
• (Australia)
  • IPA: /ˈswetə/, X-SAMPA: /"swet@/
• (GenAm)
  • IPA: /ˈswɛtɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"swEt@`/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛtə(r)

Noun

sweater (plural sweaters)

1. A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
2. A similar garment worn for warmth.
3. Agent noun of sweat; a person who sweats.

Synonyms

• (for sense 1): sweatshirt
• (for sense 2): jumper, pullover, jersey, cardigan, wooly
• (for sense 3): perspirer

Translations

knitted jacket worn by athletes before or after exercise

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛衣 (cmn) (máoyī)

• Finnish: villapusero (fi)
• French: sweater (fr) m, sweat-shirt (fr) m, sweat (fr) m

• German: Sweatshirt (de) n
• Japanese: セーター (ja) (sētā)
• Russian: свитер (ru) (svítɛr, svíter) m

similar garment worn for warmth

• Afrikaans: trui (af)
• Arabic:

  Morocco: تريكو (trīkū)

• Armenian: սվիտեր (hy) (sviter)
• Bulgarian: пуловер (bg) (pulóver) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛衣 (cmn) (máoyī)

• Czech: pulovr (cs), svetr (cs)
• Finnish: villapaita (fi), villapusero (fi)
• French: pull-over (fr) m, pull (fr) m, chandail (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Pullover (de) m
• Hebrew: סוודר \ סְוֶדֶר (he) (svéder) m
• Hungarian: pulóver (hu)
• Interlingua: sweater (ia)
• Irish: geansaí (ga) m

• Italian: maglione (it) m
• Japanese: セーター (ja) (sētā)
• Latin: thorax lanius (la)
• Navajo: éétsoh naatsʼǫǫdii, ééʼnaatsʼǫǫdii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: genser (nb) m

  Nynorsk: genser (nn) m

• Polish: sweter (pl) m
• Portuguese: suéter (pt) m, pulôver (pt) m
• Russian: свитер (ru) (svítɛr, svíter) m
• Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh (gd) m
• Spanish: chaleco m (Southern Spain - specifically Seville, Chile), buzo f (Colombia - also suéter), chomba f (Chile, colloquial), chompa f (Bolivia, Peru), jersey (Spain standard usage) m, pulóver m (Argentina), suéter m (Latin America)
• Swahili: sweta (sw)
• Turkish: süveter (tr), kazak (tr)

a person who sweats

• Finnish: hikoilija

• Japanese: 汗っかき (ja) (asekkaki)

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• Mandarin: 毛衣 (pinyin: máoyī)

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