Wellington boots

See also: wellington boots

English

A pair of Wellington boots

Alternative forms

• Wellingtons, wellingtons

Etymology

Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised a similar style of boot, if not made of rubber.

Noun

Wellington boots pl (normally plural, singular Wellington boot)

1. (Britain) Waterproof rubber boots, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions. Short forms: wellies (singular welly or wellie)

Usage notes

Wellington boots is almost always used in the plural.

Synonyms

• rainboots
• (US) galoshes
• (US) rubber boot
• (NZ) gumboots
• (UK, NZ) wellies

Translations

waterproof rubber boot

• Catalan: botes de pluja (ca) f pl
• Czech: gumovka (cs) f (colloquial)
• Danish: gummistøvel c, gummistøvler c pl
• Dutch: laarzen (nl), rubberlaarzen (nl), (Flemish) botten (nl)
• Finnish: kumisaappaat (fi), kumpparit (fi), nokialaiset (Nokia-branded rubber boots)
• French: bottes en caoutchouc f pl
• Galician: botas de goma f pl
• German: Gummistiefel (de)
• Hungarian: gumicsizma (hu)
• Irish: buataisí rubair f pl
• Norman: hautes bottes f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gummistøvel m, gummistøvler pl

  Nynorsk: gummistøvel m, gummistøvlar pl

• Polish: gumiaki m, gumowce m, kalosze m
• Portuguese: galocha (pt) f
• Russian: рези́новый сапо́г m (rezínovyj sapóg)
• Scottish Gaelic: bòtann m
• Spanish: botas de goma f pl, botas de agua f pl
• Swedish: gummistövel (sv) c
• Welsh: esgidiau glaw f pl