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

1. (British) 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
• gumboots
• 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: kumisaapas (fi)
• French: bottes en caoutchouc f pl
• German: Gummistiefel (de)
• Hungarian: gumicsizma (hu)
• Norman: hautes bottes f pl
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gummistøvel m, gummistøvler pl

  Nynorsk: gummistøvel m, gummistøvlar pl

• Polish: kalosz (pl) m
• Portuguese: galocha (pt) f
• Russian: рези́новый сапо́г m (rezínovyj sapóg)
• Scottish Gaelic: bòtann m
• Swedish: gummistövel (sv) c