anorak

See also: Anorak

English

A traditional Inuit anorak.

Etymology

Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.

Pronunciation

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Noun

anorak (plural anoraks)

1. A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
2. (British, slang) A geek or nerd, possibly originally either a train spotter or a fan of off-shore pirate radio.

Derived terms

• anorakish

Translations

heavy weatherproof jacket

• Catalan: anorac m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮猴兒／皮猴儿 (zh), 皮猴儿 (zh) (píhóur)

• Czech: bunda (cs) f, zimní bunda f
• Danish: anorak c
• Esperanto: anorako
• Faroese: anorakkur m
• Finnish: anorakki (fi)
• French: anorak (fr) m
• German: Anorak (de) m
• Hungarian: anorák (hu)
• Indonesian: anorak (id)
• Italian: giacca a vento
• Japanese: アノラック (anorakku)
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• Korean: 아노락 (anorak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anorakk m

  Nynorsk: anorakk m

• Polish: anorak (pl) m
• Portuguese: anoraque (pt) m
• Russian: анора́к (ru) m (anorák), ветро́вка (ru) f (vetróvka)
• Scottish Gaelic: anarag f
• Slovene: anorak (sl) m
• Spanish: anorak m
• Swedish: anorak (sv) c
• Welsh: anorac f, anoracs f pl

References

• anorak at The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.

Noun

anorak c (singular definite anorakken, plural indefinite anorakker)

1. anorak

Declension

Declension of anorak

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	anorak	anorakker	anorakken	anorakkene
genitive	anoraks	anorakkers	anorakkens	anorakkenes

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔ.ʁak/

• Audio:

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Noun

anorak m (plural anoraks)

1. anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• anorac

Noun

anorak m (plural anoraks)

1. anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)

Further reading

• “anorak”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014