coat

English

Navy pea coat

Alternative forms

• cote (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Old Frankish *kotta (“coat”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“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

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

Noun

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.
   • Milton

     Fruit of all kinds, in coat / Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.

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)
5. (obsolete) A petticoat.
   • John Locke

     a child in coats

6. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
   • Jonathan Swift

     Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.

   • Shakespeare

     She was sought by spirits of richest coat.

7. A coat of arms.
   • Shakespeare

     Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat.

8. A coat card.
   • Massinger

     Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.

Derived terms

• buffy coat
• coat of arms
• greatcoat
• covert-coat
• overcoat

Translations

outer garment covering the upper torso and arms

• Arabic: معطف (ar) m (mí`ṭaf)
• Armenian: վերարկու (verarku)
• Belarusian: паліто́ n (palitó), пальто́ n (palʹtó), пінжа́к m (pinžák) (jacket)
• Bulgarian: сако (bg) n (sako), жакет (bg) m (žaket)
• Catalan: abric (ca) m, casaca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外衣 (zh) (wàiyī), 大衣 (zh) (dàyī), 外套 (zh) (wàitào)

• Czech: kabát m
• Danish: frakke c
• Dutch: mantel (nl) m, jas (nl) m
• Esperanto: jako, (portata eksterdome, vintre aŭ ĝenerale en malvarma vetero) palto
• Estonian: mantel (et)
• Finnish: takki (fi)
• French: manteau (fr) m, paletot (fr) m
• Georgian: პალტო (palto), ქურქი (k’urk’i), პიჯაკი (piǰaki), ქურთუკი (k’urt’uki)
• German: Mantel (de) m
• Greek: πανωφόρι (el) n (panofóri), παλτό (el) n (paltó)
• Hebrew: מְעִיל (he) (m'íl)
• Hungarian: kabát (hu)
• Icelandic: jakki (is) m, frakki m
• Indonesian: mantel (id)
• Irish: cóta m, casóg f
• Italian: mantello (it) m
• Japanese: コート (kōto), 外套 (ja) (がいとう, gaitō)

• Jèrriais: câsaque f
• Khmer: អាវធំ (aav tʰom)
• Korean: 코트 (ko) (koteu)
• Latin: pallium n
• Latvian: mētelis m, svārki m pl
• Luhya: kumuchosi
• Macedonian: капут m (káput)
• Malay: kot
• Navajo: éétsoh
• Norwegian: frakk (no) m
• Persian: پالتو (fa) (pâlto), کت (fa) (kot)
• Polish: płaszcz (pl) m
• Portuguese: casaco (pt) m
• Russian: пальто́ (ru) n (palʹtó), пиджа́к (ru) m (pidžák) (jacket)
• Scottish Gaelic: còta m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: капут m

  Roman: kaput m

• Slovak: kabát m, plášť m
• Slovene: plašč (sl) m
• Spanish: abrigo (es) m, saco (es) m, casaca (es) f
• Swahili: koti (sw)
• Swedish: rock (sv) c
• Taos: kùti’ína
• Ukrainian: пальто́ n (palʹtó), піджа́к (pidžák) (jacket)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

covering of material, such as paint

• Bulgarian: покритие n (pokritie)
• Catalan: cobertura f
• Czech: nátěr m
• Danish: lag (da) n
• Dutch: laag (nl) f
• Esperanto: tavolo, tegaĵo
• Finnish: pinta (fi), pinnoite (fi)
• French: couche (fr) f
• German: Beschichtung (de) f
• Greek: επικάλυμμα (el) n (epikálymma), (paint) στρώση (el) f (strósi), επίχρισμα (el) n (epíchrisma)

• Irish: brat m, cóta m
• Italian: rivestimento (it) m
• Japanese: 塗装 (とそう, tosō), コーティング (kōtyingu)
• Macedonian: слој m (sloj)
• Malay: lapisan
• Polish: warstwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: cobertura (pt) f
• Russian: слой (ru) m (sloj)
• Spanish: cubierta (es) f
• Swahili: koti (sw)
• Swedish: lager (sv), täcklager, hölje (sv), täcke (sv)

fur or feathers

• Danish: pels (da) c (fur), fjerdragt c (feathers)
• Finnish: turkki (fi) (fur), höyhenpuku (fi) (feathers)
• Greek: τρίχωμα (el) n (tríchoma), γούνα (el) f (goúna), (feathers) φτέρωμα (el) n (ftéroma)
• Japanese: 毛皮 (けがわ, kegawa), 羽毛 (ja) (うもう, umō)
• Latin: pellis f

• Macedonian: крзно n (k'rzno) (fur), пердуви m (pérduvi) (feathers)
• Polish: sierść (pl) f
• Portuguese: pelagem (pt) f, pelo (pt) m
• Spanish: pelaje (es) m
• Swahili: koti (sw)
• Swedish: hårbeklädnad, päls (sv), fjäderdräkt

canvas secured around mast

• Finnish: takki (fi)

• Swahili: koti (sw)

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• Romanian: haină (ro) f, manta (ro) f

Verb

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

to cover with a coat of some material

• Bulgarian: намазвам (bg) (namazvam), покривам (bg) (pokrivam)
• Catalan: cobrir (ca)
• Dutch: bekleden (nl), coaten
• Esperanto: tegi
• Finnish: päällystää
• French: couvrir (fr)
• German: beschichten
• Greek: σκεπάζω (el) (skepázo)

• Italian: rivestire
• Macedonian: обложува (oblóžuva), покрива (pókriva)
• Polish: pokrywać (pl), pokryć (pl)
• Russian: покрывать (ru) (pokryvát’)
• Spanish: cubrir (es)
• Swahili: koti (sw)
• Swedish: täcka (sv), belägga (sv)

to cover as a coat

• Finnish: peittää (fi)
• Greek: καλύπτω (el) (kalýpto)

• Swahili: koti (sw)
• Swedish: täcka (sv)

Anagrams

• ATOC
• Cato, CATO
• octa
• taco