raincoat

English

Etymology

rain +‎ coat

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪnkoʊt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪnkəʊt/

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• Hyphenation: rain‧coat

Noun

raincoat (plural raincoats)

1. A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain.
2. (slang) A condom.
   • 1993, “Tearz”, in Enter the Wu-Tang, performed by Wu-Tang Clan:

     Moe said he'll go first, I said I'll take next / Here, take this raincoat and practice safe sex!

Derived terms

• raincoat brigade

Related terms

• mac
• mackintosh
• oilskins
• rainjacket
• waterproofs

Translations

waterproof coat

• Afrikaans: reënjas
• Arabic: مِعْطَف‎ (ar) m (miʿṭaf)
• Armenian: անձրեւանոց (anjrewanocʿ)
• Azerbaijani: plaş, yağmurluq, bürüncək
• Belarusian: плашч m (plašč), (Polatsk dialect) плаш m (plaš), дажджаві́к m (daždžavík), по́рхаўка f (pórxaŭka)
• Bulgarian: дъждобра́н m (dǎždobrán), шли́фер m (šlífer)
• Burmese: မိုးကာအင်္ကျီ (my) (mui:kaangkyi)
• Catalan: impermeable (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雨衣 (zh) (yǔyī)

• Czech: pláštěnka (cs) f
• Dutch: regenjas (nl) m
• Esperanto: pluvmantelo
• Estonian: vihmamantel (et), vihmakeep
• Finnish: sadetakki (fi)
• French: imperméable (fr) m, imper (fr) m
• Galician: chuvasqueiro m, gabardina f
• German: Regenmantel (de) m
• Greek: αδιάβροχο (el) n (adiávrocho)
• Haitian Creole: padsi
• Hindi: रेनकोट (renkoṭ)
• Hungarian: esőkabát (hu)
• Icelandic: regnkápa f
• Indonesian: jas hujan (id)
• Irish: cóta báistí m, cóta fearthainne m, cóta uiscedhíonach m
• Italian: impermeabile (it) m
• Japanese: レインコート (reinkōto), 合羽 (ja) (かっぱ, kappa)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 비옷 (ko) (biot), 바바리코트 (ko) (babarikoteu), 우의 (ko) (uui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: موشەما‎ (muşema)

• Lao: ເສຶ້ອກັນຝົນ (sưa kan fon), ເສຶ້ອຝົນ (sưa fon), ເສື້ອຄຸມ (sư̄a khum)

• Lithuanian: lietpaltis m
• Luxembourgish: Reemantel m
• Malay: baju hujan
• Malayalam: മഴക്കോട്ട് (maḻakkōṭṭŭ)
• Maltese: inċirata f
• Maori: tāpōrena
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: بارانی‎ (fa) (bârâni)
• Polish: płaszcz przeciwdeszczowy m
• Portuguese: capa de chuva
• Romanian: haină de ploaie f, impermeabil (ro) n, mantă de ploaie f, trenci (ro) n
• Russian: плащ (ru) m (plašč), дождеви́к (ru) m (doždevík)
• Scottish Gaelic: còta-froise m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: каба̀ница f

  Roman: kabànica (sh) f

• Slovak: pláštenka f
• Slovene: dežni plašč (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: dešćowy płašć m

• Spanish: impermeable (es) m, chubasquero (es) m
• Swedish: regnjacka (sv) c, regnkappa (sv) c
• Tagalog: kapote
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เสื้อกันฝน (sêua-gan-fŏn)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: yağmurluk (tr)
• Ukrainian: плащ m (plašč), дощови́к m (doščovýk)
• Venetian: inpermeàbiƚe (vec) m
• Vietnamese: áo mưa (vi)
• Welsh: côt law f, cot law f

slang: condom (see also condom)

• Finnish: sadetakki (fi)
• French: capote (fr) f

• Spanish: forro (es) m
• Vietnamese: áo mưa (vi)

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