raincoat

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰnos?

Proto-Germanic *regną

Proto-West Germanic *regn

Old English reġn

Middle English reyn

English rain

Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor.

Latin cotta

Old French cottebor.

Middle English cote

English coat

English raincoat

From rain + coat.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: rain‧coat

Noun

raincoat (plural raincoats)

1. A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose.

   Hypernym: garment

   Coordinate terms: rainjacket, rainsuit, rainhat

   • 1987, Sir Raymond Streat, Marguerite Dupree, Lancashire and Whitehall: The Diary of Sir Raymond Streat:

     After standing around in talk for a while, during which time Doris arrived with my hat and raincoat (left with her at the site) we made our way some two hundred strong, up the gracious stone stairway to the Hall of Christ Church, loaned by that College for the celebrationary lunch.

   • 2024 November 9, Maya Yang, “Anti-Trump protests erupt across US from New York City to Seattle”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Speaking to a crowd of demonstrators, some of whom dressed in raincoats while others wore keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s deadly war on Gaza, one demonstrator said: “Any president that has come to power has also let workers down.”

2. (slang) A condom.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus: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
• raincoated
• raincoater
• raincoatless
• raincoatlike

Translations

waterproof coat

• Afrikaans: reënjas (af)
• Ahtna: caan cʼaʼi
• Arabic: مِعْطَف (ar) m (miʕṭaf)
• Armenian: անձրեւանոց (hy) (anjrewanocʻ)
• Azerbaijani: yağışlıq, yağmurluq, plaş
• Belarusian: плашч m (plašč), (Polatsk dialect) плаш m (plaš), дажджаві́к m (daždžavík), по́рхаўка f (pórxawka)
• Bengali: বর্ষাতি (bn) (borśati)
• Bulgarian: дъждобра́н m (dăždobrán), шли́фер m (šlífer)
• Burmese: မိုးကာအင်္ကျီ (my) (mui:kaangkyi)
• Catalan: impermeable (ca) m, gavardina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雨衣 (zh) (yǔyī)

• Czech: pláštěnka (cs) f
• Danish: regnfrakke (da) c
• Dutch: regenjas (nl) m
• Esperanto: pluvmantelo
• Estonian: vihmamantel (et), vihmakeep
• Finnish: sadetakki (fi)
• French: imperméable (fr) m, imper (fr) m, K-way (fr) m
• Galician: chuvasqueiro m, gabardina f
• Georgian: პლაშჩი (ṗlašči)
• German: Regenmantel (de) m
• Greek: αδιάβροχο (el) n (adiávrocho)
• Haitian Creole: padsi
• Hindi: रेनकोट (renkoṭ), बरसाती (hi) f (barsātī)
• 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 (ja) (reinkōto), 合羽 (ja) (かっぱ, kappa), 雨衣 (ja) (うい, ui)
• Karelian: šajetakki
• Kazakh: кәжең (käjeŋ), сулық (suwlıq), жаңбырлық (jaŋbırlıq)
• Khmer: អាវភ្លៀង (ʼaaw phliəng)
• Korean: 비옷 (ko) (biot), 우의(雨衣) (ko) (uui), 우비(雨備) (ubi), 바바리코트 (ko) (babarikoteu), 레인코트 (reinkoteu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: موشەما (muşema)

• Kyrgyz: плащ (plaşc)
• Lao: ເສຶ້ອກັນຝົນ (sưa kan fon), ເສຶ້ອຝົນ (sưa fon), ເສື້ອຄຸມ (sư̄a khum)
• Latvian: lietusmētelis m
• Lithuanian: lietpaltis m
• Luxembourgish: Reemantel m
• Macedonian: кабаница f (kabanica)
• Malay: baju hujan
• Malayalam: മഴക്കോട്ട് (maḻakkōṭṭŭ)
• Maltese: inċirata f
• Manchu: ᠶᠣᡩᠠᠨ (yodan), ᠨᡝᠮᡝᡵᡴᡠ (nemerku)
• Māori: tāpōrena
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: борооны цув (boroony cuv)

• Nepali: रेनकोट (renkoṭ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regnfrakk m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بارانی (fa) (bârâni)

• Polish: płaszcz przeciwdeszczowy m
• Portuguese: capa de chuva f (Brazil), impermeável (pt) m
• Romanian: haină de ploaie f, impermeabil (ro) n, manta 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

  Latin: kabànica (sh) f

• Sikkimese: ཆར་བཀབ (char bkab)
• Slovak: pláštenka f
• Slovene: dežni plašč (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: dešćowy płašć m

• Southern Altai: дождевик (doždevik), плащ (plašč)
• Spanish: impermeable (es) m, chubasquero (es) m, capa (es) f (Costa Rica), anorak (es) m, piloto (es) m (Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Rioplatense)
• Swedish: regnjacka (sv) c, regnrock (sv) c, regnkappa (sv) c
• Tagalog: kapote
• Tajik: боронӣ (tg) (boroni), куртаи боронӣ (kurta-yi boroni)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Tanana:

  Lower Tanana: chonh ak

• Thai: เสื้อกันฝน (sʉ̂ʉa-gan-fǒn)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: yağmurluk (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: یاغمورلق (yağmurluk)

• Ukrainian: плащ m (plašč), дощови́к m (doščovýk)
• Urdu: بَرْساتی f (barsātī)
• Uzbek: plash (uz)
• Venetan: inpermeàbiƚe (vec) m
• Vietnamese: áo mưa (vi)
• Welsh: côt law f, cot law f

slang: condom — see also condom

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: sadetakki (fi)
• French: capote (fr) f
• Spanish: forro (es) m
• Vietnamese: áo mưa (vi)

See also

• mac
• mackintosh
• oilskins
• waterproofs
• wellies
• wellingtons

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