windbreaker

English

Etymology

From a trademark of the John Rissman company; wind + breaker.

Noun

windbreaker (plural windbreakers)

1. A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain.

Synonyms

• windcheater (UK)

Translations

thin outer coat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風衣／风衣 (zh) (fēngyī), 风衣 (zh) (fēngyī)

• Czech: šusťákovka f, větrovka f
• Danish: vindjakke
• Finnish: tuulitakki (fi)
• French: K-way (fr) m, k-way (fr) m, coupe-vent (fr) m
• German: (dünne) Jacke (de) f, Windjacke (de) f
• Hungarian: széldzseki (hu)
• Icelandic: úlpa (is) f
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• Japanese: ウインドブレーカー (uindoburēkā)
• Macedonian: ветровка f (vetrovka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vindjakke m or f

  Nynorsk: vindjakke f

• Polish: wiatrówka (pl) f
• Russian: ветро́вка (ru) f (vetróvka), штормо́вка (ru) f (štormóvka)
• Slovak: vetrovka f