Meanings
nouncoat hanger (plural coat hangers)
plural coat hangers · alternative coathanger · alternative coat-hanger
- A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.
Synonyms: clothes hanger, clothing hanger
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on
Similar
clothes hangerdress hanger
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans klerehanger, hanger
- klerehangerdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- hangerdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Arabic شَمَّاعَة, عَلَّاقَة
- شَمَّاعَة (šammāʕa)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- عَلَّاقَة (ʕallāqa)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Basque esekitokia
- esekitokiadevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Bulgarian закача́лка
- закача́лка (zakačálka)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Catalan penjador, penja-robes
- penjadordevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- penja-robesdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- perxadevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Chinese Cantonese 衣架
- 衣架device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Chinese Mandarin 衣架
- 衣架 (yījià)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Czech ramínko
- ramínkodevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Danish bøjle
- bøjledevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Dutch kleerhanger, knaapje
- kleerhangerdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- knaapjedevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Esperanto vestarko
- vestarkodevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Estonian riidepuu
- riidepuudevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Finnish vaateripustin, vaatepuu
- vaateripustindevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- vaatepuudevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- henkaridevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
French cintre
- cintredevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
German Kleiderbügel, Bügel
- Kleiderbügeldevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- Bügeldevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Greek κρεμάστρα
- κρεμάστρα (kremástra)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Hungarian vállfa, fogas
- vállfadevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- fogasdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- akasztódevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Icelandic herðatré
- herðatrédevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Indonesian gantungan
- gantungandevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Italian gruccia, stampella
- grucciadevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- stampelladevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- appendiabitidevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Japanese ハンガー, 衣紋掛け
- ハンガー (hangā)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- 衣紋掛け (emonkake)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Korean 옷걸이
- 옷걸이 (otgeori)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Latvian pakaramais
- pakaramaisdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Lithuanian pakaba
- pakabadevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Malay penyangkut baju, gantungan
- penyangkut bajudevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- gantungandevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- penyangkutdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Norwegian Bokmål kleshenger
- kleshengerdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Persian چوبرختی, چوب لباسی
- چوبرختی (čub-raxti)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- چوب لباسی (čub-e lebâsi)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- جا لباسی (jâ lebâsi)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- رختآویز (raxt-âviz)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Polish wieszak
- wieszakdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Portuguese cabide, cruzeta
- cabidedevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- cruzetadevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Romanian umeraș, portmantou
- umerașdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- portmantoudevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- umerardevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- cuierdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Russian ве́шалка, пле́чики
- ве́шалка (véšalka)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- пле́чики (pléčiki)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- тре́мпель (trémpelʹ)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Slovak ramienko
- ramienkodevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Spanish percha, gancho
- perchadevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- ganchodevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- colgadordevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Swedish galge, klädhängare
- galgedevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- klädhängaredevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Tagalog sabitan
- sabitandevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Turkish askı
- askıdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Ukrainian ві́шалка, віша́к
- ві́шалка (víšalka)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- віша́к (višák)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- тре́мпель (trémpelʹ)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- плі́чка (plíčka)device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Vietnamese mắc áo, móc
- mắc áodevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
- mócdevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Zulu isiphanyeko
- isiphanyekodevice used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
Cite this entry
APA
coat hanger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20hanger
MLA
“coat hanger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20hanger. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coat hanger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coat%20hanger.
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