Meanings
noungreatcoat (plural greatcoats)
plural greatcoats
- A heavy overcoat.
The members quietly rose from the board and took their hats from the hat-pins, and the geggee took down his greatcoat, and, with the most satisfied air possible, buttoned it across his breast.
1864 January 28, John Strang, Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters, and Oddities of the City, During the Past and Present Centuries, page 337
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰer-
- Proto-Germanic*grautaz
- Proto-West Germanic*graut
- Old Englishgrēat
- Middle Englishgrete
- Englishgreat
- Proto-Germanic*kuttô
- Latincotta
- Old Frenchcotte
- Middle Englishcote
- Englishcoat
- Englishgreatcoat
Translations
Arabic مِعْطَف سَمِيك
- مِعْطَف سَمِيك (miʕṭaf samīk)heavy overcoat
Bulgarian балтон, шинел
- балтон (balton)heavy overcoat
- шинел (šinel)heavy overcoat
Chinese Mandarin 軍大衣 /军大衣
- 軍大衣 /军大衣 (jūndàyī)heavy overcoat
Dutch (uniform)overjas
- (uniform)overjasheavy overcoat
Finnish päällystakki, pitkä takki
- päällystakkiheavy overcoat
- pitkä takkiheavy overcoat
- ulsteriheavy overcoat
- mantteliheavy overcoat
French pardessus, paletot
- pardessusheavy overcoat
- paletotheavy overcoat
- capoteheavy overcoat
German Wintermantel
- Wintermantelheavy overcoat
Hungarian nagykabát
- nagykabátheavy overcoat
Irish cóta mór
- cóta mórheavy overcoat
Italian cappotto
- cappottoheavy overcoat
Polish palto, szynel
- paltoheavy overcoat
- szynelheavy overcoat
Portuguese sobretudo
- sobretudoheavy overcoat
Russian пальто́, шине́ль
- пальто́ (palʹtó)heavy overcoat
- шине́ль (šinélʹ)heavy overcoat
Spanish sobretodo, gabán
- sobretodoheavy overcoat
- gabánheavy overcoat
- abrigoheavy overcoat
Turkish palto
- paltoheavy overcoat
Cite this entry
APA
greatcoat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greatcoat
MLA
“greatcoat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greatcoat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “greatcoat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/greatcoat.
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