Meanings
plural raincoats
- A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose.
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.”
2024 November 9, Maya Yang, “Anti-Trump protests erupt across US from New York City to Seattle”, in The Guardian1 more example
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.
1987, Sir Raymond Streat, Marguerite Dupree, Lancashire and Whitehall: The Diary of Sir Raymond Streat - slangA condom.
Moe said he'll go first, I said I'll take next / Here, take this raincoat and practice safe sex!
1993, “Tearz”, in Enter the Wu-Tang, performed by Wu-Tang ClanSynonyms: condom, cum catcher, rubber
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA condom.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*Hréǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*Hréǵʰnos?
- Proto-Germanic*regną
- Proto-West Germanic*regn
- Old Englishreġn
- Middle Englishreyn
- Englishrain
- Proto-Germanic*kuttô
- Latincotta
- Old Frenchcotte
- Middle Englishcote
- Englishcoat
- Englishraincoat
Translations
Afrikaans reënjas
- reënjaswaterproof coat
Arabic مِعْطَف
- مِعْطَف (miʕṭaf)waterproof coat
Bengali বর্ষাতি
- বর্ষাতি (borśati)waterproof coat
Bulgarian дъждобра́н, шли́фер
- дъждобра́н (dăždobrán)waterproof coat
- шли́фер (šlífer)waterproof coat
Catalan impermeable, gavardina
- impermeablewaterproof coat
- gavardinawaterproof coat
Chinese Mandarin 雨衣
- 雨衣 (yǔyī)waterproof coat
Czech pláštěnka
- pláštěnkawaterproof coat
Danish regnfrakke
- regnfrakkewaterproof coat
Dutch regenjas
- regenjaswaterproof coat
Esperanto pluvmantelo
- pluvmantelowaterproof coat
Estonian vihmamantel, vihmakeep
- vihmamantelwaterproof coat
- vihmakeepwaterproof coat
Finnish sadetakki, sadetakki
- sadetakkiwaterproof coat
- sadetakkislang: condom — see also condom
French imperméable, imper
- imperméablewaterproof coat
- imperwaterproof coat
- K-waywaterproof coat
- capoteslang: condom — see also condom
German Regenmantel
- Regenmantelwaterproof coat
Greek αδιάβροχο
- αδιάβροχο (adiávrocho)waterproof coat
Hindi रेनकोट, बरसाती
- रेनकोट (renkoṭ)waterproof coat
- बरसाती (barsātī)waterproof coat
Hungarian esőkabát
- esőkabátwaterproof coat
Icelandic regnkápa
- regnkápawaterproof coat
Indonesian jas hujan
- jas hujanwaterproof coat
Irish cóta báistí, cóta fearthainne
- cóta báistíwaterproof coat
- cóta fearthainnewaterproof coat
- cóta uiscedhíonachwaterproof coat
Italian impermeabile
- impermeabilewaterproof coat
Japanese レインコート, 合羽
- レインコート (reinkōto)waterproof coat
- 合羽 (kappa)waterproof coat
- 雨衣 (ui)waterproof coat
Korean 비옷, 우의
- 비옷 (biot)waterproof coat
- 우의 (uui)waterproof coat
- 우비 (ubi)waterproof coat
- 바바리코트 (babarikoteu)waterproof coat
- 레인코트 (reinkoteu)waterproof coat
Latvian lietusmētelis
- lietusmēteliswaterproof coat
Lithuanian lietpaltis
- lietpaltiswaterproof coat
Malay baju hujan
- baju hujanwaterproof coat
Māori tāpōrena
- tāpōrenawaterproof coat
Norwegian Bokmål regnfrakk
- regnfrakkwaterproof coat
Polish płaszcz przeciwdeszczowy
- płaszcz przeciwdeszczowywaterproof coat
Portuguese capa de chuva, impermeável
- capa de chuvawaterproof coat
- impermeávelwaterproof coat
Romanian haină de ploaie, impermeabil
- haină de ploaiewaterproof coat
- impermeabilwaterproof coat
- manta de ploaiewaterproof coat
- trenciwaterproof coat
Russian плащ, дождеви́к
- плащ (plašč)waterproof coat
- дождеви́к (doždevík)waterproof coat
Scottish Gaelic còta-froise
- còta-froisewaterproof coat
Slovak pláštenka
- pláštenkawaterproof coat
Spanish impermeable, chubasquero
- impermeablewaterproof coat
- chubasquerowaterproof coat
- capawaterproof coat
- anorakwaterproof coat
- pilotowaterproof coat
- forroslang: condom — see also condom
Swedish regnjacka, regnrock
- regnjackawaterproof coat
- regnrockwaterproof coat
- regnkappawaterproof coat
Tagalog kapote
- kapotewaterproof coat
Thai เสื้อกันฝน
- เสื้อกันฝน (sʉ̂ʉa-gan-fǒn)waterproof coat
Turkish yağmurluk
- yağmurlukwaterproof coat
Ukrainian плащ, дощови́к
- плащ (plašč)waterproof coat
- дощови́к (doščovýk)waterproof coat
Urdu بَرْساتی
- بَرْساتی (barsātī)waterproof coat
Vietnamese áo mưa, áo mưa
- áo mưawaterproof coat
- áo mưaslang: condom — see also condom
Welsh côt law, cot law
- côt lawwaterproof coat
- cot lawwaterproof coat
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Cite this entry
raincoat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raincoat
“raincoat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raincoat. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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