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nounA shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat.
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Bulgarian суи́тшърт
- суи́тшърт (suítšărt)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Catalan dessuadora
- dessuadoraloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Chinese Mandarin 運動衫 /运动衫
- 運動衫 /运动衫 (yùndòng shān)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Czech mikina
- mikinaloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Dutch sweatshirt
- sweatshirtloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Finnish collegepaita, collegepusero
- collegepaitaloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- collegepuseroloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- hikipaitashirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat
French sweat-shirt, sweatshirt
- sweat-shirtloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- sweatshirtloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- coton ouatéloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
German Sweatshirt
- Sweatshirtloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Greek φούτερ
- φούτερ (foúter)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Hungarian melegítőfelső
- melegítőfelsőloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Italian felpa
- felpaloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Japanese トレーナー, スウェットシャツ
- トレーナー (torēnā)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- スウェットシャツ (suwettoshatsu)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Korean 스웨트셔츠, 맨투맨
- 스웨트셔츠 (seuweteusyeocheu)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- 맨투맨 (maentumaen)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Polish bluza, podkoszulek
- bluzaloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- podkoszulekshirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat
Portuguese moletom
- moletomloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Russian олимпи́йка, сви́тер
- олимпи́йка (olimpíjka)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- сви́тер (svítɛr)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- сви́тер (svíter)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- балахо́н (balaxón)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- ма́стерка (másterka)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- фуфа́йка (fufájka)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- свитшо́т (svitšót)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- толсто́вка (tolstóvka)loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- фуфа́йка (fufájka)shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat
- толсто́вка (tolstóvka)shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat
Spanish sudadera, buzo
- sudaderaloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- buzoloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- chompaloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- polerónloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- sudadorloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- chándalloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Swedish sweatshirt, collegetröja
- sweatshirtloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- collegetröjaloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
- (långärmad) tröjaloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
Welsh crys chwys
- crys chwysloose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
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sweatshirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatshirt
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“sweatshirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatshirt. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweatshirt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweatshirt.
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