tailcoat

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US/ˈteɪlkoʊt/

noun

A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat.

Similar
dress suitfull dresstail coattailswhite tiewhite tie and tails
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Meanings

nountailcoat (plural tailcoats)

plural tailcoats · alternative tail coat

  1. A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat.
  2. Any coat with similar tails.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounformalwear consisting of full evening dress for men

Similar
dress suitfull dresstail coattailswhite tiewhite tie and tails
Broader
formalweareveningwearevening dress
Also see
dress coatdress suitfull dresstailswhite tie

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From tail + coat.

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Translations

Bulgarian фрак, фрак
  • фрак (frak)formal evening jacket
  • фрак (frak)any coat with similar tails
Catalan frac
  • fracformal evening jacket
Chinese Mandarin 燕尾服
  • 燕尾服 (yànwěifú)formal evening jacket
Dutch jacquet, zwaluwstaart
  • jacquetformal evening jacket
  • zwaluwstaartformal evening jacket
Esperanto frako
  • frakoformal evening jacket
Estonian frakk
  • frakkformal evening jacket
Finnish frakkitakki, hännystakki
  • frakkitakkiformal evening jacket
  • hännystakkiformal evening jacket
  • hännystakkiany coat with similar tails
French queue-de-pie, frac
  • queue-de-pieformal evening jacket
  • fracformal evening jacket
German Frack
  • Frackformal evening jacket
Italian frac, marsina
  • fracformal evening jacket
  • marsinaformal evening jacket
Japanese 燕尾服, テールコート
  • 燕尾服 (embifuku)formal evening jacket
  • テールコート (tērukōto)formal evening jacket
Polish frak
  • frakformal evening jacket
Portuguese fraque
  • fraqueformal evening jacket
Russian фрак
  • фрак (frak)formal evening jacket
Spanish frac, fraque
  • fracformal evening jacket
  • fraqueformal evening jacket
Swedish frack
  • frackformal evening jacket

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

coattail
Cite this entry
APA

tailcoat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailcoat

MLA

“tailcoat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailcoat. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tailcoat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tailcoat.

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