Meanings
nounwindbreaker (plural windbreakers)
plural windbreakers
- A thin jacket designed to resist wind chill and light rain.
Synonyms: windcheater
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA thin jacket designed to resist wind chill and light rain.
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Origin
From wind + breaker, from a trademark of the John Rissman company.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian анорак
- анорак (anorak)thin outer coat
Chinese Mandarin 風衣 /风衣
- 風衣 /风衣 (fēngyī)thin outer coat
Czech šusťákovka, větrovka
- šusťákovkathin outer coat
- větrovkathin outer coat
Danish vindjakke
- vindjakkethin outer coat
Dutch windjack
- windjackthin outer coat
Finnish tuulitakki
- tuulitakkithin outer coat
French K-way, k-way
- K-waythin outer coat
- k-waythin outer coat
- coupe-ventthin outer coat
German (dünne) Jacke, Windjacke
- (dünne) Jackethin outer coat
- Windjackethin outer coat
Greek αντιανεμικό
- αντιανεμικό (antianemikó)thin outer coat
Hungarian széldzseki
- széldzsekithin outer coat
Icelandic úlpa
- úlpathin outer coat
Japanese ウインドブレーカー
- ウインドブレーカー (uindoburēkā)thin outer coat
Korean 바람막이
- 바람막이 (barammagi)thin outer coat
Norwegian Bokmål vindjakke
- vindjakkethin outer coat
Polish wiatrówka
- wiatrówkathin outer coat
Portuguese corta-vento
- corta-ventothin outer coat
Russian ветро́вка, штормо́вка
- ветро́вка (vetróvka)thin outer coat
- штормо́вка (štormóvka)thin outer coat
Slovak vetrovka
- vetrovkathin outer coat
Spanish rompeviento(s)
- rompeviento(s)thin outer coat
Cite this entry
APA
windbreaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windbreaker
MLA
“windbreaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windbreaker. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windbreaker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windbreaker.
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