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raincoat

Syllables: rain·coatUK/ˈɹeɪnkəʊt//ˈɹeɪnkoʊt/

raincoat noun: a waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose.

raincoat: a waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose
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Noun

raincoat (plural raincoats)

  1. A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose.
    • 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
    • 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 Guardian
  2. (slang) A 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 Clan

raincoat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

raincoat in Hindi

waterproof coat
रेनकोट renkoṭ, बरसाती barsātī

raincoat in Tamil

மழையங்கி

raincoat in Urdu

waterproof coat
بَرْساتی barsātī

raincoat in Bengali

waterproof coat
বর্ষাতি borśati
More languagesFewer languages
raincoat in Malayalam
മഴക്കോട്ട് maḻakkōṭṭŭ
raincoat in Kannada
ಮಳೆಯಂಗಿ
raincoat in Punjabi
ਬਰਸਾਤੀ barsātī
raincoat in Nepali
रेनकोट renkoṭ
raincoat in Tagalog
kapote
raincoat in Arabic
مِعْطَف miʕṭaf
raincoat in Malay
baju hujan
raincoat in Indonesian
jas hujan
raincoat in Thai
เสื้อกันฝน sʉ̂ʉa-gan-fǒn
raincoat in Vietnamese
áo mưa
raincoat in Myanmar
မိုးကာအင်္ကျီ mui:kaangkyi

Examples of raincoat in a sentence

  • Not unless you want to get right down there with Frank Dodd in his hooded vinyl raincoat.
  • United States Rubber Co. has introduced a lightweight plastic Zephyrette raincoat for women, girls and children.
  • In a third cage three elderly ladies in raincoats and goloshes were imprisoned.

All 10 example sentences with raincoat

Synonyms of raincoat

Forms of raincoat

pluralraincoats

Plural of raincoat: raincoats

Origin of raincoat

From rain + coat.

Words formed from raincoat

Questions about raincoat

What does raincoat mean?
Raincoat means a waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose.
What is raincoat in Hindi?
Raincoat in Hindi is रेनकोट (renkoṭ), बरसाती (barsātī). See Raincoat meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is raincoat?
Raincoat is a noun.
How do you pronounce raincoat?
Raincoat is pronounced /ˈɹeɪnkoʊt/ (US).
What is the plural of raincoat?
The plural of raincoat is raincoats.

Words near raincoat in the dictionary

  1. raincheque
  2. raincheques
  3. rainclothes
  4. raincloud
  5. rainclouds
  6. raincoat
  7. raincoat brigade
  8. raincoated
  9. raincoater
  10. raincoaters
  11. raincoatless

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: raincoat (page history and authors); raincoat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); raincoat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬਰਸਾਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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