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.

Noun
raincoat (plural raincoats)
- 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
- 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
- Synonyms:
- condom, cum catcher, rubber
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.
Synonyms of raincoat
Forms of raincoat
| plural | raincoats |
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Origin of raincoat
From rain + coat.
Words formed from raincoat
- raincoat brigade
- raincoated
- raincoater
- raincoatless
- raincoatlike
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
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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