raincoat
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈɹeɪnkəʊt//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈɹeɪnkoʊt//
A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose.
Substantiv
- 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.
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.”
- 2
SlangA condom.
Moe said he'll go first, I said I'll take next / Here, take this raincoat and practice safe sex!
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰnos? Proto-Germanic *regną Proto-West Germanic *regn Old English reġn Middle English reyn English rain Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat English raincoat From rain + coat.
Formen
- Plural
- raincoats
raincoat · A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; (loosely) any coat or jacket with this purpose.
rainer · That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.Rainer · An English and American surname transferred from the given…Raines · A surname.