Phrase guide

boiler suit

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From boiler + suit.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: granota — one-piece suit
  • Czech: kombinéza — one-piece suit
  • Finnish: haalari — one-piece suit
  • Finnish: haalarit — one-piece suit
  • French: combinaison — one-piece suit
  • German: Arbeitsoverall — one-piece suit
  • German: Einteiler — one-piece suit
  • Hungarian: overall — one-piece suit
  • Hungarian: kezeslábas — one-piece suit
  • Hungarian: munkásruha — one-piece suit
  • Italian: tuta — one-piece suit
  • Kazakh: комбинезон (kombinezon) — one-piece suit
  • Maltese: bojlersjut — one-piece suit
  • Polish: kombinezon — one-piece suit
  • Russian: ро́ба (róba) — one-piece suit
  • Russian: комбинезо́н (kombinezón) — one-piece suit
  • Spanish: mono — one-piece suit
  • Swedish: arbetsoverall — one-piece suit
  • Swedish: overall — one-piece suit