Standard Lemma guide

coat

name · noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈkoʊ̯t/
  • General-American: [ˈkhoʊ̯t]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ̯t/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkhəʊ̯t]
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /ˈkoʈ/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈkəʉ̯t/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈkhəʉ̯t]
  • /ˈkoːt/ monophthongization
  • rhymes with -əʊt
  • homophone: court
  • homophone: ('w' dropped) quote (South Asia, non-rhotic)
  • CMU ARPABET: K OW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Alternative spelling of Coate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A covering of material, such as paint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • fresh coat of paint

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: pelt
  • When the dog shed its coat, it left hair all over the furniture and the carpet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pelt

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A petticoat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A coat of arms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A coat card.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To cover with a coating of some material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The frying pan was coated with a layer of non-stick material, making it easier to wash.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To cover like a coat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To clothe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pelage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hair

Narrower terms: fur, wool, fleece

14

noun

Meaning 14

an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: overgarment, outer garment

Narrower terms: box coat, coatee, cutaway, duffel coat, duffle coat, frock coat, fur coat, greatcoat, overcoat, topcoat, jacket, lab coat, laboratory coat, mackinaw, Mackinaw coat, newmarket, raincoat, waterproof, sack coat, sheepskin coat, afghan, surcoat, topper

15

noun

Meaning 15

a thin layer covering something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a second coat of paint

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coating

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: covering

Narrower terms: bitumastic, coat of paint, emulsion, photographic emulsion, enamel, facing, veneer, finish coat, finishing coat, gilt, gilding, lacquer, overcoat, overcoating, paint, pigment, patina, plating, metal plating, rendering, seal, varnish, veneering, waterproofing

16

verb

Meaning 16

cover or provide with a coat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel

17

verb

Meaning 17

form a coat over

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Dirt had coated her face

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cake

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cover, spread over

18

verb

Meaning 18

put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • coat the cake with chocolate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: surface

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cover

Narrower terms: rubberize, rubberise, rubber, anodize, anodise, gelatinize, skim, stucco, egg, encrust, incrust, dredge, soot, refinish, brush on, patinate, patinize, patinise, resurface, crumb, copper, finish, bonderize, bonderise, blacktop, foliate, galvanize, galvanise, pave, varnish, seal, glaze, tar, enrobe, plaster, daub, render, skimcoat, paint, cement, grit, plate, metal, macadamize, macadamise, tarmac, size, metalize, metallize, platinize, porcelainize, zinc

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat From Middle English cote, coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gwewd-, *gud- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old High German kozza, kozzo (“woolen coat”) (German Kotze (“coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape”)), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Middle Dutch cote (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “woman's attire”).

Across languages

Translations

255 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pallto — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Northern Altai: тон (ton) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Southern Altai: пальто (palʹto) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Southern Altai: тон (ton) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Alutiiq: paltuuk — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Arabic: مِعْطَف (miʕṭaf) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Tunisian Arabic: كبوط (kabbūt) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Armenian: վերարկու (verarku) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Armenian: պալտո (palto) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Asturian: abrigu — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Asturian: sayu — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Azerbaijani: palto — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Belarusian: паліто́ (palitó) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Belarusian: пальто́ (palʹtó) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Belarusian: пінжа́к (pinžák) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Bengali: কোট (kōṭ) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Bulgarian: сако́ (sakó) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Bulgarian: жаке́т (žakét) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Bulgarian: пардесю́ (pardesjú) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Bulgarian: палто́ (paltó) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Burmese: အင်္ကျီ (angkyi) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Burmese: လောင်းကုတ်အင်္ကျီ (laung:kut-angkyi) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Burmese: ကုတ် (kut) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Catalan: abric — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Catalan: casaca — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏌᎴᎾ (gasalena) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Chichewa: khothi — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Chinese Cantonese: 褸 /褛 (lau1) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外衣 (wàiyī) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大衣 (dàyī) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外套 (wàitào) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Cornish: kota — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Cornish: mantel — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Czech: kabát — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Czech: plášť — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Danish: frakke — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Dutch: mantel — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Dutch: jas — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Esperanto: jako — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Esperanto: mantelo — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Estonian: mantel — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Faroese: frakki — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Finnish: takki — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • French: manteau — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • French: paletot — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • French: pardessus — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Georgian: პალტო (ṗalṭo) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Georgian: ქურქი (kurki) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Georgian: პიჯაკი (ṗiǯaḳi) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Georgian: ქურთუკი (kurtuḳi) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • German: Mantel — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Greek: πανωφόρι (panofóri) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Greek: παλτό (paltó) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Ancient Greek: ἀρνακίς (arnakís) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Ancient Greek: ῥῆνιξ (rhênix) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Hawaiian: kuka — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Hebrew: מְעִיל (meíl) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Hindi: कोट (koṭ) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Hungarian: kabát — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Icelandic: jakki — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Icelandic: frakki — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Indonesian: mantel — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Irish: cóta — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Irish: casóg — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Italian: mantello — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Italian: cappotto — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Italian: casacca — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Italian: giacca — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Italian: giubba — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Japanese: コート (kōto) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Japanese: 外套 (gaitō) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Kazakh: пәлте (pälte) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Khmer: អាវធំ (ʼaaw thom) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Korean: 코트 (koteu) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Korean: 외투 (oetu) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Kyrgyz: пальто (palto) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Lao: ເສຶ້ອໃຫຍ່ (sưa h) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Latgalian: svuorks — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Latgalian: kuļuks — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Latgalian: biņdzjuks — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Latgalian: sveita — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Latin: laena — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Latvian: mētelis — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Latvian: svārki — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Lithuanian: paltas — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Luhya: kumuchosi — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Lushootseed: kəpu — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Lutuv: cungle — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Macedonian: капут (kaput) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Malay: kot — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Manx: cooat — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Māori: koti — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Marathi: कोट (koṭ) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Mongolian: пальто (palʹto) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Navajo: éétsoh — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Norman: câsaque — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frakk — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frakk — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Iranian Persian: پالْتو (pâlto) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Iranian Persian: کُت (kot) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Iranian Persian: کاپْشِن (kâpšen) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Plautdietsch: Waums — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Plautdietsch: Jak — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Polish: płaszcz — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Portuguese: casaco — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Portuguese: agasalho — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Russian: пальто́ (palʹtó) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Russian: пиджа́к (pidžák) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Scottish Gaelic: còta — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка̀пӯт — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Serbo-Croatian: kàpūt — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Slovak: kabát — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Slovak: plášť — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Slovene: plašč — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Lower Sorbian: płašć — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Spanish: abrigo — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Spanish: saco — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Spanish: casaca — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Swahili: koti — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Swedish: rock — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Tajik: палто (palto) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Taos: kùtiʼína — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Thai: เสื้อนอก (sʉ̂ʉa-nɔ̂ɔk) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Thai: เสื้อโค้ท — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Tibetan: ཀོར (kor) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Tibetan: ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Turkish: palto — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Turkmen: palto — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Ukrainian: пальто́ (palʹtó) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Ukrainian: піджа́к (pidžák) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Urdu: کوٹ (koṭ) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Uyghur: پەلتو (pelto) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Uzbek: palʼto — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Uzbek: palto — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Vietnamese: áo bành tô — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Vietnamese: áo khoác — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Welsh: cot — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Welsh: côt — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Winnebago: woonąžįxete — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Yiddish: מאַנטל (mantl) — outer garment covering the upper torso and arms
  • Bulgarian: покри́тие (pokrítie) — covering of material, such as paint
  • Catalan: cobertura — covering of material, such as paint
  • Czech: nátěr — covering of material, such as paint
  • Danish: lag — covering of material, such as paint
  • Dutch: laag — covering of material, such as paint
  • Esperanto: tavolo — covering of material, such as paint
  • Esperanto: tegaĵo — covering of material, such as paint
  • Finnish: pinta — covering of material, such as paint
  • Finnish: pinnoite — covering of material, such as paint
  • French: couche — covering of material, such as paint
  • German: Beschichtung — covering of material, such as paint
  • Greek: επικάλυμμα (epikálymma) — covering of material, such as paint
  • Greek: στρώση (strósi) — covering of material, such as paint
  • Greek: επίχρισμα (epíchrisma) — covering of material, such as paint
  • Ido: induto — covering of material, such as paint
  • Ido: induturo — covering of material, such as paint
  • Irish: brat — covering of material, such as paint
  • Irish: cóta — covering of material, such as paint
  • Italian: rivestimento — covering of material, such as paint
  • Japanese: 塗装 (tosō) — covering of material, such as paint
  • Japanese: コーティング (kōtingu) — covering of material, such as paint
  • Macedonian: слој (sloj) — covering of material, such as paint
  • Malay: lapisan — covering of material, such as paint
  • Polish: warstwa — covering of material, such as paint
  • Portuguese: cobertura — covering of material, such as paint
  • Portuguese: mão — covering of material, such as paint
  • Portuguese: demão — covering of material, such as paint
  • Russian: слой (sloj) — covering of material, such as paint
  • Spanish: cubierta — covering of material, such as paint
  • Spanish: tongada — covering of material, such as paint
  • Spanish: tonga — covering of material, such as paint
  • Spanish: tanda — covering of material, such as paint
  • Swahili: koti — covering of material, such as paint
  • Swedish: lager — covering of material, such as paint
  • Swedish: täcklager — covering of material, such as paint
  • Swedish: hölje — covering of material, such as paint
  • Swedish: täcke — covering of material, such as paint
  • Welsh: cot — covering of material, such as paint
  • Welsh: côt — covering of material, such as paint
  • Asturian: pelleyu — fur or feathers
  • Bulgarian: козина (kozina) — fur or feathers
  • Danish: pels — fur or feathers
  • Danish: fjerdragt — fur or feathers
  • Danish: dragt — fur or feathers
  • Finnish: turkki — fur or feathers
  • Finnish: höyhenpuku — fur or feathers
  • Greek: τρίχωμα (tríchoma) — fur or feathers
  • Greek: γούνα (goúna) — fur or feathers
  • Greek: φτέρωμα (ftéroma) — fur or feathers
  • Hungarian: bunda — fur or feathers
  • Irish: clúmh — fur or feathers
  • Japanese: 毛皮 (kegawa) — fur or feathers
  • Japanese: 羽毛 (umō) — fur or feathers
  • Latin: pellis — fur or feathers
  • Macedonian: крзно (krzno) — fur or feathers
  • Macedonian: пердуви (perduvi) — fur or feathers
  • Polish: sierść — fur or feathers
  • Portuguese: pelagem — fur or feathers
  • Portuguese: pelo — fur or feathers
  • Russian: шку́ра (škúra) — fur or feathers
  • Spanish: pelaje — fur or feathers
  • Swahili: koti — fur or feathers
  • Swedish: hårbeklädnad — fur or feathers
  • Swedish: päls — fur or feathers
  • Swedish: fjäderdräkt — fur or feathers
  • Tibetan: སྤུ (spu) — fur or feathers
  • Tibetan: བལ (bal) — fur or feathers
  • Welsh: cot — fur or feathers
  • Welsh: côt — fur or feathers
  • Finnish: takki — canvas secured around mast
  • Swahili: koti — canvas secured around mast
  • Bulgarian: намазвам (namazvam) — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Bulgarian: намажа (namaža) — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Bulgarian: покривам (pokrivam) — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Bulgarian: покрия (pokrija) — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Catalan: cobrir — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Dutch: bekleden — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Dutch: coaten — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Esperanto: tegi — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Finnish: päällystää — to cover with a coat of some material
  • French: couvrir — to cover with a coat of some material
  • French: revêtir — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Galician: bañar — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Galician: revestir — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Galician: cubrir — to cover with a coat of some material
  • German: beschichten — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Greek: σκεπάζω (skepázo) — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Italian: rivestire — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Italian: incappottare — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Macedonian: обложува (obložuva) — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Macedonian: покрива (pokriva) — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Polish: pokrywać — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Polish: pokryć — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Portuguese: revestir — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Russian: покрыва́ть (pokryvátʹ) — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Spanish: cubrir — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Spanish: bañar — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Spanish: arrebozar — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Spanish: rebozar — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Spanish: capear — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Spanish: emborrizar — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Spanish: recubrir — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Swahili: koti — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Swedish: täcka — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Swedish: belägga — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Turkish: kaplamak — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Turkish: kaban — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Ottoman Turkish: بولامق (bulamak) — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Vietnamese: phết — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Vietnamese: phủ — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Vietnamese: trét — to cover with a coat of some material
  • Finnish: peittää — to cover as a coat
  • Greek: καλύπτω (kalýpto) — to cover as a coat
  • Swahili: koti — to cover as a coat
  • Swedish: täcka — to cover as a coat