Phrase guide

coat hanger

noun · 2 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ̯t ˈhæ̞ŋə/
  • General-American: /ˌkoʊ̯t ˈhæ̝ŋɚ/ without æ-raising
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˌkoʊ̯t ˈheɪ̯ŋɚ/ æ-raising
  • /ˌkoʊ̯t ˈhɛ̃ŋɚ/ æ-raising
  • Australian: /ˌkəʉ̯t ˈhæ̞ŋə/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clothes hanger, clothing hanger

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clothes hanger, dress hanger

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hanger

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: klerehanger — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Afrikaans: hanger — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Albanian: hallkë — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Albanian: jatagan — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Arabic: شَمَّاعَة (šammāʕa) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Arabic: عَلَّاقَة (ʕallāqa) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Arabic: علاقة (ʕallāqa) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Armenian: կեռիկ (keṙik) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Armenian: կախիչ (kaxičʻ) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Azerbaijani: asqı — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Azerbaijani: asılqan — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Basque: esekitokia — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Belarusian: ве́шалка (vjéšalka) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Belarusian: пле́чкі (pljéčki) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Bulgarian: закача́лка (zakačálka) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Carpathian Rusyn: віша́к (višák) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Catalan: penjador — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Catalan: penja-robes — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Catalan: perxa — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Chinese Cantonese: 衣架 — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衣架 (yījià) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • East Circassian: фӏэдзапӏэ (fʼɛdzapʼɛ) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Czech: ramínko — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Danish: bøjle — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Dutch: kleerhanger — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Dutch: knaapje — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Esperanto: vestarko — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Estonian: riidepuu — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Faroese: akslatræ — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Finnish: vaateripustin — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Finnish: vaatepuu — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Finnish: henkari — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • French: cintre — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Georgian: საკიდი (saḳidi) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • German: Kleiderbügel — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • German: Bügel — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Greek: κρεμάστρα (kremástra) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Gujarati: ટિંગણિયું (ṭiṅgṇiyũ) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Hungarian: vállfa — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Hungarian: fogas — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Hungarian: akasztó — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Icelandic: herðatré — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Indonesian: gantungan — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Italian: gruccia — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Italian: stampella — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Italian: appendiabiti — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Japanese: ハンガー (hangā) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Japanese: 衣紋掛け (emonkake) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Kazakh: ілгіш (ılgış) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Korean: 옷걸이 (otgeori) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Kyrgyz: илме (ilme) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Latvian: pakaramais — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Lithuanian: pakaba — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Macedonian: закачалка (zakačalka) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Malay: penyangkut baju — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Malay: gantungan — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Malay: penyangkut — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Mongolian: өлгүүр (ölgüür) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Mongolian: ᠡᠯᠭᠦᠭᠦᠷ (elgügür) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kleshenger — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kledehengjar — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klehengjar — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kleshengjar — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Pashto: لومړۍ تلاشۍ — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Persian: چوبرختی (čub-raxti) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Persian: چوب لباسی (čub-e lebâsi) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Persian: جا لباسی (jâ lebâsi) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Persian: رختآویز (raxt-âviz) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Polish: wieszak — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Portuguese: cabide — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Portuguese: cruzeta — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Romanian: umeraș — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Romanian: portmantou — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Romanian: umerar — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Romanian: cuier — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Russian: ве́шалка (véšalka) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Russian: пле́чики (pléčiki) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Russian: тре́мпель (trémpelʹ) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Samoan: lāʻau tautauʻofu — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: вешалица — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: вјешалица — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: офингер — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: vešalica — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: vješalica — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Serbo-Croatian: ofinger — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Slovak: ramienko — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Slovene: obešalnik — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Spanish: percha — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Spanish: gancho — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Spanish: colgador — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Swedish: galge — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Swedish: klädhängare — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Tagalog: sabitan — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Tajik: либосовезак (libosovezak) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Turkish: askı — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Turkmen: asgyç — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Udmurt: ӵог (čog) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Ukrainian: ві́шалка (víšalka) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Ukrainian: віша́к (višák) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Ukrainian: тре́мпель (trémpelʹ) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Ukrainian: плі́чка (plíčka) — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Uzbek: veshalka — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Uzbek: ilgak — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Uzbek: kiyin osgich — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Vietnamese: mắc áo — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Vietnamese: móc — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Xhosa: ihengari — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc
  • Zulu: isiphanyeko — device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc