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outerwear

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Clothing (such as a dress) worn over one's underwear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Clothing (such as a raincoat) worn over one's clothes when outdoors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

clothing for use outdoors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overclothes

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment

Narrower terms: gown, robe

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English outer Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English -wear English outerwear From outer + -wear.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 面衫 — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Chinese: 外衫 (zh-min-nan) — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外套 (wàitào) — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外衣 (wàiyī) — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外褂 (wàiguà) — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Finnish: päälyvaatteet — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Finnish: päällysvaatteet — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • German: Oberbekleidung — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Kazakh: сыртқы киім (syrtqy kiım) — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Kazakh: қаптама (qaptama) — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Polish: ubranie wierzchnie — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Spanish: abrigo — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Spanish: prenda exterior — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Spanish: ropa exterior — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Swedish: innerkläder — clothing worn over one's underwear
  • Finnish: ulkovaatteet — clothing worn for outdoors
  • Swedish: ytterplagg — clothing worn for outdoors
  • Swedish: ytterkläder — clothing worn for outdoors