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overcoat

noun · verb · 5 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: /ˈəʊvəkəʊt/
  • General-American: /ˈoʊvɚkoʊt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 K OW2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coat

2

noun

Meaning 2

An outer coat, an outer coating (of paint, etc).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: topcoat
  • Wait 24 hours before applying an overcoat.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: topcoat

Antonyms: undercoat, basecoat

Broader terms: coat

3

verb

Meaning 3

To apply an exterior coating to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Wait 24 hours before overcoating with either this product or a clearcoat.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coat

4

noun

Meaning 4

a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: greatcoat, topcoat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coat

Narrower terms: capote, hooded coat, chesterfield, surtout, ulster

5

noun

Meaning 5

an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overcoating

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coating, coat

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat English overcoat From over- + coat.

Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِعْطَف (miʕṭaf) — garment
  • Arabic: كبوط (kabbūṭ) — garment
  • Armenian: վերարկու (verarku) — garment
  • Armenian: պալտո (palto) — garment
  • Azerbaijani: palto — garment
  • Belarusian: паліто́ (palitó) — garment
  • Bulgarian: балтон (balton) — garment
  • Bulgarian: палто́ (paltó) — garment
  • Burmese: လောင်းကုတ်အင်္ကျီ (laung:kut-angkyi) — garment
  • Catalan: abric — garment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 外套 (wàitào) — garment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大衣 (dàyī) — garment
  • Czech: kabát — garment
  • Danish: frakke — garment
  • Danish: overfrakke — garment
  • Dutch: overjas — garment
  • Esperanto: palto — garment
  • Estonian: mantel — garment
  • Finnish: päällystakki — garment
  • Finnish: palttoo — garment
  • French: pardessus — garment
  • French: manteau — garment
  • Galician: abrigo — garment
  • Galician: gabán — garment
  • Georgian: პალტო (ṗalṭo) — garment
  • German: Mantel — garment
  • Greek: πανωφόρι (panofóri) — garment
  • Greek: παλτό (paltó) — garment
  • Hindi: ओवरकोट (ovarkoṭ) — garment
  • Hindi: लबादा (labādā) — garment
  • Hungarian: felöltő — garment
  • Icelandic: yfirhöfn — garment
  • Irish: cóta mór — garment
  • Irish: casóg mhór — garment
  • Italian: soprabito — garment
  • Italian: cappotto — garment
  • Japanese: オーバーコート (ōbākōto) — garment
  • Japanese: 外套 (gaitō) — garment
  • Kazakh: пәлте (pälte) — garment
  • Korean: 외투 (oetu) — garment
  • Kyrgyz: пальто (palto) — garment
  • Latvian: mētelis — garment
  • Lithuanian: paltas — garment
  • Macedonian: капут (kaput) — garment
  • Manx: cooat mooar — garment
  • Manx: cooat s'jerree — garment
  • Middle English: surcote — garment
  • Mongolian: пальто (palʹto) — garment
  • Navajo: éétsoh — garment
  • Norman: grand' câsaque — garment
  • Norman: cache-mînséthe — garment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frakk — garment
  • Persian: پالتو (pâlto) — garment
  • Piedmontese: chiri — garment
  • Plautdietsch: Äwarock — garment
  • Polish: płaszcz — garment
  • Polish: palto — garment
  • Portuguese: sobretudo — garment
  • Romanian: pardesiu — garment
  • Romanian: palton — garment
  • Russian: пальто́ (palʹtó) — garment
  • Russian: шине́ль (šinɛ́lʹ) — garment
  • Kinyarwanda: ikote — garment
  • Scottish Gaelic: còta-mòr — garment
  • Serbo-Croatian: огртач — garment
  • Serbo-Croatian: ogrtač — garment
  • Slovak: kabát — garment
  • Slovene: plašč — garment
  • Spanish: abrigo — garment
  • Spanish: sobretodo — garment
  • Spanish: gabán — garment
  • Swahili: dagla — garment
  • Swedish: kappa — garment
  • Swedish: överrock — garment
  • Swedish: ytterrock — garment
  • Tagalog: gaban — garment
  • Tagalog: hindaramit — garment
  • Tajik: палто (palto) — garment
  • Turkish: palto — garment
  • Ukrainian: пальто́ (palʹtó) — garment
  • Uzbek: palʼto — garment
  • Vietnamese: áo măng tô — garment
  • Vietnamese: áo choàng — garment
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