Standard Lemma guide

parka

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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  • General-American: /ˈpɑɹkə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːkə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)kə
  • homophone: Parker (non-rhotic)
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: windbreaker, windcheater, anorak

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: jacket

Narrower terms: cagoule, ski parka, ski jacket

History

Etymology

1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: parka — long jacket
  • Afrikaans: parkajas — long jacket
  • Aleut: parka — long jacket
  • Alutor: ит'ын (itˀən) — long jacket
  • Bulgarian: парка (parka) — long jacket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 派克大衣 (pàikè dàyī) — long jacket
  • Czech: bunda s kapucí — long jacket
  • Czech: parka — long jacket
  • Czech: větrovka — long jacket
  • Dutch: parka — long jacket
  • Finnish: parka — long jacket
  • Finnish: anorakki — long jacket
  • French: parka — long jacket
  • French: doudoune — long jacket
  • German: Anorak — long jacket
  • German: Parka — long jacket
  • Indonesian: parka — long jacket
  • Irish: parca — long jacket
  • Italian: parka — long jacket
  • Japanese: パーカ (pāka) — long jacket
  • Japanese: アノラック (anorakku) — long jacket
  • Korean: 파카 (paka) — long jacket
  • Korean: 아노락 (anorak) — long jacket
  • Polish: parka — long jacket
  • Russian: па́рка (párka) — long jacket
  • Russian: анора́к (anorák) — long jacket
  • Russian: пухови́к (puxovík) — long jacket
  • Spanish: parka — long jacket
  • Swedish: parkas — long jacket
  • Turkish: parka — long jacket
  • Yup'ik: kamliikaq — long jacket