noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈpɑɹkə/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpɑːkə/
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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
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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.
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Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.