Phrase guide

pea coat

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A coat of heavy, navy-coloured wool, originally worn by sailors of European navies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch pij + coat.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: бушла́т (bušlát) — type of coat
  • Catalan: tabard — type of coat
  • Finnish: merimiestakki — type of coat
  • Finnish: kipparitakki — type of coat
  • French: caban — type of coat
  • German: Caban — type of coat
  • Irish: seaicéad sáile — type of coat
  • Irish: cóta mairnéalaigh — type of coat
  • Japanese: ピーコート (pīkōto) — type of coat
  • Korean: 피코트 (pikoteu) — type of coat
  • Lithuanian: bušlatas — type of coat
  • Russian: бушла́т (bušlát) — type of coat
  • Russian: тужу́рка (tužúrka) — type of coat
  • Turkish: kaban — type of coat
  • Ukrainian: бушла́т (bušlát) — type of coat
  • Uzbek: bushlat — type of coat
  • Yiddish: בושלאַט (bushlat) — type of coat