noun
Meaning 1
Clothing worn as protection from rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rainwear
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵh-der. Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵhnos? Proto-Germanic *regną Proto-West Germanic *regn Old English reġn Middle English reyn English rain 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 rainwear From rain + -wear.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sadeasu — clothing worn as a protection from rain
- Japanese: 雨着 (amagi) — clothing worn as a protection from rain
- Norwegian Bokmål: regntøy — clothing worn as a protection from rain
- Norwegian Nynorsk: regntøy — clothing worn as a protection from rain
- Norwegian Nynorsk: regnty — clothing worn as a protection from rain
- Swedish: regnkläder — clothing worn as a protection from rain
- Swedish: regnplagg — clothing worn as a protection from rain