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sweatshirt

noun · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈswɛtʃəːt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S W EH1 T SH ER2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: undershirt

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

cotton knit pullover with long sleeves worn during athletic activity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pullover, slipover

History

Etymology

From sweat + shirt.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: суи́тър (suítǎr) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Catalan: dessuadora — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運動衫 /运动衫 (yùndòng shān) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Czech: mikina — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Dutch: sweatshirt — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Finnish: collegepaita — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Finnish: collegepusero — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • French: sweat-shirt — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • French: sweatshirt — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • French: coton ouaté — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • German: Sweatshirt — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Greek: φούτερ (foúter) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Hungarian: melegítőfelső — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Italian: felpa — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Japanese: トレーナー (torēnā) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Japanese: スウェットシャツ (suwettoshatsu) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Korean: 스웨트셔츠 (seuweteusyeocheu) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Korean: 맨투맨 (maentumaen) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Iranian Persian: سویتشِرْت (suitšert) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Polish: bluza — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Portuguese: moletom — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Russian: олимпи́йка (olimpíjka) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Russian: сви́тер (svítɛr) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Russian: сви́тер (svíter) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Russian: балахо́н (balaxón) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Russian: ма́стерка (másterka) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Russian: фуфа́йка (fufájka) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Russian: свитшо́т (svitšót) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Russian: толсто́вка (tolstóvka) — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Spanish: sudadera — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Spanish: buzo — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Spanish: chompa — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Spanish: polerón — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Spanish: sudador — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Spanish: chándal — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Swedish: sweatshirt — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Swedish: collegetröja — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Swedish: (långärmad) tröja — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Welsh: crys chwys — loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic wear and now often used as casual apparel
  • Finnish: hikipaita — shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat
  • Polish: podkoszulek — shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat
  • Russian: фуфа́йка (fufájka) — shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat
  • Russian: толсто́вка (tolstóvka) — shirt worn against the skin, usually under other clothing, to absorb sweat
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