tarpaulin

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• UK: /tɑˈpɔː.lɪn/
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• US: /ˈtɑːɹpəlɪn/
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• US: /tɑɹˈpɔ.lɪn/
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From tar + pall (“heavy canvas”) + -ing. The sailor sense reflects that sailors of centuries past often wore garments made of tarred cloth (for weatherproofing).

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: բրեզենտ (brezent) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Azerbaijani: brezent — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Belarusian: брызе́нт (bryzjént) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Belarusian: брэзэ́нт (brezént) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Belarusian: брызэ́нт (bryzént) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Bulgarian: брезе́нт (brezént) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Bulgarian: мушама́ (mušamá) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Chinese Mandarin: 油布 (yóubù) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Chinese Mandarin: 防水布 (fángshuǐbù) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Chinese Mandarin: 苫布 (shànbù) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Czech: plachtovina — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Czech: celtovina — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Danish: presenning — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Dutch: zeildoek — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Dutch: bâche — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Dutch: dekzeil — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Esperanto: baŝo — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Estonian: present — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Finnish: suojapeite — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Finnish: pressu — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• French: bâche — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Georgian: ბრეზენტი (brezenṭi) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• German: Persenning — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• German: Plane — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• German: Abdeckplane — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Greek: μουσαμάς (mousamás) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Hausa: tàmfôl — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Hebrew: בְּרֶזֶנְט (brezént) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Hindi: तिरपाल (tirpāl) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Hungarian: ponyva — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Icelandic: yfirbreiðsla — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Indonesian: terpal — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Italian: telone impermeabile — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Italian: tela cerata — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Japanese: タープ (tāpu) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Japanese: ターポリン (tāporin) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Kazakh: брезент (brezent) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Korean: 타프 (tapeu) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Korean: 방수포 (bangsupo) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Kyrgyz: брезент (brezent) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Latvian: brezents — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Lithuanian: brezentas — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Macedonian: мушама (mušama) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Macedonian: церада (cerada) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Māori: tāpōrena — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Marshallese: būļajtiik — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Mongolian: брезент (brezent) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Navajo: níbaal — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Norwegian Bokmål: presenning — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Persian: بِرِزِنْت (berezent) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Polish: brezent — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Portuguese: encerado — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Portuguese: oleado — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Portuguese: lona — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Romanian: prelată — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Russian: брезе́нт (brezént) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Serbo-Croatian: цера́да — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Serbo-Croatian: ceráda — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Slovak: celtovina — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Slovene: ponjava — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Slovene: cerada — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Spanish: lona alquitranada — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Spanish: lona impermeable — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Spanish: lona — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Spanish: toldo — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Swedish: presenning — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Tagalog: tarapal — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Tajik: брезент (brezent) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Thai: ผ้าใบกันน้ํา — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Turkish: muşamba — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Turkish: branda — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Turkish: tente — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Turkmen: brezent — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Ukrainian: брезе́нт (brezént) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Urdu: تِرپال (tirpāl) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Uyghur: برېزېنت (brëzënt) — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Uzbek: brezent — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Vietnamese: bạt — heavy, waterproof sheet of material
• Bulgarian: брезе́нт (brezént) — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Dutch: zeildoek — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Dutch: bâche — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Finnish: pressu — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• French: bâche — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Hebrew: בְּרֶזֶנְט (brezént) — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Italian: telone — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Māori: tāpōrena — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Norwegian Bokmål: presenning — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Portuguese: lona — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Russian: тент (tɛnt) — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Spanish: lona — any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover
• Bulgarian: мушама́ (mušamá) — canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover
• Esperanto: gudrotuko — canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover
• Finnish: tervakangas — canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover
• French: bâche — canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover
• French: prélart — canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover
• Hebrew: אַבַּרְזִין (abarzín) — canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover
• Italian: incerata — canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover
• Italian: tela incatramata — canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover
• Swedish: presenning — canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover