Phrase guide

trench coat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A military-style raincoat with a belt and deep pockets and often epaulettes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a military style raincoat; belted with deep pockets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: raincoat, waterproof

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: gavardina — military-style raincoat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 乾濕褸 /干湿褛 (gon1 sap1 lau1) — military-style raincoat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍服式雨衣 /军服式雨衣 (jūnfú shì yǔyī) — military-style raincoat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風衣 /风衣 (fēngyī) — military-style raincoat
  • Dutch: lange jas — military-style raincoat
  • Finnish: berberi — military-style raincoat
  • Finnish: gabardiinitakki — military-style raincoat
  • Finnish: perperi — military-style raincoat
  • Finnish: poplari — military-style raincoat
  • Finnish: poplaritakki — military-style raincoat
  • Finnish: popliinitakki — military-style raincoat
  • Finnish: trenssi — military-style raincoat
  • Finnish: trenssitakki — military-style raincoat
  • French: trench-coat — military-style raincoat
  • French: trench — military-style raincoat
  • Galician: trincheira — military-style raincoat
  • Galician: gabardina — military-style raincoat
  • German: Trenchcoat — military-style raincoat
  • Hungarian: viharkabát — military-style raincoat
  • Hungarian: trencskó — military-style raincoat
  • Hungarian: ballonkabát — military-style raincoat
  • Italian: trench — military-style raincoat
  • Japanese: トレンチコート (torenchikōto) — military-style raincoat
  • Korean: 바바리코트 (babarikoteu) — military-style raincoat
  • Korean: 트렌치코트 (teurenchikoteu) — military-style raincoat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trenchcoat — military-style raincoat
  • Portuguese: gabardina — military-style raincoat
  • Portuguese: gabardine — military-style raincoat
  • Romanian: trencicot — military-style raincoat
  • Romanian: trenci — military-style raincoat
  • Russian: тренч (trenč) — military-style raincoat
  • Russian: тренчко́т (trenčkót) — military-style raincoat
  • Russian: полушине́ль (polušinɛ́lʹ) — military-style raincoat
  • Serbo-Croatian: baloner — military-style raincoat
  • Serbo-Croatian: kabanica — military-style raincoat
  • Spanish: gabardina — military-style raincoat
  • Spanish: trinchera — military-style raincoat
  • Spanish: balandrán — military-style raincoat
  • Turkish: trençkot — military-style raincoat
  • Venetan: trench — military-style raincoat