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waistcoat

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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  • wās(t)'-kōt spelling pronunciation
  • /ˈweɪs(t)kəʊt/ spelling pronunciation
  • dated: wĕs'kət
  • dated: /ˈwɛskət/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.

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 sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vest

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vest

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: garment

Narrower terms: bulletproof vest

History

Etymology

From waist + coat. Compare Yola wauscoat, wazcoote.

Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: jelek — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Southern Altai: жилет (žilet) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Arabic: صُدْرِيّة (ṣudriyya) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Arabic: صِدَار (ṣidār) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Armenian: ժիլետ (žilet) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Azerbaijani: jilet — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Belarusian: камізэ́лька (kamizélʹka) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Belarusian: безрука́ўка (bjezrukáwka) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Bulgarian: жиле́тка (žilétka) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Bulgarian: еле́к (elék) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Bulgarian: еле́че (eléče) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Catalan: armilla — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 坎肩 (kǎnjiān) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 背心 (bèixīn) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Czech: vesta — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Danish: vest — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Dutch: vest — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Estonian: vest — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Faroese: vestur — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Finnish: liivi — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • French: gilet — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Galician: chaleco — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Georgian: ჟილეტი (žileṭi) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • German: Weste — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • German: Gilet — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Greek: γιλέκο (giléko) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Greek: γελέκο (geléko) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Hebrew: וֵסְט (vest) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Hindi: वास्कट (vāskaṭ) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Hungarian: mellény — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Icelandic: vesti — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Ido: jileto — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Indonesian: rompi — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Irish: vástchóta — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Irish: bástcóta — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Irish: veist — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Italian: panciotto — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Italian: gilè — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Italian: corpetto — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Japanese: チョッキ (chokki) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Japanese: ベスト (besuto) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Japanese: ウェストコート (wesutokōto) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Japanese: ウェスクット (wesuo) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Kazakh: желетке (jeletke) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Kazakh: жилет (jilet) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Kazakh: кеудеше (keudeşe) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Korean: 조끼 (jokki) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Kyrgyz: желетке (jeletke) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Latvian: veste — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Lithuanian: liemenė — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Macedonian: елек (elek) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Malay: rompi — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Malay: weskot — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Manchu: ᡩᡝᡥᡝᠯᡝ (dehele) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Māori: wēkete — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Māori: wetikote — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Mongolian: хантааз (xantaaz) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vest — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Persian: ژیله (žile) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Persian: جلیقه (jeliqe) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Polish: kamizelka — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Polish: bezrękawnik — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Portuguese: colete — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Punjabi: ਵਾਸਕਟ (vāskaṭ) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Romanian: vestă — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Romanian: jiletcă — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Russian: жиле́т (žilét) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Russian: безрука́вка (bezrukávka) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Russian: жиле́тка (žilétka) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Sangisari: جلیزقه (jelizqe) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Scottish Gaelic: peitean — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Serbo-Croatian: пр̀слук — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Serbo-Croatian: јѐлек — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Serbo-Croatian: pr̀sluk — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Serbo-Croatian: jèlek — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Slovak: vesta — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Slovene: telovnik — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Spanish: chaleco — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Spanish: chalequillo — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Swahili: kizibao — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Swedish: väst — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Tajik: камзӯлча (kamzülča) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Turkish: yelek — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Ottoman Turkish: یلك (yelek) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Ukrainian: жиле́т (žylét) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Ukrainian: жиле́тка (žylétka) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Ukrainian: безрука́вка (bezrukávka) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Ukrainian: камізе́лька (kamizélʹka) — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Uzbek: nimcha — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Uzbek: jiletka — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Venetan: xiƚè — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Vietnamese: áo gi-lê — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Vietnamese: gi-lê — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Volapük: jilät — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Walloon: djilet — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Welsh: gwasgod — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Welsh: gwasgodau — a sleeveless, collarless garment
  • Yiddish: קאַמזויל (kamzoyl) — a sleeveless, collarless garment