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windbreaker

noun · 2 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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  • /ˈwɪndbɹeɪkə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A thin jacket designed to resist wind chill and light rain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: windcheater

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parka, windcheater, anorak

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: jacket

Narrower terms: cagoule, ski parka, ski jacket

History

Etymology

From wind + breaker, from a trademark of the John Rissman company.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: анорак (anorak) — thin outer coat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風衣 /风衣 (fēngyī) — thin outer coat
  • Czech: šusťákovka — thin outer coat
  • Czech: větrovka — thin outer coat
  • Danish: vindjakke — thin outer coat
  • Dutch: windjack — thin outer coat
  • Finnish: tuulitakki — thin outer coat
  • French: K-way — thin outer coat
  • French: k-way — thin outer coat
  • French: coupe-vent — thin outer coat
  • German: (dünne) Jacke — thin outer coat
  • German: Windjacke — thin outer coat
  • Greek: αντιανεμικό (antianemikó) — thin outer coat
  • Hungarian: széldzseki — thin outer coat
  • Icelandic: úlpa — thin outer coat
  • Japanese: ウインドブレーカー (uindoburēkā) — thin outer coat
  • Korean: 바람막이 (barammagi) — thin outer coat
  • Macedonian: ветровка (vetrovka) — thin outer coat
  • Macedonian: виндјакна (vindjakna) — thin outer coat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vindjakke — thin outer coat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vindjakke — thin outer coat
  • Polish: wiatrówka — thin outer coat
  • Portuguese: corta-vento — thin outer coat
  • Russian: ветро́вка (vetróvka) — thin outer coat
  • Russian: штормо́вка (štormóvka) — thin outer coat
  • Slovak: vetrovka — thin outer coat