windbreaker

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndbɹeɪkə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

windbreaker (plural windbreakers)

1. A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain.

Synonyms

• windcheater (UK)

Translations

thin outer coat

• Bulgarian: анорак (bg) m (anorak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風衣／风衣 (zh) (fēngyī)

• Czech: šusťákovka f, větrovka f
• Danish: vindjakke
• Dutch: windjack (nl) n
• Finnish: tuulitakki (fi)
• French: K-way (fr) m, k-way (fr) m, coupe-vent (fr) m
• German: (dünne) Jacke (de) f, Windjacke (de) f
• Greek: αντιανεμικό (el) n (antianemikó)
• Hungarian: széldzseki (hu)
• Icelandic: úlpa (is) f
• Japanese: ウインドブレーカー (uindoburēkā)
• Korean: 바람막이 (barammagi)
• Macedonian: ветровка f (vetrovka), виндјакна f (vindjakna)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vindjakke m or f

  Nynorsk: vindjakke f

• Polish: wiatrówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: corta-vento m
• Russian: ветро́вка (ru) f (vetróvka), штормо́вка (ru) f (štormóvka)
• Slovak: vetrovka f

Further reading

• windbreaker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia