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trenchcoat

/tɾent͡ʃˈkot/ noun

Alternative spelling of trench coat.

Word Origin Trenchcoat is straightforward: a coat worn in the trenches. But 'trench' itself comes from Latin 'truncare', to cut — a trench is literally a cut in the earth. That same root gives us 'trenchant' (cutting, sharp) and 'entrench' (to dig in). The coat part is from an old Germanic word for a mantle. So a trenchcoat is a coat for the cut-in-the-ground warfare of WWI, though now it's more fashion than foxhole.

noun Alternative spelling of trench coat. countable

He wore a stylish trenchcoat to the evening event.

(名词) 风衣 【风衣的另一种拼写】

他穿着一件时尚的风衣参加晚宴。

(sustantivo) gabardina; trench; impermeable [Ortografía alternativa de "trench coat" (gabardina).]

Usó una gabardina elegante para el evento nocturno.

(nom) trench-coat; imperméable croisé; caban [Variante orthographique de trench coat.]

Il portait un trenchcoat élégant à la soirée.

(Substantiv) Trenchcoat [Alternative Schreibweise von **trench coat** (ein langer, wasserdichter Mantel, ursprünglich für Soldaten im Ersten Weltkrieg entworfen).]

Er trug einen eleganten **trenchcoat** zur Abendveranstaltung.

(名詞) 「trench coat」の別のつづり。

彼は夜の集まりに、おしゃれなトレンチコートを着て出かけた。

(substantivo) casaco trench; gabardina; trench coat [Ortografia alternativa de trench coat (casaco trench).]

Ele usou um casaco trench estiloso para o evento noturno.

Synonyms: trench coat raincoat overcoat macintosh Burberry
Word parts: trench + coat

Related words

entrench entrenchment trenchant trencher retrench retrenchment coating

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