coatとは

別の表記

• cote (廃れた用法)

語源

From Middle English cote, coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewd-, *gud- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old High German kozza, kozzo (“woolen coat”) (Modern German Kotze (“coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape”)), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “woman's attire”).

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊt/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /kəʊt/
• 韻: -əʊt

名詞

coat (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 coats)

1. (countable) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.^Wp
   • 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough^[1], New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., OCLC 580270828:

     It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

2. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.^Wp
   • John Milton (1608-1674)

     Fruit of all kinds, in coat / Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.

3. (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.^Wp

   When the dog shed its coat, it left hair all over the furniture and the carpet.

4. (uncountable, nautical) Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber または leather).
5. (obsolete) A petticoat.
   • John Locke (1632-1705)

     a child in coats

6. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
   • Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

     Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.

   • William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)

     She was sought by spirits of richest coat.

7. A coat of arms.^Wp
   • William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)

     Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat.

8. A coat card.
   • Philip Massinger (1583-1640)

     Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.

派生語

動詞

coat (三人称単数 現在形 coats, 現在分詞 coating, 過去形および過去分詞形 coated)

1. To cover with a coat of some material

   One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.

2. To cover as a coat.

アナグラム

• ATOC, CATO, Cato, Cota, octa, octa-, taco