coat

A1 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /ˈkoʊ̯t/ UK /ˈkəʊ̯t/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like cot /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/

Freq #1839

Meanings

1

noun
A piece of clothing with long sleeves worn over other clothes to keep warm.

Put on your coat; it's cold outside.
2

noun
A layer of a substance such as paint covering a surface.

The walls needed a fresh coat of paint.
3

noun
The fur or hair covering an animal's body.

The dog has a thick, shiny coat.
4

verb
To cover a surface with a layer of something.

She coated the cake with chocolate.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a layer of a substance such... coating

3 noun · the fur or hair covering an... pelt

4 verb · to cover a surface with a... cake

Word family

Forms coatedcoats

Derived forms basecoatbecoatedblackcoatblanket-coatbluecoatbrowncoatcandy-coatcarcoatclearcoatcoat-hangercoat-rackcoat-stand

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Phrases (6)

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frock coat
a man's formal coat with long lower sections reaching toward the knees

Noun + noun
mink coat
a coat made from mink fur

Noun + noun
primer coat
the first preparatory layer applied before the main layers of paint

Noun + noun
sable coat
a fur coat made from sable pelts

Noun + noun
sclerotic coat
the tough whitish outer layer that protects most of the eyeball

Adjective + noun
sheepskin coat
a coat made from sheep hide with its wool attached

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Cut your coat according to your cloth

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat 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”) (German Kotze (“coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape”)), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Middle Dutch cote (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “woman's attire”).

cote Middle English cotta Latin *kuttô Proto-Germanic *gʷewd- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Clothing & Appearance

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# coat

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈkoʊ̯t/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkəʊ̯t/
**Frequency rank:** 1839

## Meanings
1. A piece of clothing with long sleeves worn over other clothes to keep warm.
2. A layer of a substance such as paint covering a surface.
3. The fur or hair covering an animal's body.
4. To cover a surface with a layer of something.

## Examples
- Put on your coat; it's cold outside.
- The walls needed a fresh coat of paint.
- The dog has a thick, shiny coat.
- She coated the cake with chocolate.

## Derived Forms
- basecoat
- becoated
- blackcoat
- blanket-coat
- bluecoat
- browncoat
- candy-coat
- carcoat
- clearcoat
- coat-hanger
- coat-rack
- coat-stand

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cote
- Root: cotta
- Root: *kuttô
- Root: *gʷewd-

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat 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”) (German Kotze (“coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape”)), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Middle Dutch cote (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “woman's attire”).

## AI Etymology
coat is a noun and verb. It is 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”) (German Kotze (“coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape”)), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Middle Dutch cote (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “woman's attire”). Historical forms in the chain include cote (Middle English), cote (Old French), cotta (Latin), *kuttô (Proto-Germanic), and *gʷewd- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include a piece of clothing with long sleeves worn over other clothes to keep warm, a layer of a substance such as paint covering a surface, and the fur or hair covering an animal's body. Derived forms include basecoat, becoated, blackcoat, blanket-coat, and bluecoat.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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