"anorak" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈænəɹæk/ Audio: En-au-anorak.ogg Forms: anoraks [plural]
Etymology: * Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq. * (person with obsessive interest): Originally referring to train spotters (because they would wear anoraks while looking out for trains). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|kl|annoraaq}} Greenlandic annoraaq, {{sense|person with obsessive interest}} (person with obsessive interest): Head templates: {{en-noun}} anorak (plural anoraks)
  1. A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater. Translations (heavy weatherproof jacket): anorak (Afrikaans), windbaajie (Afrikaans), parka (Afrikaans), anorac [masculine] (Catalan), 皮猴兒 (Chinese Mandarin), 皮猴儿 (píhóur) (Chinese Mandarin), bunda [feminine] (Czech), zimní bunda [feminine] (Czech), anorak [common-gender] (Danish), anorako (Esperanto), anorakkur [masculine] (Faroese), anorakki (Finnish), anorak [masculine] (French), Anorak [masculine] (German), άνορακ (ánorak) [neuter] (Greek), anorák (Hungarian), anorak (Indonesian), giacca a vento (Italian), アノラック (anorakku) (Japanese), 아노락 (anorak) (Korean), anorakk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), anorakk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), anorak [masculine] (Polish), quispo [masculine] (Portuguese), anoraque [masculine] (Portuguese), анора́к (anorák) [masculine] (Russian), ветро́вка (vetróvka) [feminine] (Russian), anarag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), anorak [masculine] (Slovene), anorak [masculine] (Spanish), anorak [common-gender] (Swedish), anorac [feminine] (Welsh), anoracs [feminine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-anorak-en-noun-YEB6sn~s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'heavy weatherproof jacket': 88 12
  2. (UK, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject, especially trains. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Clothing Hyponyms: geek, nerd, otaku Translations (geek or nerd): Sonderling [masculine] (German), Eigenbrötler [masculine] (German), schrullige Person [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-anorak-en-noun-en:UK_slang Disambiguation of Clothing: 1 99 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of 'geek or nerd': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anoraked, anorakish, anoraky Related terms: rivet counter, trainspotter

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "en:Clothing"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anoraked"
    },
    {
      "word": "anorakish"
    },
    {
      "word": "anoraky"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "άνορακ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: άνορακ (ánorak)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: άνορακ (ánorak)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kl",
        "3": "annoraaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Greenlandic annoraaq",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "person with obsessive interest"
      },
      "expansion": "(person with obsessive interest):",
      "name": "sense"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.\n* (person with obsessive interest): Originally referring to train spotters (because they would wear anoraks while looking out for trains).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "anoraks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "anorak (plural anoraks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "rivet counter"
    },
    {
      "word": "trainspotter"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61:",
          "text": "Don't ever use the hood on your anorak; and, if you do, for heaven's sake don't pull the string tight so that you peep out like a little baby in a siren suit.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy"
        ],
        [
          "weatherproof",
          "weatherproof"
        ],
        [
          "jacket",
          "jacket"
        ],
        [
          "attached",
          "attached"
        ],
        [
          "hood",
          "hood"
        ],
        [
          "parka",
          "parka"
        ],
        [
          "windcheater",
          "windcheater"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 February 15, Maev Kennedy, “I used to say he was England's answer to John Cusack. Now I think he's England's answer to Jack Lemmon”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "He has described himself as the uber-geek, an anorak's anorak, a standard bearer for fellow Star Trekkies everywhere, and his air of bland, amiable bafflement has served him remarkably well in a string of TV and film roles.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject, especially trains."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "geek"
        },
        {
          "word": "nerd"
        },
        {
          "word": "otaku"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obsessive",
          "obsessive"
        ],
        [
          "niche",
          "niche"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject, especially trains."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:UK slang"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈænəɹæk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-anorak.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/En-au-anorak.ogg/En-au-anorak.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/En-au-anorak.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "anorak"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "windbaajie"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "parka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anorac"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "皮猴兒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píhóur",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "皮猴儿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zimní bunda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anorak"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "anorako"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anorakkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "anorakki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anorak"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anorak"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ánorak",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "άνορακ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "anorák"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "anorak"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "giacca a vento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anorakku",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "アノラック"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "anorak",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "word": "아노락"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anorakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anorakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anorak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quispo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anoraque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "anorák",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "анора́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vetróvka",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ветро́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anarag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anorak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anorak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anorak"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anorac"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "heavy weatherproof jacket",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "anoracs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geek or nerd",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sonderling"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geek or nerd",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eigenbrötler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "geek or nerd",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "schrullige Person"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Anorak (slang)"
  ],
  "word": "anorak"
}

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