"tailcoat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈteɪlkoʊt/ [US] Forms: tailcoats [plural]
Etymology: tail + coat Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tail|coat}} tail + coat Head templates: {{en-noun}} tailcoat (plural tailcoats)
  1. A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat. Translations (formal evening jacket): ֆրակ (frak) (Armenian), фрак (frak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), frac [masculine, plural] (Catalan), 燕尾服 (yànwěifú) (Chinese Mandarin), jacquet [neuter] (Dutch), zwaluwstaart [masculine] (Dutch), frako (Esperanto), frakk (Estonian), frakkitakki (Finnish), hännystakki (Finnish), queue-de-pie [feminine] (French), frac [masculine] (French), ფრაკი (praḳi) (Georgian), Frack [masculine] (German), frac [masculine] (Italian), 燕尾服 (embifuku) (alt: えんびふく) (Japanese), テールコート (tērukōto) (Japanese), фрак (frak) [masculine] (Macedonian), câsaque à coue d'héthonde [feminine] (Norman), frak [masculine] (Polish), fraque [masculine] (Portuguese), фрак (frak) [masculine] (Russian), frac [masculine] (Spanish), frack [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tailcoat-en-noun-TD5qmMYK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'formal evening jacket': 96 4
  2. Any coat with similar tails. Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (any coat with similar tails): hännystakki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tailcoat-en-noun-gabuz9Z- Disambiguation of Clothing: 18 82 Disambiguation of 'any coat with similar tails': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tail coat [nonstandard] Derived forms: tails

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Download JSON data for tailcoat meaning in English (4.7kB)

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