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"A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat."
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"(Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat."
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"code": "ale",
"lang": "Aleut",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "ziilitax̂"
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"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "from French",
"roman": "jiléh",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "چيليه"
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"lang": "Hijazi Arabic",
"roman": "sidēri",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
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"masculine"
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"word": "سديري"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "žilet",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "ժիլետ"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "jilet"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kamizélʹka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "камізэ́лька"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žilétka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жиле́тка"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "armilla"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǎnjiān",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "坎肩"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bèixīn",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "背心"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "vesta"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "vest"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "veŝto"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "liivi"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
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"word": "gilet"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "žileṭi",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "ჟილეტი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Weste"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
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"word": "Gilet"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "giléko",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "γιλέκο"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "mellény"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "vesti"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "veist"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "panciotto"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 24 4 13 2 3 15",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gilè"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "corpetto"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chokki",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "チョッキ"
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{
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "besuto",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "ベスト"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jokki",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "조끼"
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{
"_dis1": "38 24 4 13 2 3 15",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "êlek"
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
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"word": "çoxik"
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{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "élek",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "е́лек"
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{
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"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sidrija"
},
{
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "chaléego"
},
{
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "žilet",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "ژیلت"
},
{
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wast"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kamizelka"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bezrękawnik"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 24 4 13 2 3 15",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colete"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 24 4 13 2 3 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žilét",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жиле́т"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezrukávka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "безрука́вка"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žilétka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жиле́тка"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пр̀слук"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
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"word": "pr̀sluk"
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"_dis1": "38 24 4 13 2 3 15",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vesta"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chaleco"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "chalequillo m (Southern Spain, especially Seville - in this city, \"chaleco\" means \"sweater\" or \"jumper\")",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
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"word": "väst"
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"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "körti",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "көрти"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "yelek"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žylét",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "жиле́т"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "áo gi lê"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 24 4 13 2 3 15",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "gi-lê"
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{
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"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "jilät"
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{
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"code": "esu",
"lang": "Yup'ik",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "silin"
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{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣudayriyy",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صُدَيْرِيّ"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "flanelka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фланелка"
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{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "samarreta"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "tílko"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
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"word": "nátělník"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "subĉemizo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "aluspaita"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tricot de corps"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗerangi",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "პერანგი"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maisuri",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "მაისური"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Unterhemd"
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{
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"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Liibli"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 24 4 13 2 3 15",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fanéla",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φανέλα"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 24 4 13 2 3 15",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "trikó"
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{
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nærbolur"
},
{
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "singlet"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "canottiera"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "potkóšula",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "потко́шула"
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{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dólna máica",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "до́лна ма́ица"
},
{
"_dis1": "38 24 4 13 2 3 15",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "singlet"
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{
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"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flokk ta’ taħt"
},
{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "hingareti"
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{
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "trøye"
},
{
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"expansion": "Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "vestir"
},
"expansion": "Spanish vestir",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vests",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "vest (plural vests)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"sense": "sleeveless outergarment",
"word": "safety vest"
},
{
"sense": "sleeveless outergarment",
"word": "scrimmage vest"
},
{
"sense": "sleeveless outergarment",
"word": "fishing vest"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "invest"
},
{
"word": "vest frottoir"
},
{
"word": "vestibule"
},
{
"word": "vestment"
},
{
"word": "vesture"
},
{
"word": "wear"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"Canadian English"
],
"glosses": [
"A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat."
],
"links": [
[
"Canada",
"Canada"
],
[
"US",
"American English"
],
[
"button",
"button"
],
[
"shirt",
"shirt"
],
[
"suit",
"suit"
],
[
"waistcoat",
"waistcoat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Britain"
],
"word": "waistcoat"
}
],
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English"
],
"glosses": [
"A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse."
],
"links": [
[
"sleeveless",
"sleeveless"
],
[
"shirt",
"shirt"
],
[
"blouse",
"blouse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Britain) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "singlet"
},
{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "tank top"
},
{
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "undershirt"
}
],
"tags": [
"Britain"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team."
],
"links": [
[
"top",
"top"
],
[
"athlete",
"athlete"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2010, Thomas Mullen, The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers, Random House, page 162",
"text": "He gripped some of the shreds and pulled off his vest and the shirt beneath it, his clothing disintegrating around him. What in the hell point was there in wearing a twenty-five-pound bulletproof vest if you could still get gunned to death?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage."
],
"links": [
[
"outer garment",
"outer garment"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1700, John Dryden, Palamon and Arcite",
"text": "In state attended by her maiden train, / Who bore the vests that holy rites require.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A vestment."
],
"links": [
[
"vestment",
"vestment"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1800, William Wordsworth, [unnamed poem] (classified under Inscriptions)",
"text": "Not seldom, clad in radiant vest / Deceitfully goes forth the morn."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Clothing generally; array; garb."
],
"links": [
[
"array",
"array"
],
[
"garb",
"garb"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries."
],
"links": [
[
"robe",
"robe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now rare) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vɛst/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛst"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-vest.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-vest.ogg/En-us-vest.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-vest.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ale",
"lang": "Aleut",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "ziilitax̂"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "from French",
"roman": "jiléh",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "چيليه"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Hijazi Arabic",
"roman": "sidēri",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سديري"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "žilet",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "ժիլետ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "jilet"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kamizélʹka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "камізэ́лька"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žilétka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жиле́тка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "armilla"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǎnjiān",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "坎肩"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bèixīn",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "背心"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vesta"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "vest"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "veŝto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "liivi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gilet"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "žileṭi",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "ჟილეტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Weste"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"neuter",
"regional"
],
"word": "Gilet"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "giléko",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "γιλέκο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "mellény"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vesti"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "veist"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "panciotto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gilè"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "corpetto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chokki",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "チョッキ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "besuto",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "ベスト"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jokki",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "조끼"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "êlek"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "çoxik"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "élek",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "е́лек"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sidrija"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "chaléego"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "žilet",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "ژیلت"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wast"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kamizelka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bezrękawnik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colete"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žilét",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жиле́т"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezrukávka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "безрука́вка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žilétka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "жиле́тка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пр̀слук"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pr̀sluk"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vesta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chaleco"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "chalequillo m (Southern Spain, especially Seville - in this city, \"chaleco\" means \"sweater\" or \"jumper\")",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "väst"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "körti",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "көрти"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "yelek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žylét",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "жиле́т"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "áo gi lê"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "gi-lê"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "jilät"
},
{
"code": "esu",
"lang": "Yup'ik",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "silin"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣudayriyy",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صُدَيْرِيّ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "flanelka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фланелка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "samarreta"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tílko"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nátělník"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "subĉemizo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "aluspaita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tricot de corps"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗerangi",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "პერანგი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maisuri",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "მაისური"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Unterhemd"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Liibli"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fanéla",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φανέλα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "trikó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nærbolur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "singlet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "canottiera"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "potkóšula",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "потко́шула"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dólna máica",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "до́лна ма́ица"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "singlet"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flokk ta’ taħt"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "hingareti"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "trøye"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trøye"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podkoszulek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "podkoszulka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "regata"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "májka",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ма́йка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fo-lèine"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"word": "camiseta de tirantes"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "garment worn over a shirt",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "linne"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "samarreta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos",
"word": "liivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos",
"word": "tunnusliivi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "canottiera"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "májka",
"sense": "sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ма́йка"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "any sleeveless outer garment",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "䘥仔"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "any sleeveless outer garment",
"word": "馬甲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎjiǎ",
"sense": "any sleeveless outer garment",
"word": "马甲"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any sleeveless outer garment",
"word": "liivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any sleeveless outer garment",
"word": "turvaliivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any sleeveless outer garment",
"word": "huomioliivi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any sleeveless outer garment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giubbetto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any sleeveless outer garment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giubbotto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any sleeveless outer garment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "giacchetta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"text": "2007, Ransey Guy Cole, Jr. (United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit), Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony ATV Publishing, LLC\nSony interpreted 17 U.S.C. § 304 as requiring that the author be alive at the start of the copyright renewal term for the author’s prior assignments to vest."
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