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Meaning of Waistcoat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈweɪs(t)kəʊt

Definitions

An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.
A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.
British

Equivalents

العربية الصدريّة صدار صدرية

Беларуская камізэлька

Български елек жилетка

Bosanski jelek prsluk vešt vest vešta vesta vešte vesti vesti vešti жилет јелек

Català armilla

Čeština vesta

Cymraeg gwasgod

Dansk vest

Deutsch Gilet Weste

Ελληνικά γελέκο γιλέκο

Español chaleco chalequillo

فارسی جلیقه

Suomi liivi

Français gilet

Gaeilge vástchóta veist

Gàidhlig peitean

Galego chaleco

हिन्दी वास्कट

Hrvatski jelek prsluk vešt vest vešta vesta vešte vesti vesti vešti жилет јелек

Magyar mellény

Հայերեն ժիլետ

Bahasa Indonesia rompi

Íslenska vesti

Italiano corpetto gilè panciotto

日本語ウェスクットウエストコートチョッキペスト

ქართული ჟილეტი

Қазақша желетке

한국어 민소매 겉옷 조끼

Kurdî gilê wêstê

Lietuvių liemenė

Latviešu veste

Македонски елек

Bahasa Melayu weskot

Nederlands vest

Polski bezrękawnik kamizelka

Português colete

Română jiletcă vestă

Русский безрукавка жилет жилетка

Shqip jelek

Српски jelek prsluk vešt vest vešta vesta vešte vesti vešti vesti жилет јелек

Svenska väst

Kiswahili kizibao

Türkçe yelek

Українська безрукавка

Tiếng Việt gi-lê

Examples

“Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.”

“In the Victorian Era, exposing your shirtfront in public was considered improper, as shirts were viewed as undergarments. Waistcoats concealed this and helped [to] tame oversized, billowy shirts.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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