A pair of Wellington boots
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Etymology
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Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised a similar style of boot, if not made of rubber.
Wellington boots pl (normally plural, singular Wellington boot)
- (British) Waterproof rubber boots, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions. Short forms: wellies (singular welly or wellie)
Usage notes
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Wellington boots is almost always used in the plural.
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waterproof rubber boot
- Catalan: botes de pluja (ca) f pl
- Czech: gumovka (cs) f (colloquial)
- Danish: gummistøvel c, gummistøvler c pl
- Dutch: laarzen (nl), rubberlaarzen (nl), (Flemish) botten (nl)
- Finnish: kumisaappaat (fi), kumpparit (fi), nokialaiset (Nokia-branded rubber boots)
- French: bottes en caoutchouc f pl
- Galician: botas de goma f pl
- German: Gummistiefel (de)
- Hungarian: gumicsizma (hu)
- Irish: buataisí rubair f pl
- Norman: hautes bottes f pl
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: gummistøvel m, gummistøvler pl
- Nynorsk: gummistøvel m, gummistøvlar pl
- Polish: gumiaki m, gumowce m, kalosze m
- Portuguese: galocha (pt) f
- Russian: рези́новый сапо́г m (rezínovyj sapóg)
- Scottish Gaelic: bòtann m
- Spanish: botas de goma f pl, botas de agua f pl
- Swedish: gummistövel (sv) c
- Welsh: esgidiau glaw f pl
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