anorak
English
editEtymology
edit- Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.
- (person with obsessive interest): Originally referring to train spotters (because they would wear anoraks while looking out for trains).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈænəɹæk/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editanorak (plural anoraks)
- A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
- 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61:
- 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.
- (UK, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject, especially trains.
- 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[1]:
- 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.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Greek: άνορακ (ánorak)
Translations
editheavy weatherproof jacket
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geek or nerd
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- anorak at The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
- The Guardian: What do the British mean when they call somebody an "anorak"?
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
Danish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.
Noun
editanorak c (singular definite anorakken, plural indefinite anorakker)
Declension
editDeclension of anorak
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | anorak | anorakker | anorakken | anorakkene |
genitive | anoraks | anorakkers | anorakkens | anorakkenes |
French
editEtymology
editUltimately from Greenlandic annoraaq.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanorak m (plural anoraks)
- anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “anorak”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English anorak, from Greenlandic annoraaq.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanorak m inan
- anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)
Declension
editDeclension of anorak
Further reading
editSpanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUltimately from Greenlandic annoraaq.
Noun
editanorak m (plural anoraks)
- anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)
Further reading
edit- “anorak”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom French anorak, from Greenlandic annoraaq.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanorak (definite accusative anorağı, plural anoraklar)
Declension
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