anorak
English edit
Etymology 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
Noun edit
anorak (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.
- 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 edit
Descendants edit
- → Greek: άνορακ (ánorak)
Translations edit
heavy weatherproof jacket
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geek or nerd
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See also edit
Further 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.
Noun edit
anorak c (singular definite anorakken, plural indefinite anorakker)
Declension edit
Declension 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 edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Greenlandic annoraaq.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anorak m (plural anoraks)
- anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “anorak”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English anorak, from Greenlandic annoraaq.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anorak m inan
- anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)
Declension edit
Declension of anorak
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Greenlandic annoraaq.
Noun edit
anorak 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 edit
Etymology edit
From French anorak, from Greenlandic annoraaq.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anorak (definite accusative anorağı, plural anoraklar)