overalls

English

Overalls (1)

A denim pair of overalls (2)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɐʉv(ə)ɹəlz/

Noun

overalls pl (plural only)

1. (outside Canada, US) A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them.

   Synonyms: (UK) boiler suit, (US, Canada) coveralls

2. (US, Canada, Australia) Loose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in the chest (called a bib), often associated with farm work.

   Synonyms: (UK) dungarees, overall

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.

3. (UK, military) Trousers traditionally worn by cavalry.

Derived terms

• waist overalls

Translations

loose fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工裝褲／工装裤 (zh) (gōngzhuāngkù), 罩衫 (zh) (zhàoshān), 罩袍 (zh) (zhàopáo), 罩衣 (zh) (zhàoyī)

• Czech: kombinéza (cs) f
• Finnish: haalari (fi), haalarit (fi) pl, työhaalarit pl
• Esperanto: supertuto, kombineo
• French: combinaison (fr) f
• German: Overall (de) m
• Irish: forbhríste m
• Italian: tuta (it) f
• Polish: kombinezon (pl) m
• Russian: комбинезо́н (ru) m (kombinezón)
• Spanish: mono (es) m, buzo (es) m, sobretodo (es) m
• Turkish: tulum (tr)
• Welsh: ofyrol m, ofyrols m pl

loose fitting pair of pants with a bib

• Czech: montérky f pl
• Dutch: tuinpak n
• Finnish: haalarit (fi) pl, haalarihousut (fi) pl
• French: salopette (fr) f
• German: Latzhose (de) f
• Italian: salopette f
• Polish: ogrodniczki (pl) nvir
• Portuguese: macacão (pt)
• Russian: полукомбинезо́н (ru) m (polukombinezón)
• Scottish Gaelic: briogais-biob f
• Spanish: peto (es) m, overol (es) m, mamelucos (es) m, zaragüellos m
• Swedish: snickarbyxor c pl
• Welsh: ofyrol m, ofyrols m pl

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} supertoto
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} tuta (it)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} mono de trabajo m, ^{(please verify)} mono (es) m, ^{(please verify)} overol (es) m, ^{(please verify)} overoles (es) m pl

Noun

overalls

1. plural of overall

Further reading

• overalls on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• boilersuit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia