pullover

See also: Pullover, pull over, and pull-over

English

pullover (sense 1)

Etymology

Deverbal from pull over.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʊləʊvə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

pullover (plural pullovers)

2. A sweater that must be put on by pulling it over the head; a sweater without buttons or a zipper in front.
3. (weightlifting) An exercise performed lying on the back in which the arms are extended behind the head and exertion lifts the weight above the head.
4. (gymnastics, horizontal bar) An exercise in which the gymnast pulls up from a hang lifting the legs up and over the bar thus rolling into a support position.
5. (chiefly law enforcement) An instance of a vehicle being pulled over.
   • 2010, D. E. Gray, The Warrior in Me, page 23:

     I followed my training in the academy regarding vehicle pullovers.

Descendants

• → Catalan: pul·lòver
• → Danish: pullover
• → Esperanto: pulovero
• → French: pull-over
• → Gulf Arabic: بلوڤر (blōvar)
• → German: Pullover
• → Hungarian: pulóver
• → Greek: πουλόβερ (poulóver)
• → Italian: pullover
• → Japanese: プルオーバー (puruōbā)
• → Georgian: პულოვერი (ṗuloveri)
• → Korean: 풀오버 (purobeo)
• → Polish: pulower
• → Portuguese: pulôver
• → Russian: пуло́вер (pulóver)
• → Sicilian: pullover
• → Spanish: pulóver
• → Swedish: pullover

Translations

sweater

• Albanian: pulovër (sq) m
• Arabic: مِعْطَف (ar) m (miʕṭaf), كِنْزَة f (kinza), بُلوفَر m (bulōfar, bulōvar), سُتْرَة f (sutra)

  Gulf Arabic: بلوڤر m (blōvar)

  Hijazi Arabic: بلوفر m (bulōfar، bulōvar)

• Armenian: սվիտեր (hy) (sviter)
• Bulgarian: пуловер (bg) m (pulover)
• Burmese: ခေါင်းစွပ်ဆွယ်တာ (hkaung:cwaphcwaita)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 套衫 (zh) (tàoshān), 毛衣 (zh) (máoyī)

• Czech: pulover m
• Esperanto: pulovero
• Estonian: kampsun, pullover (et), sviiter, džemper
• Finnish: villapaita (fi)
• French: pull-over (fr) m
• Galician: xersei
• Georgian: პულოვერი (ṗuloveri)
• German: Pullover (de) m
• Greek: πουλόβερ (el) n (poulóver)
• Hungarian: pulóver (hu)
• Ido: trikoturo (io), jerzeo (io)
• Italian: maglione (it) m, pullover (it) m
• Japanese: プルオーバー (puruōbā), セーター (sētā)
• Khmer: អាវយឺត (ʼaaw yɨɨt)
• Korean: 풀오버 (purobeo), 스웨터 (ko) (seuweteo)
• Luxembourgish: Pullover m
• Macedonian: џемпер m (džemper)
• Malay: baju panas sarung, pullover
• Maltese: ġersi m
• Persian: پولور (pulover)
• Plautdietsch: Woljak f
• Polish: sweter (pl) m, pulower m
• Portuguese: pulôver (pt) m
• Romanian: pulover (ro) n
• Russian: пуло́вер (ru) m (pulóver), сви́тер (ru) m (svítɛr)
• Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: џемпер m

  Roman: džemper (sh) m

• Sicilian: gorfu m, magghiuni (scn) m, pullover m
• Spanish: pulóver (es) m
• Swedish: pullover (sv)
• Turkish: kazak (tr), süveter (tr)
• Ukrainian: пуло́вер m (pulóver), светр m (svetr)
• Vietnamese: áo len có nón, áo len chui đầu, áo pu-lơ-vơ

weightlifting over the head

• Bulgarian: пуло́увър m (pulóuvǎr)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: yliveto
• German: Überzug (de) m
• Polish: przenoszenie sztangielki zza głowy n
• Russian: пулло́вер m (pullóver)
• Swedish: pullover (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

bar exercise

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kieppi (fi)
• Italian: pesi (it) m pl, sollevamento pesi (it) m
• Polish: przenoszenie sztangielki zza głowy n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̏зма̄х m

  Roman: ȕzmāh (sh) m

• Swedish: pullover (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• cardigan
• jumper
• pushover
• sweater
• sweatshirt

Anagrams

• overpull

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pullover.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pulˈlɔ.ver/
• Rhymes: -ɔver
• Hyphenation: pul‧lò‧ver

Noun

pullover m (invariable)

1. pullover, sweater