tailcoat

English

Alternative forms

tail coat (nonstandard)

Etymology

tail +‎ coat

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪlkoʊt/

Noun

tailcoat (plural tailcoats)

A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat.
Any coat with similar tails.

Derived terms

tails

Translations

formal evening jacket

Armenian: ֆրակ (hy) (frak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 燕尾服 (zh) (yànwěifú)
Esperanto: frako
Finnish: frakkitakki, hännystakki (fi)
French: queue-de-pie (fr) f, frac (fr) m
Georgian: ფრაკი (praḳi)
German: Frack (de) m

Italian: frac (it) m
Japanese: 燕尾服 (えんびふく, embifuku), テールコート (tērukōto)
Norman: câsaque à coue d'héthonde f
Polish: frak (pl) m
Portuguese: fraque m
Russian: фрак (ru) m (frak)
Spanish: frac (es) m
Swedish: frack (sv) c

any coat with similar tails

Finnish: hännystakki (fi)

Anagrams

coattail

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