jacket

English

Etymology

From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒækɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒækət/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ækɪt
Hyphenation: jack‧et

Noun

jacket (plural jackets)

A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
(slang) A police record.
- 1995 September 13, Richard Price and Spike Lee, Clockers, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks; distributed by Universal Pictures, spoken by Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), 00:27:05 from the start:
  We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. And you know with my jacket I can't go back to jail.
- 1995 September 13, Richard Price and Spike Lee, Clockers, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks; distributed by Universal Pictures, spoken by Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel), 00:43:50 from the start:
  Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years.
- 2014, Inherent Vice, 01:54:00:
  "I need to look up somebody's jacket."
(military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
Cook the potatoes in their jackets.
(Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that they are not the child’s biological father.
(Appalachia) A vest(US); a waistcoat (UK)

Synonyms

(piece of a person's suit): coat (US)
(removable protective cover): sleeve

Derived terms

bedjacket
biking jacket
bookjacket
dinner jacket
donkey jacket
dust jacket
field jacket
flak jacket
jacket potato
leatherjacket
life jacket
Nehru jacket
smoking jacket

Descendants

Chinese:
- → Mandarin: 夾克／夹克, 夹克 (jiákè)
→ Irish: seaicéad
→ Japanese: ジャケット (jaketto)
→ Korean: 재킷 (jaekit)
→ Scottish Gaelic: seacaid
→ Turkish: ceket
→ Welsh: siaced

Translations

piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse

Albanian: xhaketë (sq) f, gunë (sq) f
Amharic: ጃኬት (ǧaket)
Arabic: جَاكِيت‎ m (jakēt), سُتْرَة‎ f (sutra)
Egyptian Arabic: جاكتّة‎ f (žakitta)
Hijazi Arabic: جكِيت‎ m (jakēt, jikēt)
Moroccan Arabic: جاكيطة‎ (jākīṭa)
Armenian: ժակետ (hy) (žaket)
Asturian: chaqueta f, xaqueta f
Belarusian: ку́ртка f (kúrtka)
Bengali: জ্যাকেট (jẏakeṭ)
Bulgarian: я́ке (bg) n (jáke), сако́ (bg) n (sakó), жаке́т (bg) m (žakét)
Burmese: အပေါ်အင်္ကျီ (my) (a.pauangkyi)
Catalan: jaqueta (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎦᏌᎴᎾ (gasalena)
Chichewa: jekete, batchi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 夾克／夹克 (zh) (jiákè), 上衣 (zh) (shàngyī)
Cimbrian: rokh m
Czech: bunda (cs) f
Danish: jakke (da) c
Dutch: jas (nl) m
Esperanto: (senceremonia) jako (eo), (mallonga): jaketo, ĵaketo
Estonian: jakk (et)
Faroese: jakki m
Finnish: takki (fi), pusakka (fi)
French: veste (fr) f
Galician: chaqueta (gl)
Georgian: ქურთუკი (kurtuḳi)
German: Jacke (de) f
Greek: σακάκι (el) n (sakáki), ζακέτα (el) f (zakéta)
Hindi: जैकेट (jaikeṭ)
Hungarian: dzseki (hu)
Hunsrik: Schakett f
Icelandic: jakki (is) m, frakki (is) m
Indonesian: jaket (id)
Irish: seaicéad m, casóg f
Italian: giacca (it) f
Japanese: ジャケット (jaketto)
Kazakh: күртке (kürtke)
Khmer: ^{(please verify)} អាវធំខ្លី (ʼaaw thom khləy)
Korean: 재킷 (jaekit)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چاکەت‎ (ku) (çaket)
Lao: ເສື້ອໃຫຍ່ (sư̄a nyai)
Latin amiculum n
Latvian: jaka f
Luhya: kumuchosi
Macedonian: јакна f (jakna), палто n (palto), сако́ n (sakó)
Maltese: ġaketta f
Maori: tiakete
Mi'kmaq: 'Mtokwon
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хүрэм (mn) (xürem), цамц (mn) (camc)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jakke (no) m or f
Nynorsk: jakke f
Occitan: jaqueta f
Persian: ژاکت‎ (fa) (žâkat)
Plautdietsch: Waums n, Jak f
Polish: kurtka (pl)
Portuguese: jaqueta (pt) f
Romanian: geacă (ro) f
Russian: ку́ртка (ru) f (kúrtka), жаке́т (ru) m (žakét)
Scottish Gaelic: seacaid f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ја̀кна f
Roman: jàkna (sh) f
Slovak: bunda (sk) f
Slovene: jakna f, suknjič m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jaka f, kemzol m
Upper Sorbian: jaka f
Spanish: chaqueta (es) f, (casual jacket) chaqueta (es) f, (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) campera (es) f, (Chile, Peru) casaca (es) f, (Spain) cazadora (es) f, (Bolivia, Mexico, Southern Spain) chamarra f, (Ecuador) chompa (es) f, (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) chumpa f, jacket (es) f (Costa Rica, pronounced 'yáquet'), jacket (es) m (Cuba, Puerto Rico, pronounced 'yáquet')
Swahili: jaketi (sw)
Swedish: jacka (sv) c
Thai: เสื้อแจ็กเก็ต (th) (sʉ̂ʉa-jɛ̀k-gèt), เสื้อนอก (sʉ̂ʉa-nɔ̂ɔk)
Tibetan: རྗ་ཀེ་ཊེ (rja ke ṭe)
Turkish: ceket (tr)
Ukrainian: ку́ртка (uk) f (kúrtka), дже́кет m (džéket) (diaspora)
Urdu: جیکٹ‎ (jaikeṭ)
Vietnamese: áo vét tông
Welsh: siaced (cy) f, siacedi (cy) f pl
Yiddish: רעקל‎ n (rekl)

piece of a person's suit

Albanian: xhaketë (sq) f
Armenian: պիջակ (hy) (piǰak)
Azerbaijani: pencək (az), jaket
Belarusian: пінжа́к m (pinžák)
Bulgarian: палто́ (bg) n (paltó), сако́ (bg) n (sakó)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 夾克／夹克 (zh) (jiákè)
Czech: bunda (cs) f, sako (cs) n
Dutch: jas (nl) m
Esperanto: jaketo
Estonian: pintsak
Finnish: takki (fi), pikkutakki (fi)
French: veste (fr) f
Georgian: პიჯაკი (ṗiǯaḳi)
German: Jackett (de) n, Sakko (de) n
Greek: σακάκι (el) n (sakáki)
Hungarian: zakó (hu)
Icelandic: jakki (is) m
Indonesian: jas (id)
Italian: giacchetta f
Japanese: ジャケット (jaketto)
Kazakh: пенжек (penjek)
Korean: 재킷 (jaekit)
Kyrgyz: пиджак (pidjak)
Latvian: svārki m pl, žakete f
Lithuanian: švarkas m
Macedonian: палто n (palto), сако́ n (sakó)
Maltese: ġlekk m
Maori: tiakete
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: пиджак (pidžak)
Mongolian: ᠫᠢᠳ᠋ᠵᠠᠻ (pidǰakh)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jakke (no) m or f
Nynorsk: jakke f
Persian: ژاکت‎ (fa) (žâkat)
Polish: marynarka (pl) f, żakiet (pl) m
Portuguese: paletó (pt) m
Romanian: sacou (ro) n
Russian: пиджа́к (ru) m (pidžák)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: са̀ко̄ m
Roman: sàkō (sh) m
Slovak: bunda (sk) f, sako n, žaket m
Slovene: suknjič m
Spanish: chaqueta (es) f, (Latin America) saco (es) m, (Spain) americana (es) m, (Puerto Rico) gabán (es) m, (Venezuela, colloquial) paltó
Swedish: kavaj (sv) c
Tajik: пиҷак (pijak)
Turkish: ceket (tr)
Turkmen: penjek
Ukrainian: піджа́к m (pidžák)
Uzbek: pidjak (uz)
Venetian: xaca (vec) f
Vietnamese: áo tây, áo vét

protective or insulating cover

Dutch: jas (nl) m, vest (nl)
Esperanto: jaketo
Finnish: päällinen (fi) (book); vaippa (fi) (hot water tank, bullet etc.)
French: couverture (fr) f, jaquette (fr) f
Greek: κάλυμμα (el) n (kálymma)
Hindi: आवरण (hi) m (āvraṇ)
Irish: cásáil f
Japanese: ジャケット (jaketto)
Macedonian: обвивка f (obvivka), облога f (obloga)
Portuguese: revestimento (pt) m
Russian: суперобло́жка (ru) f (superoblóžka) for a book, чехо́л (ru) m (čexól), капо́т (ru) m (kapót), ко́жух (ru) m (kóžux) for a machine, руба́шка (ru) f (rubáška) for hot water tank, обши́вка (ru) f (obšívka), оболо́чка (ru) f (obolóčka)
Tagalog: pabalat

slang: police record

Finnish: rikosrekisteri (fi)

military: strengthening band

tough outer skin of a baked potato

Finnish: kuori (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} giacca (it) f
Rwanda-Rundi:
Kinyarwanda: ^{(please verify)} ikote

Verb

jacket (third-person singular simple present jackets, present participle jacketing, simple past and past participle jacketed)

To confine (someone) to a straitjacket. [from 18th c.]
- 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VII, ‘Fragment’:
  ‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you speak another word, I'll have you jacketed […] !’
(transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering. [from 19th c.]
- 1897, Alexander James Wallis-Tayler, Motor Cars Or Power-carriages for Common Roads
  ...to...prevent...the loss of heat...there is also a layer of silicate cotton or slag wool. This latter material is also employed to jacket the chimney for a certain portion of its length.

Derived terms

bad-jacket
snitch-jacket

Translations

enclose or encase in a jacket

Irish: cumhdaigh