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Translation

jacket

Word origin

From French jaque, a short peasant tunic, which English also took as jacket. The garment name is usually traced to the personal name Jacques, used in French as a byword for a countryman.

Origin
French
Root
jaque
English cognates
jacket

Examples

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He wore a blue jacket and black trousers.

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My jacket is too warm for the summer.

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She put the key in her jacket pocket.

The j is a y sound, so this is "YA-ko" and not the English "jacket" with a soft g. A stops at the hip; a is the long coat that keeps going.

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This word is part of lesson 29.