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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