jumpsuit

See also: jump suit

English

Alternative forms

• jump suit

Etymology

jump +‎ suit, referring to parachute jumps.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

jumpsuit (plural jumpsuits)

1. a one-piece item of clothing originally used by parachutists
2. a similar item of clothing used for outdoor sports such as skiing

Translations

one-pice clothing for parachutists

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 連體衣／连体衣 (liántǐyī), 連身衣／连身衣 (liánshēnyī)

• Dutch: jumpsuit (nl) m
• Finnish: hyppyhaalari
• French: jumpsuit (fr) m
• German: Jumpsuit m, Springeranzug m, Springerkombi f
• Italian: tuta da paracadutista f
• Japanese: 繋ぎ (ja) (つなぎ, tsunagi)
• Kazakh: комбинезон (kombinezon)
• Portuguese: macacão (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਜੰਪਸੂਟ m (jampsūṭ)
• Spanish: mono (es) m, jumpsuit m
• Welsh: siwt undarn (cy) m

similar garment

• Bulgarian: работен комбинезон m (raboten kombinezon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 連體衣／连体衣 (liántǐyī), 連身衣／连身衣 (liánshēnyī)

• Finnish: haalari (fi)
• German: Overall (de), Anzug (de) m (prefixed with the respective type of sport)
• Italian: tuta (it) f
• Portuguese: macacão (pt) m
• Spanish: mono (es) m, enterizo (es) m
• Turkish: tulum (tr)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jumpsuit.

Noun

jumpsuit m (plural jumpsuits)

1. jumpsuit

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.