anorak

See also: Anorak and anorák

English

A traditional Inuit anorak.

Etymology

• Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.
• (person with obsessive interest): Originally referring to train spotters (because they would wear anoraks while looking out for trains).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænəɹæk/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

anorak (plural anoraks)

1. A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
   • 1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61:

     Don't ever use the hood on your anorak; and, if you do, for heaven's sake don't pull the string tight so that you peep out like a little baby in a siren suit.

3. (UK, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject, especially trains.

   Hyponyms: geek, nerd, otaku

   • 2007 February 15, Maev Kennedy, “I used to say he was England's answer to John Cusack. Now I think he's England's answer to Jack Lemmon”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     He has described himself as the uber-geek, an anorak's anorak, a standard bearer for fellow Star Trekkies everywhere, and his air of bland, amiable bafflement has served him remarkably well in a string of TV and film roles.

Derived terms

• anoraked
• anorakish
• anoraky

Descendants

• → Greek: άνορακ (ánorak)

Translations

heavy weatherproof jacket

• Afrikaans: anorak, windbaajie, parka
• Catalan: anorac (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮猴兒 / 皮猴儿 (zh) (píhóur)

• Czech: bunda (cs) f, zimní bunda f
• Danish: anorak c
• Esperanto: anorako
• Faroese: anorakkur m
• Finnish: anorakki (fi)
• French: anorak (fr) m
• German: Anorak (de) m
• Greek: άνορακ (el) n (ánorak)
• Hungarian: anorák (hu)
• Indonesian: anorak (id)
• Italian: giacca a vento
• Japanese: アノラック (anorakku)
• Korean: 아노락 (anorak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anorakk m

  Nynorsk: anorakk m

• Polish: anorak (pl) m
• Portuguese: quispo m, anoraque (pt) m
• Russian: анора́к (ru) m (anorák), ветро́вка (ru) f (vetróvka)
• Scottish Gaelic: anarag f
• Slovene: anorak (sl) m
• Spanish: anorak (es) m
• Swedish: anorak (sv) c
• Welsh: anorac f, anoracs f pl

geek or nerd

• German: Sonderling (de) m, Eigenbrötler (de) m, schrullige Person f

See also

• rivet counter
• trainspotter

Further reading

• anorak at The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary
• The Guardian: What do the British mean when they call somebody an "anorak"?

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greenlandic annoraaq.

Noun

anorak c (singular definite anorakken, plural indefinite anorakker)

1. anorak

Declension

Declension of anorak

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	anorak	anorakker	anorakken	anorakkene
genitive	anoraks	anorakkers	anorakkens	anorakkenes

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Greenlandic annoraaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔ.ʁak/

• Audio:

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Noun

anorak m (plural anoraks)

1. anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)

Descendants

• → Romanian: hanorac
• → Spanish: anorak

Further reading

• “anorak”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English anorak, from Greenlandic annoraaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnɔ.rak/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔrak
• Syllabification: a‧no‧rak

Noun

anorak m inan

1. anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)

Declension

Declension of anorak

	singular	plural
nominative	anorak	anoraki
genitive	anoraka	anoraków
dative	anorakowi	anorakom
accusative	anorak	anoraki
instrumental	anorakiem	anorakami
locative	anoraku	anorakach
vocative	anoraku	anoraki

Further reading

• anorak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• anorak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• anorac

Etymology

Ultimately from Greenlandic annoraaq.

Noun

anorak m (plural anoraks)

1. anorak (heavy weatherproof jacket)

Further reading

• “anorak”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Turkish

Etymology

From French anorak, from Greenlandic annoraaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.no.ɾɑk/

Noun

anorak (definite accusative anorağı, plural anoraklar)

1. anorak

Declension

Declension of anorak

singular plural nominative anorak anoraklar definite accusative anorağı anorakları dative anorağa anoraklara locative anorakta anoraklarda ablative anoraktan anoraklardan genitive anorağın anorakların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular anorağım anoraklarım 2nd singular anorağın anorakların 3rd singular anorağı anorakları 1st plural anorağımız anoraklarımız 2nd plural anorağınız anoraklarınız 3rd plural anorakları anorakları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular anorağımı anoraklarımı 2nd singular anorağını anoraklarını 3rd singular anorağını anoraklarını 1st plural anorağımızı anoraklarımızı 2nd plural anorağınızı anoraklarınızı 3rd plural anoraklarını anoraklarını dative singular plural 1st singular anorağıma anoraklarıma 2nd singular anorağına anoraklarına 3rd singular anorağına anoraklarına 1st plural anorağımıza anoraklarımıza 2nd plural anorağınıza anoraklarınıza 3rd plural anoraklarına anoraklarına locative singular plural 1st singular anorağımda anoraklarımda 2nd singular anorağında anoraklarında 3rd singular anorağında anoraklarında 1st plural anorağımızda anoraklarımızda 2nd plural anorağınızda anoraklarınızda 3rd plural anoraklarında anoraklarında ablative singular plural 1st singular anorağımdan anoraklarımdan 2nd singular anorağından anoraklarından 3rd singular anorağından anoraklarından 1st plural anorağımızdan anoraklarımızdan 2nd plural anorağınızdan anoraklarınızdan 3rd plural anoraklarından anoraklarından genitive singular plural 1st singular anorağımın anoraklarımın 2nd singular anorağının anoraklarının 3rd singular anorağının anoraklarının 1st plural anorağımızın anoraklarımızın 2nd plural anorağınızın anoraklarınızın 3rd plural anoraklarının anoraklarının