Meaning

2 senses
  1. A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat.

    Frack

    фракfrak

    formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men

  2. Any coat with similar tails.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Generally speaking, orchestra conductors wear tailcoats at concerts.

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  2. A white-haired man in a tailcoat appears on the screen.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
formal evening jacket:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
formal evening jacket:

Origin

From tail + coat.

From tail + coat.

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Forms

plural: tailcoats

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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