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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesporte-manteau
Pronunciation / Transliteration: portmanto
"Accrochez votre manteau sur le porte-manteau."
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A piece of furniture or a fixture on a wall with hooks or pegs, used for hanging coats, hats, and other garments.
"Please hang your jacket on the coat rack by the front door."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'coat' (derived from Old French 'cote', ultimately from Proto-Germanic) and 'rack' (from Middle Dutch 'racked' or Old English 'racc', referring to a framework or shelf). Historically developed as domestic furniture evolved during the late Middle Ages to organize garments systematically.
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porte-manteau
Transliteration: portmanto
"Accrochez votre manteau sur le porte-manteau."
Garderobe
Transliteration: gardaroba
"Hängen Sie Ihre Jacke an die Garderobe."
attaccapanni
Transliteration: attakkapanni
"Metti il cappotto sull'attaccapanni."
perchero
Transliteration: pertʃeɾo
"Deja tu abrigo en el perchero."
cabideiro
Transliteration: kabidejɾu
"Pendure seu casaco no cabideiro."
कोट स्टैंड
Transliteration: kot staind
"अपना कोट कोट स्टैंड पर टांग दें।"
衣帽架
Transliteration: yīmàojià
"请把大衣挂在衣帽架上。"
옷걸이
Transliteration: otgeori
"현관 옆 옷걸이에 코트를 걸어주세요."
ハンガーラック
Transliteration: hangā rakku
"コートをハンガーラックにかけてください。"
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