poncho
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish poncho, from Quechua punchu. In sense “rubber rain poncho”, attested 1845, used for non-South American garments in the United States and England from 1850s, popularized by US Western expeditions and military from 1850s, particularly after World War II (1940s).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editponcho (plural ponchos or ponchoes)
- A simple garment, made from a rectangle of cloth, with a slit in the middle for the head.
- 1975, Margery Turner Fisher, Who's Who in Children's Books, page 203:
- Garibaldi, with his cowboy's poncho, red shirt and the black ostrich feathers in his wide hat […]
- 2011, Bruce N. Anderson, Wingtips Under a Bolivian Poncho, page 130:
- It was a gringo in a poncho. It was not really accurate to his suits worn today, but Julia would understand the symbolism that he was adapting to the culture and expectations while far away from home.
- A similar waterproof garment, today typically of rubber with a hood.
- 1845, William Jameson, “Botanical Excursion to Salinas, an Indian Village on Chimborazo”, in The London Journal of Botany, volume 4, page 382:
- […] spreading over my bedding an indian-rubber poncho to exclude the rain.
- 1850, Romance of Modern Travel, page 43:
- I […] took my seat between Juan and Ambrosio, protected from the rain by an India-rubber poncho.
- 1857, Solomon Nunes Carvalho, Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West, p. 48 (1857), p. 48 (1858):
- I found it necessary while doing guard to cover myself with my India-rubber poncho, to prevent my clothes from becoming saturated with water.
- 1859, Randolph Barnes Marcy, The Prairie Traveler, page 39:
- The following list of articles is deemed a sufficient outfit for one man upon a three months’ expedition, viz.: […] 1 gutta percha poncho
- 1858, “Robbery in a Railway Carriage” (1858 March 29), Edmund Burke ed., Annual Register (collected 1859), March p. 59:
- […] when near the old church in Manchester he was run against by a man whom he supposed to be a drunken man, who was dressed in a poncho overcoat.
- 1888, William Eleroy Curtis, The capitals of Spanish America, page 505:
- It is about the size of the rubber poncho used in the United States, […]
- 2001, Michael Rutter, Camping Made Easy, 2nd edition, page 98:
- If you have to hike all day in a poncho, your pants will be wet thigh-high before long (never mind how fast you'll get wet if you have to go through wet brush or grass).
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editsimple garment of cloth
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waterproof garment with hood
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French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editponcho m (plural ponchos)
Further reading
edit- “poncho”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Japanese
editRomanization
editponcho
Karao
editNoun
editponcho
Polish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Spanish poncho.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editponcho n (indeclinable)
- Alternative spelling of ponczo
Declension
editDeclension of poncho
or
Indeclinable.
Further reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish poncho,[1] from Quechua punchu.[2]
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: pon‧cho
Noun
editponcho m (plural ponchos)
References
edit- ^ “poncho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- ^ “poncho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editponcho n (plural ponchouri)
Declension
editDeclension of poncho
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) poncho | ponchoul | (niște) ponchouri | ponchourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) poncho | ponchoului | (unor) ponchouri | ponchourilor |
vocative | ponchoule | ponchourilor |
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editponcho m (plural ponchos)
Descendants
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editponcho
Further reading
edit- “poncho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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