different between jacket vs bolero

English

Etymology

From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??æk.?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??æk?t/, /?d??æk?t/
• Rhymes: -æk?t
• Hyphenation: jack?et

Noun

jacket (plural jackets)

1. A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
2. A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
3. A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
4. (slang) A police record.
   • 2014, Inherent Vice, 01:54:00:

     "I need to look up somebody's jacket."

5. (military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
6. The tough outer skin of a baked potato.

   Cook the potatoes in their jackets.

Synonyms

• (piece of a person's suit): coat (US)
• (removable protective cover): sleeve

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

jacket (third-person singular simple present jackets, present participle jacketing, simple past and past participle jacketed)

1. (transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
   • 1897, Alexander James Wallis-Tayler, Motor Cars Or Power-carriages for Common Roads

     ...to...prevent...the loss of heat...there is also a layer of silicate cotton or slag wool. This latter material is also employed to jacket the chimney for a certain portion of its length.

Derived terms

• bad-jacket
• snitch-jacket

English

Etymology

Spanish bolero, from bola.

Noun

bolero (plural boleros)

1. (dance) A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
2. (fashion) A type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm.

Verb

bolero (third-person singular simple present boleros, present participle boleroing, simple past and past participle boleroed)

1. (intransitive) To dance the bolero.

Further reading

• bolero on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• borole

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish bolero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bolero/, [?bo?le?ro?]
• Rhymes: -olero
• Syllabification: bo?le?ro

Noun

bolero

1. bolero

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

bola +? -ero

Noun

bolero m (plural boleros)

1. bolero (music)
2. bolero (dance)
3. bolero (jacket)

Descendants

• ? English: bolero
• ? Finnish: bolero

Noun

bolero m (plural boleros, feminine bolera, feminine plural boleras)

1. bolero musician

Tagalog

Etymology

bola +? -ero

Noun

bolero

1. (informal) a flatterer
   • 1990, Maksim Gorky, Lusak

     Isa kang magaling na bolero, Lolo. Ang ganda mong magsinungaling! Magandang pakinggan ang iyong mga pantasya. Sige, magsinungaling ka pa. Ayos din 'yon. Wala namang maraming magagandang bagay na mapapak- inggan sa ...

   • 1988, Lualhati Bautista, Dekada '70: ang orihinal at kimpletong edisyon

     "Dad, ang serious, isa ospital dinadala." Natawa 'ko. Napikon nang ... hindi ka naging presidente?" Gano'n liga si Jason: masayahin, bolero, mapanukso, pero kaibig-ibig na bata. Mahirap kang magalit sa kanya dahil mabilis siya sa yakap at  ...

   • 2005, Galileo S. Zafra, Romulo P. Baquiran, Sawikaan 2004: mga salita ng taon (?ISBN

     Kailangarg mag- update kayo ng nangyayari sa buhay ng isa't isa. ... Kapag mahilig kang makipagkuwentuhan, tsikador o tsikadora ang tawag sa iyo. Puwedeng ... Pinaa.Tsinika. Dito rin lilitaw ang kahulugan ng pagiging bolero ng isang ...

   • 1989, National Mid-week

     Nakapaloob sa baranggay ang isa pang malaking istasyon ng radyo at telebisyon, mga talyer, mga imprenta, otel, motel, laboratoryo ng pelikula, pakulutan, ... Puwes, pinangakuan sila ng mga bolero ng lupa. ... Kung kandidato kang taga-iskuwater, huwag kang aastang pulubi; umasta kang siga at may pinag-aralan.

Synonyms

• mambobola