different between romper vs coverall

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mp?(r)

Etymology 1

romp +? -er

Noun

romper (plural rompers)

1. Someone who romps or frolics.
2. (nautical) A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy; see also straggler.

Etymology 2

Short for romper suit.

Noun

romper (plural rompers)

1. A onesie.

Etymology 3

From Romper Room, name of a children's television series. See romp.

Verb

romper (third-person singular simple present rompers, present participle rompering, simple past and past participle rompered)

1. (Ireland, historical, transitive) To abduct (a victim) to a room where they are tortured and murdered.
   • 2003, Martin Dillon, The Trigger Men: Assassins and Terror Bosses in the Ireland Conflict.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English romper, from English romper suit. In folk etymology, the word is linked with Dutch romp (“torso”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?m.p?r/
• Hyphenation: rom?per
• Rhymes: -?mp?r

Noun

romper m (plural rompers, diminutive rompertje n)

1. a one-piece garment for an infant or small child; a onesie or romper
2. an adult loungewear jumpsuit; a onesie or romper

Usage notes

For the baby version, the dimunitive rompertje is often used.

Ladin

Alternative forms

• rompe

Etymology

From Latin rumpere, present active infinitive of rump?.

Verb

romper

1. to break

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese romper, from Latin rumpere, present active infinitive of rump?, from Proto-Italic *rump?, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti (“to break”), from the root *Hrewp-.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?õ.?pe?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?õ.?pe(?)/
• Hyphenation: rom?per

Verb

romper (first-person singular present indicative rompo, past participle rompido)

1. to break

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:romper.

Related terms

• corromper
• roçar
• roto
• rotura

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish romper, from Latin rumpere, present active infinitive of rump?, from Proto-Italic *rump?, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti (“to break”), from the root *Hrewp-. Cognate with French rompre, Italian rompere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rom?pe?/, [rõm?pe?]

Verb

romper (first-person singular present rompo, first-person singular preterite rompí, past participle roto)

1. to break

   Synonyms: despedazar, destrozar, destruir, derribar, derrumbar, arruinar, quebrar

2. to break up, terminate (a relationship, friendship etc.)

3. (with a) to begin to do something

   Synonyms: comenzar, empezar

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Usage notes

• Spanish verb romper does not mean break down, but English verb break having the sense of break down is often mistranslated as romper.

English

Etymology

cover +? all.

Noun

coverall (plural coveralls)

1. (chiefly US) A loose-fitting protective garment worn over other clothing.

Synonyms

• overall (mostly British)

Translations

Anagrams

• Claverol, call over, callover, overcall