pullover

See also: Pullover, pull over, and pull-over

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English pull overdeverb.

English pullover

Deverbal from pull over.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpʊləʊvə(ɹ)/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

pullover (plural pullovers)

A sweater that must be put on by pulling it over the head; a sweater without buttons or a zipper in front.
(weightlifting) An exercise performed lying on the back in which the arms are extended behind the head and exertion lifts the weight above the head.
(gymnastics, horizontal bar) An exercise in which the gymnast pulls up from a hang lifting the legs up and over the bar thus rolling into a support position.
(chiefly law enforcement) An instance of a vehicle being pulled over.
- 2010, D. E. Gray, The Warrior in Me, page 23:
  I followed my training in the academy regarding vehicle pullovers.

Derived terms

pullovered
pulloverless
pully

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: пуловер (pulover)
→ Catalan: pul·lòver
→ Danish: pullover
→ Esperanto: pulovero
→ French: pull-over
→ Gulf Arabic: بلوڤر (blōvar)
→ German: Pullover
→ Hungarian: pulóver
→ Greek: πουλόβερ (poulóver)
→ Italian: pullover
→ Japanese: プルオーバー (puruōbā)
→ Georgian: პულოვერი (ṗuloveri)
→ Korean: 풀오버 (purobeo)
→ Polish: pulower
→ Portuguese: pulôver
→ Russian: пуло́вер (pulóver)
→ Sicilian: pullover
→ Spanish: pulóver
→ Swedish: pullover

Translations

sweater

Albanian: pulovër (sq) m
Arabic: مِعْطَف (ar) m (miʕṭaf), كِنْزَة f (kinza), بُلوفَر m (bulōfar, bulōvar), سُتْرَة f (sutra)
Gulf Arabic: بلوڤر m (blōvar)

Hijazi Arabic: بلوفر m (bulōfar, bulōvar)
Armenian: սվիտեր (hy) (sviter), պուլովեր (hy) (pulover)
Belarusian: пуло́вер m (pulóvjer), сві́тар m (svítar), швэ́дар m (švédar)
Bulgarian: пуло́вер (bg) m (pulóver)
Burmese: ခေါင်းစွပ်ဆွယ်တာ (hkaung:cwaphcwaita)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 套衫 (zh) (tàoshān), 毛衣 (zh) (máoyī)
Czech: pulover m
Danish: pullover (da) c
Dutch: trui (nl) f
Esperanto: pulovero
Estonian: kampsun, pullover (et), sviiter, džemper
Finnish: villapaita (fi)
French: pull-over (fr) m, chandail (fr) m
Galician: xersei
Georgian: პულოვერი (ṗuloveri)
German: Pullover (de) m
Greek: πουλόβερ (el) n (poulóver)
Hungarian: pulóver (hu)
Ido: trikoturo (io), jerzeo (io)
Italian: maglione (it) m, pullover (it) m
Japanese: プルオーバー (ja) (puruōbā), セーター (ja) (sētā)
Khmer: អាវយឺត (ʼaaw yɨɨt)
Korean: 풀오버 (purobeo), 스웨터 (ko) (seuweteo)
Latvian: pulovers m
Lithuanian: puloveris m, megztinis m
Luxembourgish: Pullover m
Macedonian: џемпер m (džemper)
Malay: baju panas sarung, pullover
Maltese: ġersi m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: پولُوِر (pulover)
Plautdietsch: Woljak f
Polish: sweter (pl) m, pulower m
Portuguese: pulôver (pt) m
Romanian: pulover (ro) n
Russian: пуло́вер (ru) m (pulóver), сви́тер (ru) m (svítɛr)
Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: џемпер m

Latin: džemper (sh) m
Sicilian: gorfu m, magghiuni (scn) m, pullover m
Slovak: pulóver m
Slovene: pulover m
Spanish: pulóver (es) m
Swedish: pullover (sv) c, tröja (sv) c
Turkish: kazak (tr), süveter (tr)
Ukrainian: пуло́вер m (pulóver), светр m (svetr)
Uzbek: pulover
Vietnamese: áo len có nón, áo len chui đầu, áo pu-lơ-vơ

weightlifting over the head

Bulgarian: пуло́увър m (pulóuvǎr)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: yliveto
German: Überzug (de) m
Polish: przenoszenie sztangielki zza głowy n
Russian: пулло́вер m (pullóver)
Swedish: pullover (sv)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

bar exercise

Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kieppi (fi)
Italian: pesi (it) m pl, sollevamento pesi (it) m
Polish: przenoszenie sztangielki zza głowy n
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̏зма̄х m

Latin: ȕzmāh (sh) m
Swedish: pullover (sv)
Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

overpull

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pullover.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pulˈlɔ.ver/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɔver
Hyphenation: pul‧lò‧ver

Noun

pullover m (invariable)

pullover, sweater

References

^ pullover in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pullover. First attested in 1924.

Noun

pullover c

a pullover (garment)

Declension

Declension of **pullover**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pullover	pullovers
singular	definite	pullovern	pulloverns
plural	indefinite	pullovrar	pullovrars
plural	definite	pullovrarna	pullovrarnas

References

“pullover”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“pullover”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“pullover”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

[1] ullover in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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