gumboot

English

Alternative forms

• gum boot

Etymology

gum +‎ boot

Pronunciation

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Noun

gumboot (countable and uncountable, plural gumboots)

1. (New Zealand, British, Australia) A type of boot made of rubber.
2. (South Africa, uncountable) A style of popular music traditionally associated with gold miners.
3. (New Zealand) Generic black tea.
4. A chiton (kind of marine mollusc).

Synonyms

• Wellington boot (UK, almost always used in the plural)

Derived terms

• gumboot dance
• gumbooted
• gumboot tea

Translations

boot made of rubber

• Bulgarian: галош (bg) m (galoš)
• Finnish: kumisaapas (fi)
• Icelandic: stígvél (is) n
• Irish: buatais rubair f
• Maori: kamupūtu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gummistøvel m

  Nynorsk: gummistøvel m

• Russian: рези́новый сапо́г m (rezínovyj sapóg)
• Scottish Gaelic: bòtann m
• Swedish: gummistövel (sv) c