Swedish noun

en overall

overall, boiler-suit/ɔvɛˈroːl/

Meaning

overall; boiler-suit

In Swedish: överdragskläder (där jacka och byxor hänger ihop)

Forms

Forms of overall
Singular, indefinite	en overall
Singular, definite	overallen
Plural, indefinite	overaller
Plural, definite	overallerna

overall is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor overall, den stora overallen. Check another noun

Practise overall

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Is it en overall or ett overall?

overall in a sentence

Ta på dig overallen
Put on your coveralls
en arbetare i overall
a worker in coveralls

Words built with overall

träningsoverall track (training, jogging) suit

Questions

What does overall mean in English?

overall means “overall, boiler-suit”.

Is it en overall or ett overall?

It is en overall, and “the overall” is overallen.

What is the plural of overall?

The plural of overall is overaller, and the definite plural is overallerna.

Origin

Borrowed from English overall, from over + all.

Nearby common words

overall is number 9,419 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,415iakttagelse observation
9,416imitation imitation
9,417kadaver cadaver, carcass
9,418motarbeta oppose
9,420utlåtande opinion
9,421vackla totter
9,422kulhål bullet holes, bullethole
9,423försova oversleep, to oversleep

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary