「パーカー」は英語で何て言うの?

Someone looked at what I was wearing the other day and told me:

レニック、パーカーよく着るね?

× Renick, you often wear a parka.
○ Renick, you often wear a hooded sweatshirt (hoodie).

The thing is, I do often wear a parka, but I wasn't wearing it at the time.

Have a look at these definitions. A parka is a kind of jacket, but a hooded sweatshirt is close to a sweater.

• パーカー (n) parka (hooded jacket); hooded sweatshirt; (P);
• sweatshirt スエットシャツ、スウェットシャツ、トレーナー、プルオーバー (definition from Eijiro on the Web)

par⋅ka – noun (definition from dictionary.com)
1. a fur coat, shirtlike and hooded, for wear in the arctic and other regions of extreme cold.
2. a hip-length jacket or overshirt with an attached hood, often of wool or of a windproof, water-repellent material lined or trimmed with wool, used by skiers, hunters, the military, etc.
3. any coat or jacket with a hood, as a hooded raincoat or windbreaker.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorak

You can say hooded sweatshirt like the definition above, but native speakers these days say "hoodie". The "ie" in "hoodie" is kind of like ちゃん in Japanese. That's cute, right? トレーナーちゃん or something like that.

This is one of my favorite hoodies on the right at the top. Below that is my parka, which is essential in cold weather and rain. If you ever wanted to give me a gift, a black or gray hoodie is a good choice!