Phrase guide

axillary hair

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Androgenic hair growing in the armpit, normally beginning at the onset of, or shortly after, pubarche.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Synonyms: none provided

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A single strand of axillary hair.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

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History

Etymology

From axillary (“adjacent or pertaining to the armpit, axilla, or shoulder”) + hair.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَعْر الْإِبْط (šaʕr al-ʔibṭ) — armpit hair
  • Czech: axilární ochlupení — armpit hair
  • Finnish: kainalokarvat — armpit hair
  • Finnish: kainalokarvoitus — armpit hair
  • German: Achselhaar — armpit hair
  • Japanese: 腋毛 (wakige) — armpit hair
  • Korean: 액모 (aengmo) — armpit hair
  • Korean: 겨드랑이털 (gyeodeurang'iteol) — armpit hair
  • Polish: owłosienie pachowe — armpit hair
  • Tarifit: izaggwen — armpit hair
  • Thai: ขนรักแร้ (kǒn-rák-rɛ́ɛ) — armpit hair
  • Finnish: kainalokarva — strand of armpit hair
  • Polish: włos pachowy — strand of armpit hair