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band-aid

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈbændeɪd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An adhesive bandage, a small piece of fabric or plastic that may be stuck to the skin in order to temporarily cover a small wound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, Philippines, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adhesive bandage, Elastoplast, plaster, sticking plaster

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, Philippines, US, idiomatic, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hack

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To apply an adhesive bandage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • As a school nurse, Pat was used to band-aiding lots of scraped knees and elbows.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, figuratively, transitive

Examples

  • Rather than fix the code, we just band-aided the problem by hiding the error message.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Band-Aid, registered and coined by Johnson & Johnson in 1924 as band(age) + aid.

Across languages

Translations

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: pleister — adhesive bandage
  • Arabic: ضِمَادَة (ḍimāda) — adhesive bandage
  • Arabic: لاصِق طِبِّي (lāṣiq ṭibbī) — adhesive bandage
  • Arabic: لزاق (lazzāg) — adhesive bandage
  • Arabic: بلاستر (blāstar, plāstar) — adhesive bandage
  • Armenian: սպեղանի (speġani) — adhesive bandage
  • Belarusian: лейкапла́стыр (ljejkaplástyr) — adhesive bandage
  • Belarusian: пла́стыр (plástyr) — adhesive bandage
  • Bislama: banded — adhesive bandage
  • Bulgarian: пласти́р (plastír) — adhesive bandage
  • Bulgarian: лейкопласт (lejkoplast) — adhesive bandage
  • Bulgarian: лепенка (lepenka) — adhesive bandage
  • Bulgarian: цитопласт (citoplast) — adhesive bandage
  • Catalan: tireta — adhesive bandage
  • Catalan: apòsit — adhesive bandage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 創可貼 /创可贴 (chuàngkětiē) — adhesive bandage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邦迪 (bāngdí) — adhesive bandage
  • Chinese Mandarin: OK繃 /OK绷 (ōukēibèng, ōukēibàng) — adhesive bandage
  • Czech: náplast — adhesive bandage
  • Czech: leukoplast — adhesive bandage
  • Danish: plaster — adhesive bandage
  • Danish: hæfteplaster — adhesive bandage
  • Dutch: pleister — adhesive bandage
  • Esperanto: bandaĝo — adhesive bandage
  • Esperanto: sparadrapo — adhesive bandage
  • Estonian: plaaster — adhesive bandage
  • Finnish: laastari — adhesive bandage
  • French: pansement — adhesive bandage
  • French: sparadrap — adhesive bandage
  • Galician: banda — adhesive bandage
  • Georgian: სალბუნი (salbuni) — adhesive bandage
  • German: Pflaster — adhesive bandage
  • German: Wundpflaster — adhesive bandage
  • German: Heftpflaster — adhesive bandage
  • German: Wundschnellverband — adhesive bandage
  • German: Leukoplast — adhesive bandage
  • Greek: λευκοπλάστης (lefkoplástis) — adhesive bandage
  • Hebrew: פְּלַסְטֶר (pláster) — adhesive bandage
  • Hungarian: sebtapasz — adhesive bandage
  • Hungarian: ragtapasz — adhesive bandage
  • Hungarian: gyorstapasz — adhesive bandage
  • Hungarian: tapasz — adhesive bandage
  • Hungarian: kötszer — adhesive bandage
  • Icelandic: plástur — adhesive bandage
  • Indonesian: plester — adhesive bandage
  • Indonesian: hansaplas — adhesive bandage
  • Ingrian: plaasteri — adhesive bandage
  • Irish: plástar — adhesive bandage
  • Irish: greimlín — adhesive bandage
  • Italian: cerotto — adhesive bandage
  • Japanese: 絆創膏 (bansōkō) — adhesive bandage
  • Japanese: バンドエイド (bandoeido) — adhesive bandage
  • Korean: 반창고 (banchanggo) — adhesive bandage
  • Korean: 밴드에이드 (baendeueideu) — adhesive bandage
  • Lithuanian: pleistras — adhesive bandage
  • Macedonian: фластер (flaster) — adhesive bandage
  • Māori: tāpi — adhesive bandage
  • Māori: piritāpi — adhesive bandage
  • Norman: empliâtre — adhesive bandage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: plaster — adhesive bandage
  • Occitan: pensament — adhesive bandage
  • Polish: plaster — adhesive bandage
  • Polish: przylepiec — adhesive bandage
  • Portuguese: penso — adhesive bandage
  • Portuguese: band-aid — adhesive bandage
  • Romanian: plasture — adhesive bandage
  • Russian: лейкопла́стырь (lejkoplástyrʹ) — adhesive bandage
  • Russian: пла́стырь (plástyrʹ) — adhesive bandage
  • Sardinian: tzerotu — adhesive bandage
  • Sardinian: cerotu — adhesive bandage
  • Serbo-Croatian: фла̏стер — adhesive bandage
  • Serbo-Croatian: flȁster — adhesive bandage
  • Slovak: leukoplast — adhesive bandage
  • Slovene: obliž — adhesive bandage
  • Spanish: curita — adhesive bandage
  • Spanish: parche curita — adhesive bandage
  • Spanish: tirita — adhesive bandage
  • Spanish: apósito — adhesive bandage
  • Spanish: esparadrapo — adhesive bandage
  • Spanish: leuco — adhesive bandage
  • Spanish: venda adhesiva — adhesive bandage
  • Swedish: plåster — adhesive bandage
  • Tagalog: koritas — adhesive bandage
  • Tamil: பிளாஸ்திரி (piḷāstiri) — adhesive bandage
  • Turkish: yara bandı — adhesive bandage
  • Ukrainian: лейкопла́стир (lejkoplástyr) — adhesive bandage
  • Ukrainian: пла́стир (plástyr) — adhesive bandage
  • Vietnamese: băng cá nhân — adhesive bandage
  • Vietnamese: băng keo cá nhân — adhesive bandage
  • Wolof: esparadaraa — adhesive bandage
  • Bulgarian: кръпка (krǎpka) — temporary or makeshift solution
  • Finnish: paikkaus — temporary or makeshift solution
  • German: Behelfslösung — temporary or makeshift solution
  • German: Behelf — temporary or makeshift solution
  • German: Notlösung — temporary or makeshift solution
  • German: Übergangslösung — temporary or makeshift solution
  • Hungarian: szükségmegoldás — temporary or makeshift solution
  • Polish: improwizacja — temporary or makeshift solution
  • Russian: запла́тка (zaplátka) — temporary or makeshift solution
  • Russian: косты́ль (kostýlʹ) — temporary or makeshift solution
  • Spanish: paños calientes — temporary or makeshift solution
  • Swedish: plåster — temporary or makeshift solution
  • Bulgarian: облепям (oblepjam) — to apply an adhesive bandage
  • Bulgarian: облепвам (oblepvam) — to apply an adhesive bandage
  • Bulgarian: облепя (oblepja) — to apply an adhesive bandage
  • Dutch: pleister plakken — to apply an adhesive bandage
  • Finnish: laastaroida — to apply an adhesive bandage
  • Māori: tāpi — to apply an adhesive bandage
  • Norwegian: plastre — to apply an adhesive bandage
  • Polish: przyklejać plaster — to apply an adhesive bandage
  • Polish: przykleić plaster — to apply an adhesive bandage
  • Bulgarian: закърпвам (zakǎrpvam) — to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig
  • Bulgarian: закърпя (zakǎrpja) — to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig
  • Hungarian: összetákol — to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig
  • Polish: improwizować — to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig
  • Polish: zaimprowizować — to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig
  • Russian: залата́ть (zalatátʹ) — to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig
  • Russian: пофи́ксить (pofíksitʹ) — to apply a makeshift fix; to jury-rig