blindfold

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪndfəʊld/
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• General-American: /ˈblaɪ̯ndfɔʊ̯ld/
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• CMU ARPABET: B L AY1 N D F OW2 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English blyndefolde, blyndfuld, blynfold, blindfeld, blindfelt, yblynfeld, variants of y-blyndfalled, blyndfelled, etc. ("stricken blind, blindfolded"), past participle of Middle English blindfellen (“to strike blind”), from blind (“to blind”) and fellen (“to fell”), equivalent to blind + felled. Later influenced by the unrelated verb fold.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: превръзка за очите (prevrǎzka za očite) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Catalan: bena — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Cherokee: ᏗᎦᏚᏢᏗ (digadutlvdi) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Chinese Mandarin: 眼罩 (yǎnzhào) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Danish: bind for øjnene — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Dutch: blinddoek — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Esperanto: okulkovro — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Finnish: silmäside — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Finnish: sokkoliina — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• French: bandeau (sur les yeux) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Galician: venda — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• German: Augenbinde — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Indonesian: penutup mata — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Italian: benda — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Italian: bendaggio — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Italian: bendatura — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Japanese: アイマスク (aimasuku) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Japanese: 目隠し (mekakushi) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Korean: 안대 (andae) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Korean: 눈가리개 (nun'garigae) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Portuguese: venda — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Russian: повя́зка на глаза́ (povjázka na glazá) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Russian: повя́зка (povjázka) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Spanish: venda ocular — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Spanish: antifaz — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Swedish: ögonbindel — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Tagalog: piring — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Ukrainian: пов'я́зка на очі (povʺjázka na oči) — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• Welsh: mwgwd — a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes
• French: voile — something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically)
• French: bandeau — something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically)
• Italian: bendaggio — something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically)
• Italian: bendatura — something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically)
• Portuguese: venda — something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically)
• Russian: шоры (šory) — something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically)
• Arabic: غَمَّى (ḡammā) — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• Bulgarian: завързвам очите на (zavǎrzvam očite na) — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• Finnish: sitoa silmät — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• French: bander les yeux — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• Galician: vendar os ollos — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• German: die Augen verbinden — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• Italian: bendare gli occhi — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• Khmer: ចងភ្នែក (cɑɑng phnɛɛk) — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• Portuguese: vendar — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• Russian: завя́зывать глаза́ (zavjázyvatʹ glazá) — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• Spanish: vendar — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• Swedish: binda för ögonen på — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• Turkish: gözleri bağlamak — To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see
• German: blind machen — To obscure understanding or comprehension
• Portuguese: vendar — To obscure understanding or comprehension
• Spanish: vendar — To obscure understanding or comprehension
• Swedish: förblinda — To obscure understanding or comprehension