Phrase guide

body hair

noun · 3 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.

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  • /ˈbɒ.diˌhɛː(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An individual strand of such hair.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

short hair growing over a person's body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hair

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: লোম (lōm) — androgenic hair
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體毛 /体毛 (tǐmáo) — androgenic hair
  • Choctaw: hishi — androgenic hair
  • Danish: kropsbehåring — androgenic hair
  • Danish: kropshår — androgenic hair
  • Finnish: ihokarvat — androgenic hair
  • Finnish: ihokarvoitus — androgenic hair
  • French: poils du corps — androgenic hair
  • French: poils androgéniques — androgenic hair
  • Garo: খিমিল (kimil) — androgenic hair
  • Georgian: ბალანი (balani) — androgenic hair
  • Georgian: ბანჯგვლი (banǯgvli) — androgenic hair
  • German: Körperhaare — androgenic hair
  • German: Körperbehaarung — androgenic hair
  • Greek: τρίχες (tríches) — androgenic hair
  • Gujarati: રુવાંટી (ruvā̃ṭī) — androgenic hair
  • Hungarian: szőr — androgenic hair
  • Hungarian: szőrzet — androgenic hair
  • Hungarian: testszőrzet — androgenic hair
  • Irish: clúmh — androgenic hair
  • Italian: pelo — androgenic hair
  • Japanese: 体毛 (taimō) — androgenic hair
  • Javanese: wulu kalong — androgenic hair
  • Khmer: រោម (room) — androgenic hair
  • Khmer: លោម (loom) — androgenic hair
  • Korean: 체모 (chemo) — androgenic hair
  • Khiamniungan Naga: mài — androgenic hair
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kroppshår — androgenic hair
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kroppshår — androgenic hair
  • Old Tupi: aba — androgenic hair
  • Polish: owłosienie — androgenic hair
  • Polish: uwłosienie — androgenic hair
  • Portuguese: pelo — androgenic hair
  • Portuguese: pelo androgênico — androgenic hair
  • Portuguese: pelo corporal — androgenic hair
  • Romanian: păr de pe corp — androgenic hair
  • Russian: во́лосы на те́ле (vólosy na téle) — androgenic hair
  • Spanish: vello androgénico — androgenic hair
  • Spanish: vello corporal — androgenic hair
  • Swedish: kroppshår — androgenic hair
  • Swedish: kroppsbehåring — androgenic hair
  • Thai: ขน (kǒn) — androgenic hair
  • Turkish: vücut kılı — androgenic hair
  • Ottoman Turkish: توی (tüy) — androgenic hair
  • Yámana: ačala — androgenic hair
  • Finnish: ihokarva — individual strand of body hair
  • Hungarian: szőrszál — individual strand of body hair
  • Old Tupi: aba — individual strand of body hair
  • Polish: włos — individual strand of body hair
  • Portuguese: pelo — individual strand of body hair
  • Russian: во́лос на те́ле (vólos na téle) — individual strand of body hair
  • Russian: волосо́к на те́ле (volosók na téle) — individual strand of body hair
  • Spanish: vello — individual strand of body hair