bolster

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Variant of German Polster.

From Middle English bolster, bolstre, from Old English bolster (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *bolstr, from Proto-Germanic *bulstraz (“pillow, cushion”). Cognate with Scots bowster (“bolster”), West Frisian bulster (“mattress”), Dutch bolster (“husk, shell”), German Polster (“bolster, pillow, pad”), Swedish bolster (“soft mattress, bolster”), Icelandic bólstur (“pillow”).

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: পাশবালিশ (paśbaliś) — large cushion or pillow
• Bengali: কোলবালিশ (kōlbaliś) — large cushion or pillow
• Bulgarian: възглавница (vǎzglavnica) — large cushion or pillow
• Catalan: coixí — large cushion or pillow
• Chinese Mandarin: 靠枕 (kàozhěn) — large cushion or pillow
• Chinese Mandarin: 墊枕 /垫枕 — large cushion or pillow
• Czech: podhlavník — large cushion or pillow
• Danish: bolster — large cushion or pillow
• Finnish: tyyny — large cushion or pillow
• French: traversin — large cushion or pillow
• Galician: traveseiro — large cushion or pillow
• Gallurese: capitzali — large cushion or pillow
• Georgian: მუთაქა (mutaka) — large cushion or pillow
• German: Polster — large cushion or pillow
• German: Nackenrolle — large cushion or pillow
• Greek: μαξιλάρα (maxilára) — large cushion or pillow
• Hungarian: vánkos — large cushion or pillow
• Hungarian: hengerpárna — large cushion or pillow
• Hungarian: nagypárna — large cushion or pillow
• Hungarian: párna — large cushion or pillow
• Indonesian: guling — large cushion or pillow
• Indonesian: bantal guling — large cushion or pillow
• Irish: adhairt — large cushion or pillow
• Irish: ceannadhairt — large cushion or pillow
• Irish: babhstar (leapa) — large cushion or pillow
• Italian: capezzale — large cushion or pillow
• Latin: cervīcal — large cushion or pillow
• Macedonian: пе́рница (pérnica) — large cushion or pillow
• Brunei Malay: bantal paluk — large cushion or pillow
• Persian: متکا (motakâ) — large cushion or pillow
• Polish: wałek — large cushion or pillow
• Polish: podgłówek — large cushion or pillow
• Portuguese: cabeceira — large cushion or pillow
• Portuguese: travesseiro — large cushion or pillow
• Russian: поду́шка (podúška) — large cushion or pillow
• Russian: ва́лик (válik) — large cushion or pillow
• Campidanese Sardinian: cabetzèra — large cushion or pillow
• Campidanese Sardinian: cabitzali — large cushion or pillow
• Sassarese: cabitzari — large cushion or pillow
• Spanish: cabecera — large cushion or pillow
• Spanish: almohada — large cushion or pillow
• Spanish: almohadón — large cushion or pillow
• Swedish: bolster — large cushion or pillow
• Tarifit: tsummet — large cushion or pillow
• Tarifit: tsunta — large cushion or pillow
• Telugu: దిండు (diṇḍu) — large cushion or pillow
• Thai: หมอนข้าง (mɔ̌ɔn-kâang) — large cushion or pillow
• Ottoman Turkish: یاصدق (yasdık) — large cushion or pillow
• Ottoman Turkish: بالش (baliş) — large cushion or pillow
• Walloon: tchefsî — large cushion or pillow
• Czech: vycpávka — pad
• Polish: podkładka — pad
• Polish: podpora — short, horizontal, structural timber between a post and a beam
• Spanish: zapata — short, horizontal, structural timber between a post and a beam
• Polish: płyta — perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched
• Spanish: matriz — perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched
• Polish: metalowa końcówka rękojeści scyzoryka — metallic end of a pocketknife handle
• Polish: woluta — (architecture) the rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital
• Spanish: volutas — (architecture) the rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital
• Bulgarian: подпирам (podpiram) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Bulgarian: поддържам (poddǎržam) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Bulgarian: крепя (krepja) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Chinese Mandarin: 加强 (jiāqiáng) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Chinese Mandarin: 支持 (zhīchí) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Chinese Mandarin: 巩固 (gǒnggù) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Czech: posílit — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Czech: podpořit — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Czech: zvýšit — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Czech: pozvednout — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Czech: upevnit — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Czech: oživit — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Dutch: versterken — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Dutch: veilig stellen — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Dutch: ondersteunen — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Dutch: stutten — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Finnish: tukea — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Finnish: vahvistaa — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• French: soutenir — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• French: renforcer — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• French: appuyer — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• German: polstern — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• German: unterstützen — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• German: verstärken — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• German: bestärken — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Greek: στυλώνω (stylóno) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Greek: υποστηρίζω (ypostirízo) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Italian: accrescere — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Italian: rafforzare — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Italian: consolidare — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Japanese: 抱き枕 — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Māori: whakamarohi — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Māori: haukaha — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Māori: whakatete — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Polish: podpierać — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Polish: podeprzeć — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Polish: podnosić — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Polish: podnieść — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Polish: podtrzymywać — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Polish: podtrzymać — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Portuguese: apoiar — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Russian: подпира́ть (podpirátʹ) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Russian: подде́рживать (poddérživatʹ) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Russian: крепи́ть (krepítʹ) — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support
• Swedish: stödja — to brace, reinforce, secure, or support