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bonnet

name · noun · verb · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɒnɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈbɑnɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈbɑnət/
  • homophone: banate
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  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒnɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: B AA1 N AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from French.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

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Synonyms: hood

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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7

noun

Meaning 7

An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, slang

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8

noun

Meaning 8

The second stomach of a ruminant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

noun

Meaning 9

A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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10

noun

Meaning 10

Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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11

noun

Meaning 11

Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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12

noun

Meaning 12

Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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13

noun

Meaning 13

Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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14

noun

Meaning 14

Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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15

noun

Meaning 15

Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

A mushroom of the genus Mycena.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences

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16

verb

Meaning 16

To put a bonnet on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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17

verb

Meaning 17

To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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18

verb

Meaning 18

To pull the bonnet or cap down over the eyes of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: block

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

a hat tied under the chin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: poke bonnet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hat, chapeau, lid

Narrower terms: sunbonnet

20

noun

Meaning 20

protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars
  • the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hood, cowl, cowling

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protective covering, protective cover, protection

21

verb

Meaning 21

dress in a bonnet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: none provided

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Broader terms: hat

History

Etymology

Variant of Bonnett, ultimately from French.

From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhendh- (“to tie”). Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni. Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle.

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vrouehoed — type of women's and children's hat
  • Afrikaans: mus — type of women's and children's hat
  • Afrikaans: hoed — type of women's and children's hat
  • Albanian: kezë — type of women's and children's hat
  • Albanian: kësulë — type of women's and children's hat
  • Arabic: غِطَاء الْرَّأْس (ḡiṭāʔ al-rraʔs) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Arabic: قَلَنْسُوَة (qalansuwa) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Arabic: كَلَّوْتَة (kallawta) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Arabic: بونيه (bonē) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Belarusian: ка́пар (kápar) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Belarusian: капту́р (kaptúr) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Belarusian: чапе́ц (čapjéc) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Breton: boned — type of women's and children's hat
  • Bulgarian: боне́ (boné) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Danish: kyse — type of women's and children's hat
  • Faroese: kýsi — type of women's and children's hat
  • Finnish: hilkka — type of women's and children's hat
  • French: bonnet — type of women's and children's hat
  • French: tuque — type of women's and children's hat
  • German: Haube — type of women's and children's hat
  • German: Schute — type of women's and children's hat
  • German: Schutenhut — type of women's and children's hat
  • Hungarian: főkötő — type of women's and children's hat
  • Irish: caidhp — type of women's and children's hat
  • Italian: cuffia — type of women's and children's hat
  • K'iche': punet — type of women's and children's hat
  • Māori: panati — type of women's and children's hat
  • Marathi: छादणी (chādṇī) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Marathi: छादन (chādan) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Marathi: बॉनेट (bŏneṭ) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kyse — type of women's and children's hat
  • Polish: czepek — type of women's and children's hat
  • Polish: czepiec — type of women's and children's hat
  • Russian: ка́пор (kápor) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Russian: чепе́ц (čepéc) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Russian: че́пчик (čépčik) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Spanish: capucha — type of women's and children's hat
  • Spanish: gorra — type of women's and children's hat
  • Spanish: cofia — type of women's and children's hat
  • Spanish: capota — type of women's and children's hat
  • Ukrainian: ка́пор (kápor) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Ukrainian: чепе́ць (čepécʹ) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Ukrainian: чіпе́ць (čipécʹ) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Ukrainian: че́пчик (čépčyk) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Ukrainian: очі́пок (očípok) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Ukrainian: підка́пок (pidkápok) — type of women's and children's hat
  • Welsh: boned — type of women's and children's hat
  • Welsh: bonedi — type of women's and children's hat
  • French: casquette — Scottish men's cap
  • French: béret — Scottish men's cap
  • Polish: kaszkiet — Scottish men's cap
  • Scottish Gaelic: bonaid — Scottish men's cap
  • Spanish: gorra — Scottish men's cap
  • Arabic: غِطَاء الْمُحَرِّك (ḡiṭāʔ al-muḥarrik) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Arabic: كبوت (kabbūt) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Armenian: կապոտ (kapot) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Belarusian: капо́т (kapót) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Bulgarian: капа́к (kapák) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Catalan: capó — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 引擎蓋 /引擎盖 (yǐnqínggài) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Czech: kapota — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Danish: motorhjelm — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Dutch: motorkap — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Dutch: kap — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Esperanto: kapoto — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Estonian: kapott — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Finnish: konepelti — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • French: capot — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Georgian: კაპოტი (ḳaṗoṭi) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • German: Motorhaube — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • German: Haube — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Greek: καπώ αυτοκινήτου (kapó aftokinítou) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Hungarian: motorháztető — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Icelandic: vélarhlíf — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Icelandic: húdd — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Italian: cofano — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Japanese: ボンネット (bonnetto) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Japanese: フード (fūdo) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Korean: 보닛 (bonit) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Korean: 후드 (hudeu) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Macedonian: хауба (hauba) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Malay: bonet — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Marathi: बॉनेट (bŏneṭ) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: panserlokk — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Persian: کاپوت (kâput) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Polish: maska — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Portuguese: capô — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Russian: капо́т (kapót) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Slovak: kapota — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Spanish: capó — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Spanish: bonete — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Spanish: capirote — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Spanish: cofre — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Swahili: boneti — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Swedish: motorhuv — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Thai: ฝากระโปรง (grà-bproong) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Turkish: kaput — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Ukrainian: капо́т (kapót) — cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
  • Catalan: boneta — length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail
  • Polish: długość płótna — length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail
  • Finnish: bonetti — small fortification at salient angle
  • Finnish: piipunhattu — canopy over a chimney
  • Finnish: hattu — canopy over a chimney
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