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comb one's hair

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To straighten one's hair with a comb. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: pentinar-se els cabells — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Chinese Cantonese: 梳頭髮 /梳头发 (so1 tau4 faat3) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Chinese Cantonese: 梳頭 /梳头 (so1 tau4) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 梳頭髮 /梳头发 (shū tóufa, shū tóufǎ) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 梳頭 /梳头 (shūtóu) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Czech: česat se — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Czech: učesat se — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Finnish: kammata hiukset — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • French: peigner ses cheveux — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • German: sich kämmen — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • German: Haare kämmen — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Hungarian: fésülködik — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Hungarian: megfésülködik — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Italian: pettinarsi — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Japanese: 髪を解く (kami o toku) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Korean: 머리를 빗다 (meorireul bitda) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Portuguese: pentear o cabelo — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Russian: расчёсываться (rasčósyvatʹsja) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Russian: расчеса́ться (rasčesátʹsja) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Russian: причёсываться (pričósyvatʹsja) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Russian: причеса́ться (pričesátʹsja) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Spanish: peinarse el pelo — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Swedish: kamma sig — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Swedish: kamma håret — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Tamil: தலைசீவு (talaicīvu) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Tamil: தலைவாரு (talaivāru) — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Vietnamese: chải tóc — to straighten one's hair with a comb
  • Vietnamese: chải đầu — to straighten one's hair with a comb