dreadlocks

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛdlɒks/
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• General-American: /ˈdɹɛdˌlɑks/
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Borrowed from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks, from dread (“of or relating to a dread”, adjective) (from dread (“(usually black) male member of the Rastafarian movement who wears his hair in dreadlocks”, noun), from English dread (“reverential or respectful fear; awe”), referring to the awe inspired by God) + English locks (plural of lock (“length or tuft of hair”)). The English word is analyzable as dread (“Rastafarian”, attributive) + locks.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: rastalokke — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Armenian: դռեդլոկ (dṙedlok) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Bengali: জটা (jṭa) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Bulgarian: раста́ приче́ска (rastá pričéska) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Bulgarian: расти́ (rastí) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Catalan: rasta — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Chinese Mandarin: 長髮綹 /长发绺 (chángfāliǔ) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Chinese Mandarin: 髮綹 /发绺 (fàliǔ) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Chinese Mandarin: 駭人長髮綹 /骇人长发绺 (hàirén chángfāliǔ) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Chinese Mandarin: 髒辮 /脏辫 (zāngbiàn) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Czech: dredy — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Danish: dreadlocks — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Dutch: dreadlocks — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Esperanto: feltharoj — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Esperanto: rastabukloj — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Finnish: rastat — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Finnish: rastatukka — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• French: dreadlocks — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• French: cadenettes — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Galician: rasta — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• German: Dreadlocks — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• German: Dreads — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• German: Filzlocken — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• German: Rastalocken — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Gujarati: જટા (jaṭā) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Hebrew: ראסטות — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Hindi: जटा (jaṭā) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Hungarian: raszta — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Hungarian: raszta haj — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Indonesian: gimbal — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Italian: dreadlocks — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Italian: acconciatura rasta — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Japanese: ドレッドヘア (doreddohea) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Japanese: ドレッドロックス (doreddorokkusu) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Korean: 험상 (heomsang) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Latvian: dredi — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Macedonian: суканици (sukanici) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Malay: rambut gimbal — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Malay: rambut pilinan — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Norwegian Bokmål: dreadlocks — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Polish: dredy — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Portuguese: dreadlock — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Portuguese: dreadlocks — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Portuguese: dread — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Portuguese: dreads — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Portuguese: rastas — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Romanian: dreadlock — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Russian: дре́длокс (drédloks) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Russian: дредло́ки (dredlóki) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Russian: дре́длоки (drédloki) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Russian: дре́ды (drédy) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Sanskrit: जटा (jaṭā) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Spanish: rastas — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Spanish: trenzas africanas — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Swedish: dreadlocks — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Tamil: சடாமுடி (caṭāmuṭi) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Ukrainian: дредло́ки (dredlóky) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Ukrainian: дре́ди (drédy) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Ukrainian: ло́ки (lóky) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Urdu: جٹا (jaṭā) — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings
• Yoruba: dàda — hairstyle in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into long matted strings