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eyebrow

name · noun · verb · 7 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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  • /ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, construction, manufacturing

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Synonyms: none provided

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Synonyms: none provided

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To signal with one's eyebrows.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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7

noun

Meaning 7

the arch of hair above each eye

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brow, supercilium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hair

History

Etymology

From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”).

Across languages

Translations

238 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afar: minin — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Afrikaans: wenkbrou — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Dupaningan Agta: kiray — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Albanian: vetull — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Southern Altai: каш (kaš) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Arabic: حَاجِب (ḥājib) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Arabic: حاجب (ḥāgeb) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Aragonese: cella — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Aragonese: zella — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Armenian: ունք (unkʻ) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Armenian: հոնք (honkʻ) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Aromanian: sprindzeanã — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Aromanian: sufrãmtseauã — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Aromanian: dzeanã — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Assamese: চেলাউৰি (selauri) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Asturian: ceya — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Azerbaijani: qaş — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • West Coast Bajau: kirei — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Bakhtiari: برگ (borg) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Baluchi: بروان (burwán) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Bangi: lokiki — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Bashkir: ҡаш (qaş) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Basque: bekain — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Belarusian: брыво́ (bryvó) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Bengali: ভুরু (bhuru) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Bhojpuri: भौंह (bhaunh) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Bau Bidayuh: koning — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Central Bikol: kiray — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Bulgarian: ве́жда (véžda) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Burmese: မျက်ခုံး (myakhkum:) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Catalan: cella — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Cebuano: kilay — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Chinese Cantonese: 眼眉 (ngaan5 mei4) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Chinese Cantonese: 眼眉毛 (ngaan5 mei4 mou4) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眉毛 (méimáo) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眼眉 (yǎnméi) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Chuvash: куҫ (kuś) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ngazidja Comorian: nɗazi — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Coptic: ⲙⲉϫⲉⲛϩ (mejenh) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Cornish: abrans — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Corsican: sopracigliu — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Crimean Tatar: qaş — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Czech: obočí — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Dalmatian: čeja — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Danish: øjenbryn — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Dhivehi: ބުމަ (buma) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Central Dusun: kudou — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Dutch: wenkbrauw — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Egyptian: i-in:n-H-D13 (jnḥ) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Elfdalian: ogenbråyn — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Esperanto: brovo — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Estonian: kulm — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Evenki: саримикта (sarimikta) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Faroese: eygnabrún — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Faroese: eygnabrúgv — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Finnish: silmäkulma — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Finnish: kulma — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Finnish: kulmakarvat — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • French: sourcil — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • West-Frisian: eachbrau — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • West-Frisian: winkbrau — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • West-Frisian: wynbrau — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Friulian: cee — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Friulian: sorecee — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Galician: sobrecella — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Galician: cella — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Georgian: წარბი (c̣arbi) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • German: Braue — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • German: Augenbraue — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • German: Augbraame — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Greek: φρύδι (frýdi) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ancient Greek: ὀφρύς (ophrús) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Pontic Greek: οφρύδιν (ofrýdin) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Greenlandic: qallu — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Haitian Creole: sousi — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Hebrew: גַּבָּה (gaba) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Higaonon: kilay — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Hiligaynon: kilay — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Hindi: भौंह (bha͠uh) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Hungarian: szemöldök — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Icelandic: augabrún — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ido: brovo — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ilocano: kiday — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Indonesian: alis — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ingrian: kulma — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Inuktitut: ᖃᓪᓗ (qallo) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Iranun: kirai — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Irish: mala — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Irish: fabhra — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Italian: sopracciglio — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Japanese: まゆ (mayu) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Japanese: 眉 (mayu) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Japanese: まゆ毛 (mayuge) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Japanese: 眉毛 (mayuge) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Jeju: 눈썹 (nunsseop) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Jeju: 눈섭 (nunseop) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Kalmyk: күмсг (kümsg) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Kapampangan: kile — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Kazakh: қас (qas) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Khmer: ចិញ្ចើម (jəñjaəm) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Khowar: بروُ (bruú) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Kimaragang: kudou — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Korean: 눈썹 (nunsseop) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Korean: 눈섭 (nunseop) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Central Kurdish: بِرۆ (biro) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Northern Kurdish: birû — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Kyrgyz: каш (kaş) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Lao: ຄິ້ວ (khiu) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Latgalian: izacs — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Latin: supercilium — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Latvian: uzacs — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Lezgi: рацӏан (rac̣an) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Lingala: lokiki — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Lithuanian: antakis — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Lotud: kudou — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Lotud: kiar — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Lutuv: mingtluo — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Luxembourgish: Aperhoer — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Macedonian: веѓа (veǵa) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Malagasy: volomaso — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Malay: kening — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Malay: bulu kening — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Malay: alis — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Malay: kirai — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Maltese: ħaġeb — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Manchu: ᡶᠠᡳᡨᠠᠨ (faitan) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Northern Mansi: самхӯлюм (samhūlûm) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Manx: mollee — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Māori: tukemata — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Māori: pewa — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Maranao: kiray — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Marathi: भुवई (bhuvaī) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Mazanderani: بلفه (bëlfe) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Central Melanau: likau — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Meriam: iraw — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Mongolian: хөмсөг (xömsög) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tagal Murut: kurou — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Timugon Murut: ruru — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Classical Nahuatl: īxcuahmōlli — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Navajo: anátʼéézh — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Navajo: anátsʼiin — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Nepali: आँखीभौं (ā̃khībha͠u) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Norman: soucile — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øyebryn — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øyenbryn — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augebryn — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augnebryn — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augebrun — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: augnebrun — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Occitan: ussa — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Occitan: cilha — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Church Slavic: брꙑ (bry) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Old East Slavic: бръвь (brŭvĭ) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Old English: oferbrū — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Oromo: nyaara — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ossetian: ӕрфуг (ærfug) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ossetian: ӕрфыг (ærfyg) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Pashto: وروځه (wrúźa) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Pennsylvania German: Aagebrau — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Persian: ابرو (abru) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Persian: برو (baru, boru) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Polish: brew — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Portuguese: sobrancelha — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Punjabi: ਭਰਵੱਟਾ (bharvaṭṭā) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Punjabi: بَھرْوَٹّا (bharvaṭṭā) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Rapa Nui: hihi — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Romanian: sprânceană — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Romanian: arcadă — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Romansh: survantscheglia — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Rungus: sambakon — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Russian: бровь (brovʹ) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Sabah Bisaya: kirai — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Saho: minin — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Salar: kürlük — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Inari-Sami: čalmekulme — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Kildin-Sami: кулльм (kull’m) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Northern Sami: gulbmi — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Northern Sami: gulbmeguolga — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Skolt-Sami: čâʹlmmkuʹlmm — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Southern Sami: haermie — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Sardinian: chíciu — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Sardinian: cígiu — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Scottish Gaelic: mala — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Sebop: likau — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Serbo-Croatian: обрва — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Serbo-Croatian: веђа — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Serbo-Croatian: obrva — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Serbo-Croatian: veđa — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Sicilian: supraccigghiu — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Sinhalese: බැම (bæma) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Slovak: obočie — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Slovene: obrv — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Lower Sorbian: wobwóco — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Lower Sorbian: wobwócyjo — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Upper Sorbian: brjowka — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Spanish: ceja — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Swedish: ögonbryn — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tagalog: kilay — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tajik: абрӯ (abrü) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Talysh: bəv — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tamil: புருவம் (puruvam) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tarifit: timmi — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tat: bürg — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tatar: каш (qaş) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tausug: kilay — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Telugu: కనుబొమ (kanuboma) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Thai: ภมุ (pá-mú) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Thai: คิ้ว (kíu) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tibetan: མིག་སྤུ (mig spu) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tiwi: alangarrika — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tiwi: alangurrupwanga — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tocharian A: pärwāṃ — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tocharian B: pärwāne — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tok Pisin: gras bilong ai — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Turkish: kaş — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاش (kaş) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ottoman Turkish: ابرو (ebrû) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ottoman Turkish: حاجب (hâcib) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Turkmen: gaaş — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Tuvan: хавак кирбии (xavak kirbii) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Ukrainian: бро́ва (bróva) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Urdu: ابرو (abru) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Uyghur: قاش (qash) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Uzbek: qosh — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Vietnamese: lông mày — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Volapük: logabob — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Waray-Waray: kiray — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Welsh: ael — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Winnebago: ceexahį — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Woiwurrung: yarra mirring — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Woiwurrung: tourn-a-myng — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Woiwurrung: turnoma'ay — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Yakut: хаас (qaas) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Yiddish: ברעם (brem) — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Yoruba: ìpéǹpéjù — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Yoruba: bèbè ojú — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Zazaki: bırwe — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
  • Zhuang: bwnda — hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket