Phrase guide

hair roller

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A small tube that is rolled into a person's hair in order to curl it, making a new hairstyle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hair curler, curler

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: saçburan — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Catalan: bigudí — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Catalan: ruló — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Catalan: rul·lo — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Chinese Mandarin: 捲髮卡子 /卷发卡子 (juǎnfà qiǎzi) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Chinese Mandarin: 髮卷 /发卷 (fājuǎn) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Czech: natáčka — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Finnish: papiljotti — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • French: bigoudi — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • German: Lockenwickel — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • German: Lockenwickler — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • German: Lockwellwickel — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • German: Lockwellwickler — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Greek: μπικουτί (bikoutí) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Hungarian: hajcsavaró — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Icelandic: hárrúlla — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Irish: trilseachán — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Italian: bigodino — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Japanese: 毛ローラー (ke rōrā) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Japanese: ヘアカーラー (hea kārā) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Korean: 헤어 롤러 (heeo rolleo) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Korean: 헤어롤 (heeorol) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Macedonian: ви́клер (víkler) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Mongolian: пигүүж (pigüüž) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hårrull — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hårrull — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Persian: بیگودی (bigudi) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Polish: wałek do włosów — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Portuguese: bob — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Portuguese: bobe — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Portuguese: bóbi — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Russian: бигуди́ (bigudí) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Russian: пло́йка (plójka) — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Lower Sorbian: pówijak — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Upper Sorbian: zawijak — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Upper Sorbian: kružadło — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Spanish: bigudí — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Swedish: papiljott — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair
  • Turkish: bigudi — a small tube that is rolled into a person's hair