Phrase guide

hair tie

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A circular piece of elastic used to hold hair in place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بكلة (bukla) — circular piece of elastic
  • Bulgarian: ластичка (lastička) — circular piece of elastic
  • Catalan: lligacabells — circular piece of elastic
  • Czech: gumička — circular piece of elastic
  • Dutch: haarband — circular piece of elastic
  • Dutch: haarelastiek — circular piece of elastic
  • Finnish: hiuslenkki — circular piece of elastic
  • French: élastique — circular piece of elastic
  • German: Haarband — circular piece of elastic
  • Hebrew: גומיית שיער (gumiyát seár) — circular piece of elastic
  • Italian: elastico — circular piece of elastic
  • Japanese: ヘアゴム (hea gomu) — circular piece of elastic
  • Japanese: 髪ゴム (kami-gomu) — circular piece of elastic
  • Korean: 머리끈 (meorikkeun) — circular piece of elastic
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hårstrikk — circular piece of elastic
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hårstrikk — circular piece of elastic
  • Portuguese: chuquinha — circular piece of elastic
  • Portuguese: elástico — circular piece of elastic
  • Portuguese: lacinho — circular piece of elastic
  • Portuguese: xuxinha — circular piece of elastic
  • Russian: резинка (rezinka) — circular piece of elastic
  • Spanish: colet — circular piece of elastic
  • Spanish: colita — circular piece of elastic
  • Spanish: goma — circular piece of elastic
  • Spanish: liga — circular piece of elastic
  • Spanish: colero — circular piece of elastic
  • Spanish: coletero — circular piece of elastic
  • Swedish: hårsnodd — circular piece of elastic
  • Turkish: lastik toka — circular piece of elastic
  • Turkish: toka — circular piece of elastic
  • Ukrainian: гумка для волосся (humka dlja volossja) — circular piece of elastic