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hairdryer

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From hair + dryer.

Across languages

Translations

125 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: haardroër — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Albanian: tharëse e flokëve — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Albanian: fen — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Arabic: مُجَفِّف شَعْر (mujaffif šaʕr) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Arabic: سِشْوَار (sišwār) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Arabic: اِسْتِشْوَار (istišwār) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Arabic: سِشْوَار (sišwār) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Arabic: اِسْتِشْوَار (istišwār) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Armenian: ֆեն (fen) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Armenian: վարսահարդարիչ (varsahardaričʻ) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Asturian: secador — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Azerbaijani: saçqurudan — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Azerbaijani: fen — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Belarusian: фен (fjen) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Bulgarian: сешоа́р (sešoár) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Buryat: үһэ хатаагша (ühe xataagša) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Carpathian Rusyn: фен (fen) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Carpathian Rusyn: су́шіч (súšič) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Catalan: eixugacabells — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Catalan: eixugador — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Catalan: assecador — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Chinese Cantonese: 風筒 /风筒 — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Hakka Chinese: 吹風機 /吹风机 (chhôi-fûng-kî) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Chinese: 吹風機 /吹风机 (chhoe-hong-ki, chhe-hong-ki) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Chinese: 電吹 /电吹 (tiān-chhoe, tiān-chhe) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電吹風 /电吹风 (diànchuīfēng) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吹風機 /吹风机 (chuīfēngjī) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Czech: fén — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Danish: hårtørrer — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Danish: føntørrer — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Dutch: haardroger — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Dutch: föhn — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Esperanto: hararsekigilo — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Estonian: föön — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Faroese: hárturkari — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Faroese: fønari — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Finnish: hiustenkuivaaja — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Finnish: hiustenkuivain — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Finnish: fööni — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • French: sèche-cheveux — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • French: séchoir — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • French: séchoir à cheveux — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • French: foehn — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Galician: secador — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Georgian: თმის საშრობი (tmis sašrobi) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Georgian: ფიონი (pioni) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • German: Föhn — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • German: Haartrockner — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Greek: πιστολάκι (pistoláki) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Greek: σεσουάρ (sesouár) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Hebrew: מייבש שיער — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Hebrew: מְיַבֵּשׁ שֵׂעָר (meybésh seár) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Hindi: हेयर ड्रायर (heyar ḍrāyar) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Hungarian: hajszárító — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Icelandic: hárþurrka — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Icelandic: hárblásari — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Indonesian: pengering rambut — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Irish: triomadóir gruaige — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Italian: asciugacapelli — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Italian: fon — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Japanese: ヘアドライヤー (headoraiyā) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Japanese: ブロードライヤー (burōdoraiyā) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Japanese: ドライヤー (doraiyā) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Kazakh: фен (fen) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនផ្លុំសក់ (maasɨn phlom sɑk) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Korean: 드라이기 (deuraigi) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Korean: 헤어드라이어 (heeodeuraieo) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Korean: 건발기 (geonbalgi) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Kyrgyz: фен (fen) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Lao: ອັນເປົ່າຜົມ (ʼan pao phom) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Latvian: fēns — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Lithuanian: plaukų džiovintuvas — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Macedonian: фен (fen) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Macedonian: сушач (sušač) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Malay: pengering rambut — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Mongolian: үсний сэнс (üsnii sens) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Nepali: हेयर ड्रायर (heyar ḍrāyar) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Norman: s'tcheux — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Norwegian Bokmål: føner — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hårføner — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hårtørker — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Iranian Persian: سِشُوارِ مو (sešovâr-e mu) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Iranian Persian: سِشُوار (sešovâr) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Iranian Persian: مو خُشْککُن (mu xošk-kon) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Polish: suszarka — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Polish: suszarka do włosów — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Portuguese: secador de cabelo — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Portuguese: secador — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Romanian: foehn — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Romanian: uscător de păr — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Russian: фен (fen) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Serbo-Croatian: сушилица — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Serbo-Croatian: сушило за косу — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Serbo-Croatian: фен за косу — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Serbo-Croatian: sušilica — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Serbo-Croatian: sušilo za kosu — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Serbo-Croatian: fen za kosu — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Slovak: sušič — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Slovak: fön — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Slovak: fén — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Slovak: föhn — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Slovene: fen — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Slovene: sušilnik za lase — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Spanish: secador — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Spanish: secador de pelo — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Spanish: secadora pilosa — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Spanish: secador capilar — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Spanish: secapelos — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Swedish: hårtork — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Swedish: fön — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Swedish: hårfön — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Tajik: фен (fen) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Thai: ไดร์ (dai) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Thai: เครื่องเป่าผม (krʉ̂ʉang-bpào-pǒm) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Tibetan: སྐྲ་སྐམ་ཡག་འཕྲུལ་འཁོར (skra skam yag 'phrul 'khor) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Turkish: saç kurutma makinesi — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Turkish: fön makinesi — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Turkmen: suşilka — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Turkmen: fen — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Ukrainian: фен (fen) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Urdu: ہَیر ڈْرائیر (hair ḍrāer) — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Uzbek: fen — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Vietnamese: máy sấy tóc — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Volapük: heremisägüköm — electrical appliance for drying hair
  • Welsh: sychwr gwallt — electrical appliance for drying hair