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hairstyle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coif, coiffure, haircut, hairdo

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hairdo, hair style, coiffure, coif

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hair

Narrower terms: beehive, bouffant, haircut, Afro, Afro hairdo, bang, fringe, bob, wave, braid, plait, tress, twist, chignon, marcel, pageboy, pompadour, ponytail, roach, scalp lock, thatch

History

Etymology

From hair + style.

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَصْفِيفَة (taṣfīfa) — style of one's hair
  • Arabic: تَسْرِيحَة (tasrīḥa) — style of one's hair
  • Arabic: حَلْقَة (ḥalga) — style of one's hair
  • Arabic: تَسْرِيحَة (tasrīḥa) — style of one's hair
  • Arabic: تحسينة (taḥsīna) — style of one's hair
  • Arabic: تقطيعة (taqṭīʕa) — style of one's hair
  • Armenian: սանրվածք (sanrvackʻ) — style of one's hair
  • Azerbaijani: saçbiçəmi — style of one's hair
  • Belarusian: прычо́ска (pryčóska) — style of one's hair
  • Belarusian: стры́жка (strýžka) — style of one's hair
  • Bulgarian: фризу́ра (frizúra) — style of one's hair
  • Bulgarian: приче́ска (pričéska) — style of one's hair
  • Burmese: ဆံပင်ပုံစံ (hcampangpumcam) — style of one's hair
  • Catalan: pentinat — style of one's hair
  • Chinese Cantonese: 髮型 /发型 (faat3 jing4) — style of one's hair
  • Chinese Cantonese: 髮式 /发式 (faat3 sik1) — style of one's hair
  • Chinese Mandarin: 髮型 /发型 (fàxíng) — style of one's hair
  • Chinese Mandarin: 髮式 /发式 (fàshì) — style of one's hair
  • Czech: sestřih — style of one's hair
  • Czech: účes — style of one's hair
  • Danish: frisure — style of one's hair
  • Dutch: kapsel — style of one's hair
  • Dutch: coiffure — style of one's hair
  • Estonian: soeng — style of one's hair
  • Estonian: kamming — style of one's hair
  • Faroese: hársnið — style of one's hair
  • Finnish: kampaus — style of one's hair
  • French: coiffure — style of one's hair
  • Galician: peiteado — style of one's hair
  • Georgian: ვარცხნილობა (varcxniloba) — style of one's hair
  • German: Frisur — style of one's hair
  • German: Haarfrisur — style of one's hair
  • German: Haarschnitt — style of one's hair
  • Greek: χτένισμα (chténisma) — style of one's hair
  • Greek: κούρεμα (koúrema) — style of one's hair
  • Ancient Greek: κούρευμα (koúreuma) — style of one's hair
  • Haitian Creole: kwafi — style of one's hair
  • Hebrew: תסרוקת \ תִּסְרֹקֶת (tisróket) — style of one's hair
  • Hindi: केशविन्यास (keśvinyās) — style of one's hair
  • Hungarian: frizura — style of one's hair
  • Icelandic: hárgreiðsla — style of one's hair
  • Icelandic: klipping — style of one's hair
  • Indonesian: gaya rambut — style of one's hair
  • Italian: pettinatura — style of one's hair
  • Italian: acconciatura — style of one's hair
  • Italian: taglio di capelli — style of one's hair
  • Italian: taglio — style of one's hair
  • Japanese: 理髪 (rihatsu) — style of one's hair
  • Japanese: ヘアカット (heakatto) — style of one's hair
  • Japanese: 髪型 (kamigata) — style of one's hair
  • Japanese: ヘアスタイル (hea sutairu) — style of one's hair
  • Kazakh: прическа (priçeska) — style of one's hair
  • Khmer: ម៉ូតសក់ (moutsɑk) — style of one's hair
  • Korean: 이발 (ibal) — style of one's hair
  • Korean: 리발 (ribal) — style of one's hair
  • Korean: 헤어스타일 (heeoseutail) — style of one's hair
  • Korean: 머리 모양 (meori moyang) — style of one's hair
  • Northern Kurdish: şêweya porê — style of one's hair
  • Northern Kurdish: stîla porê — style of one's hair
  • Kyrgyz: причёска (pricyoska) — style of one's hair
  • Lao: ຊົງຜົມ — style of one's hair
  • Latin: tōnsus — style of one's hair
  • Latvian: frizūra — style of one's hair
  • Lithuanian: šukuosena — style of one's hair
  • Macedonian: фризу́ра (frizúra) — style of one's hair
  • Malay: gaya rambut — style of one's hair
  • Mauritian Creole: kwafir — style of one's hair
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frisyre — style of one's hair
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hårsveis — style of one's hair
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sveis — style of one's hair
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hårklipp — style of one's hair
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frisyre — style of one's hair
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hårsveis — style of one's hair
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveis — style of one's hair
  • Old English: efesung — style of one's hair
  • Iranian Persian: مُدِلِ مو (model-e mu) — style of one's hair
  • Iranian Persian: آرایِشِ مو (ârâyeš-e mu) — style of one's hair
  • Polish: fryzura — style of one's hair
  • Portuguese: penteado — style of one's hair
  • Portuguese: corte de cabelo — style of one's hair
  • Quechua: rutu — style of one's hair
  • Romanian: frizură — style of one's hair
  • Romanian: freză — style of one's hair
  • Romanian: coafură — style of one's hair
  • Romanian: tunsoare — style of one's hair
  • Russian: причёска (pričóska) — style of one's hair
  • Russian: стри́жка (strížka) — style of one's hair
  • Serbo-Croatian: фризу́ра — style of one's hair
  • Serbo-Croatian: frizúra — style of one's hair
  • Slovak: účes — style of one's hair
  • Slovak: strih — style of one's hair
  • Slovene: pričeska — style of one's hair
  • Slovene: frizura — style of one's hair
  • Spanish: peinado — style of one's hair
  • Swedish: frisyr — style of one's hair
  • Tajik: причёска (pričyoska) — style of one's hair
  • Tajik: ороиши мӯй (oroyiš-i müy) — style of one's hair
  • Thai: ทรงผม (song-pǒm) — style of one's hair
  • Turkish: saç modeli — style of one's hair
  • Turkish: saç kesimi — style of one's hair
  • Turkmen: saç stili — style of one's hair
  • Ukrainian: за́чіска (záčiska) — style of one's hair
  • Ukrainian: стри́жка (strýžka) — style of one's hair
  • Ukrainian: фризу́ра (fryzúra) — style of one's hair
  • Uyghur: چاچ شەكلى (chach shekli) — style of one's hair
  • Uyghur: چاچ فاسونى (chach fasoni) — style of one's hair
  • Uyghur: چاچ پاسونى (chach pasoni) — style of one's hair
  • Uzbek: prichyoska — style of one's hair
  • Uzbek: soch turmagi — style of one's hair
  • Vietnamese: kiểu tóc — style of one's hair
  • Vietnamese: kiểu đầu — style of one's hair
  • Yiddish: פֿריזור (frizur) — style of one's hair
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