Standard Lemma guide

head

adj · name · noun · verb · 121 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • hĕd
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /hɛd/
  • Early, Modern: /hɛd/
  • Early, Modern: /hɛːd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • London: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /hed/
  • /hiːd/ Northumbrian
  • rhymes with -ɛd
  • CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or intended for the head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cephalic, capital

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Foremost in rank or importance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • the head cook

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chief

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Placed at the top or the front.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: first, top

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Coming from in front.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • head sea
  • head wind

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foot, tail

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A surname from Middle English, from residence near a hilltop or the head of a river, or a byname for someone with an odd-looking head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

To do with heads.

Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: people

Examples

  • The company is looking for people with good heads for business.
  • He has no head for heights.
  • It's all about having a good head on your shoulders.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce, mind

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

To do with heads.

Mind; one's own thoughts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, metonymically, uncountable

Qualifier: people

Examples

  • This song keeps going through my head.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

To do with heads.

A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: people

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

To do with heads.

A headdress; a covering for the head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: people

Examples

  • a laced head
  • a head of hair

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

To do with heads.

An individual person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, metonymically, uncountable

Qualifier: people

Examples

  • Admission is three dollars a head.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

To do with heads.

A single animal; measure word for livestock and game.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: animals; plural head; plural head

Examples

  • 200 head of cattle and 50 head of horses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

To do with heads.

The population of game.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: animals

Examples

  • We have a heavy head of deer this year.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.

To do with heads.

The antlers of a deer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: animals

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caput, pate, noggin, loaf, nut, noodle, bonce

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • What does it say at the head of the page?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

16

noun

Meaning 16

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The end of a table.

The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • During meetings, the supervisor usually sits at the head of the table.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

17

noun

Meaning 17

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The end of a table.

The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

18

noun

Meaning 18

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

19

noun

Meaning 19

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Hit the nail on the head!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail, point, tip

20

noun

Meaning 20

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is passed through the items to be fastened and then upset into an appropriate shape, generally pancake-shaped for a solid rivet or doughnut-shaped for a blind rivet, called the field head or ambiguously the shop head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: arts, business, construction, crafts, engineering, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, metallurgy, metalworking, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

21

noun

Meaning 21

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

Either, or in plural both, ends of a used rivet, the factory head and the field head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: arts, business, construction, crafts, engineering, hobbies, lifestyle, manufacturing, metallurgy, metalworking, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

22

noun

Meaning 22

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The head of the compass needle is pointing due north.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

23

noun

Meaning 23

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lacrosse, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

24

noun

Meaning 24

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • Tap the head of the drum for this roll.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

25

noun

Meaning 25

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The heads of your tape player need to be cleaned.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

26

noun

Meaning 26

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

27

noun

Meaning 27

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

28

noun

Meaning 28

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The principal operative part of a machine, tool or fastener.

A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: engineering, machining, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

29

noun

Meaning 29

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Pour me a fresh beer; this one has no head.
  • He never learned how to pour a glass of beer so it didn't have too much head.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

30

noun

Meaning 30

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

31

noun

Meaning 31

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The end cap of a cask or other barrel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barrelhead

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

32

noun

Meaning 32

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The uppermost part of a valley.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

33

noun

Meaning 33

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

Deposits near the top of a geological succession.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

34

noun

Meaning 34

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

Ellipsis of headline.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Topics: journalism, media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

35

noun

Meaning 35

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The end of an abscess where pus collects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

36

noun

Meaning 36

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

The headstock of a guitar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

37

noun

Meaning 37

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

A leading component.

The top edge of a sail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

38

noun

Meaning 38

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

A leading component.

The bow of a vessel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

39

noun

Meaning 39

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

A headland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

40

noun

Meaning 40

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

A title or heading in a book or other document.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: base, bottom, underside, foot, tail

41

noun

Meaning 41

A leader or expert.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, metonymically

Qualifier: social

Examples

  • I'd like to speak to the head of the department.
  • Police arrested the head of the gang in a raid last night.
  • He's (the) head of a project here.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boss, chief, leader

Antonyms: subordinate

42

noun

Meaning 42

A leader or expert.

The place of honor or command; the most important or foremost position; the front.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, metonymically, uncountable

Qualifier: social

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boss, chief, leader

Antonyms: subordinate

43

noun

Meaning 43

A leader or expert.

A headteacher.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, countable, metonymically, uncountable

Qualifier: social

Examples

  • I was called into the head's office to discuss my behaviour.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boss, chief, leader, headmaster, headmistress, principal

Antonyms: subordinate

44

noun

Meaning 44

A leader or expert.

A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, metonymically, slang, uncountable

Qualifier: social

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • Only true heads know this.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boss, chief, leader

Antonyms: subordinate

45

noun

Meaning 45

A leader or expert.

An old head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, metonymically, slang, uncountable

Qualifier: social; African-American Vernacular; African-American Vernacular

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boss, chief, leader

Antonyms: subordinate

46

noun

Meaning 46

A significant or important part.

A beginning or end, a protuberance.

The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The expedition followed the river all the way to the head.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

47

noun

Meaning 47

A significant or important part.

A beginning or end, a protuberance.

A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Give me a head of lettuce.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

48

noun

Meaning 48

A significant or important part.

A beginning or end, a protuberance.

A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.

An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

49

noun

Meaning 49

A significant or important part.

A beginning or end, a protuberance.

A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.

The leafy top part of a tree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

50

noun

Meaning 50

A significant or important part.

A beginning or end, a protuberance.

The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

51

noun

Meaning 51

A significant or important part.

A beginning or end, a protuberance.

The toilet of a ship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

Examples

  • I've got to go to the head.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: big white telephone, bog, can, commode, crapper, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny, head, highway to hell, jacks, jakes, john, khazi, latrine, lav, pisser, pooper, porcelain god, porcelain goddess, porcelain throne, pot, potty, privy, Quincy, shitcan, shitpot, shitter, stool, throne, toilet, toot, bathroom, necessarium, toilet room, urinal, water closet, WC, cloaca, closet, jacques, kocay, siege, cludgie, neddy, netty, shield, six, facilities, ladies and gentlemen, lavatory, lavabo, necessary, necessary room, office, office of ease, place, small room, smallest room, throne room, cottage, geography, House of Lords, usual offices, restroom, teahouse, tearoom, washroom, comfort room, CR, closet of decency, closet of ease, house of office, necessary place, purging place, vault, withdraught, wardrobe, urination station, carsey, karzy, lats, lavvy, loo, thunderbox, johnny, bogger, brasco, dike

Antonyms: none provided

52

noun

Meaning 52

A significant or important part.

A beginning or end, a protuberance.

Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

53

noun

Meaning 53

A significant or important part.

A component.

The principal melody or theme of a piece.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: jazz

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

54

noun

Meaning 54

A significant or important part.

A component.

A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • Holonym: phrase

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

55

noun

Meaning 55

A significant or important part.

A component.

The first fraction of a distillation run, having a low boiling point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foreshot

Antonyms: none provided

56

noun

Meaning 56

Headway; progress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • We are having a difficult time making head against this wind.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

57

noun

Meaning 57

Topic; subject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • We will consider performance issues under the head of future improvements.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

58

noun

Meaning 58

Denouement; crisis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, singular, uncountable

Examples

  • These issues are going to come to a head today.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

59

noun

Meaning 59

Pressure and energy.

A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: fluid-dynamics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • Let the engine build up a good head of steam.
  • How much head do you have at the Glens Falls feeder dam?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

60

noun

Meaning 60

Pressure and energy.

The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: fluid-dynamics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

61

noun

Meaning 61

Pressure and energy.

More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: fluid-dynamics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

62

noun

Meaning 62

Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable, vulgar

Examples

  • She gave great head.
  • Danny got head last night.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blowjob, brain, dome, head, mouth music, neck, Kirk

Antonyms: none provided

63

noun

Meaning 63

The glans penis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

64

noun

Meaning 64

A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

65

noun

Meaning 65

Power; armed force.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

66

verb

Meaning 66

To be in command of. (See also head up.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Who heads the board of trustees?
  • to head an army, an expedition, or a riot

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

67

verb

Meaning 67

To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • A group of clowns headed the procession.
  • The most important items headed the list.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

68

verb

Meaning 68

To strike with the head

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to head the ball

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

69

verb

Meaning 69

To move in a specified direction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • We are going to head up North for our holiday.
  • We will head off tomorrow.
  • Next holiday we will head out West, or head to Chicago.
  • Right now I need to head into town to do some shopping.
  • I'm fed up working for a boss. I'm going to head out on my own, set up my own business.
  • Where does the train head to?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seek, bear

Antonyms: none provided

70

verb

Meaning 70

To remove the head from (a fish).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: behead, dehead
  • The salmon are first headed and then scaled.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: behead, dehead

Antonyms: none provided

71

verb

Meaning 71

To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

72

verb

Meaning 72

To form a head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • This kind of cabbage heads early.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

73

verb

Meaning 73

To form a head (on or to); to fit or furnish (something) with a head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to head a nail

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

74

verb

Meaning 74

To cut off the top of; to lop off.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to head trees

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

75

verb

Meaning 75

To behead; to decapitate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

76

verb

Meaning 76

To go in front of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to head a drove of cattle
  • to head a person

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

77

verb

Meaning 77

To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

78

verb

Meaning 78

To check or restrain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

79

verb

Meaning 79

To set on the head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to head a cask

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

80

noun

Meaning 80

oral stimulation of the genitals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they say he gives good head

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oral sex

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: perversion, sexual perversion

Narrower terms: cunnilingus, cunnilinctus, fellatio, fellation, soixante-neuf, sixty-nine

81

noun

Meaning 81

a single domestic animal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 200 head of cattle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: domestic animal, domesticated animal

82

noun

Meaning 82

a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drumhead

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: membrane

83

noun

Meaning 83

a projection out from one end,

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the head of the nail
  • a pinhead is the head of a pin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: projection

Narrower terms: pinhead

84

noun

Meaning 84

(nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom

85

noun

Meaning 85

the striking part of a tool

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the head of the hammer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: striker

Narrower terms: golf-club head, club head, club-head, clubhead, hammerhead

86

noun

Meaning 86

(usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • call heads or tails!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: tail

Broader terms: obverse

87

noun

Meaning 87

(computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: read/write head

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coil

88

noun

Meaning 88

that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure

89

noun

Meaning 89

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he stuck his head out the window

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caput

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: external body part

Narrower terms: human head

90

noun

Meaning 90

the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the head of the humerus

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure

91

noun

Meaning 91

that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his mind wandered
  • I couldn't get his words out of my head

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mind, brain, psyche, nous

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cognition, knowledge, noesis

Narrower terms: noddle, tabula rasa, ego, unconscious mind, unconscious, subconscious mind, subconscious

92

noun

Meaning 92

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: head word

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: word

93

noun

Meaning 93

a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the heading seemed to have little to do with the text

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heading, header

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: line

Narrower terms: crossheading, crosshead, headline, newspaper headline, lemma, rubric, running head, running headline, subheading, subhead, title, statute title

94

noun

Meaning 94

the subject matter at issue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the question of disease merits serious discussion
  • under the head of minor Roman poets

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: question

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: subject, topic, theme

Narrower terms: problem, question of fact, matter of fact, question of law, matter of law

95

noun

Meaning 95

a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the point of the arrow was due north

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: point

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mark

96

noun

Meaning 96

forward movement

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the ship made little headway against the gale

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: headway

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: progress, progression, advance

97

noun

Meaning 97

a difficult juncture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a pretty pass
  • matters came to a head yesterday

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pass, straits

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: juncture, occasion

98

noun

Meaning 98

the front of a military formation or procession

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the head of the column advanced boldly
  • they were at the head of the attack

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: rear

Broader terms: formation

99

noun

Meaning 99

the source of water from which a stream arises

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they tracked him back toward the head of the stream

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fountainhead, headspring

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source

100

noun

Meaning 100

the part in the front or nearest the viewer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was in the forefront
  • he was at the head of the column

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: forefront

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: front, front end, forepart

101

noun

Meaning 101

the top of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the head of the stairs
  • the head of the page
  • the head of the list

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: foot

Broader terms: top

102

noun

Meaning 102

the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the beer had a large head of foam

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: foam, froth

103

noun

Meaning 103

a rounded compact mass

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the head of a comet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: object, physical object

104

noun

Meaning 104

a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: promontory, headland, foreland

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: natural elevation, elevation

Narrower terms: mull, point, Cape Horn, Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe, Cape Hatteras, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Cape Sable, Jebel Musa, Abila, Abyla

105

noun

Meaning 105

a user of (usually soft) drugs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the office was full of secret heads

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drug user, substance abuser, user

Narrower terms: acid head, hash head, pill head, pothead

106

noun

Meaning 106

a person who is in charge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the head of the whole operation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chief, top dog

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leader

Narrower terms: administrator, executive, decision maker, capo, department head, don, father, general, superior general, general manager, grand dragon, head of household, secretary

107

noun

Meaning 107

an individual person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tickets are $5 per head

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: individual

108

noun

Meaning 108

the educator who has executive authority for a school

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she sent unruly pupils to see the principal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: principal, school principal, head teacher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: educator, pedagogue, pedagog

Narrower terms: chancellor, headmaster, schoolmaster, master, headmistress

109

noun

Meaning 109

the pressure exerted by a fluid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a head of steam

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pressure, pressure level, force per unit area

110

noun

Meaning 110

a dense cluster of flowers or foliage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a head of cauliflower
  • a head of lettuce

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: capitulum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant organ

111

noun

Meaning 111

the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he is two heads taller than his little sister
  • his horse won by a head

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: linear unit, linear measure

112

noun

Meaning 112

the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: point, tip, peak

113

verb

Meaning 113

remove the head of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • head the fish

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw

114

verb

Meaning 114

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, guide, channelize, channelise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: control, command

Narrower terms: dock, sheer, pull over, helm, crab, navigate, stand out, starboard, conn, pilot, channel, canalize, canalise, corner, tree, park

115

verb

Meaning 115

to go or travel towards

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • where is she heading
  • We were headed for the mountains

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: proceed, go forward, continue

Narrower terms: take, make

116

verb

Meaning 116

travel in front of; go in advance of others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The procession was headed by John

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lead

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: precede, lead

Narrower terms: draw away

117

verb

Meaning 117

be in charge of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Who is heading this project?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lead

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: direct

Narrower terms: chair, chairman, captain, spearhead, take hold, take charge, take control

118

verb

Meaning 118

form a head or come or grow to a head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The wheat headed early this year

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: form

119

verb

Meaning 119

be in the front of or on top of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The list was headed by the name of the president

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lie

Narrower terms: surmount, crown

120

verb

Meaning 120

be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This student heads the class

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: head up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

121

verb

Meaning 121

take its rise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

History

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head From Middle English efd, had, hafd, heafd, hed, heed, hefet, heid, het, hevd, heved, hevid, hiede, hæfd, hæfedd, from Old English hēafod (“head; top; leader; origin”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”), from *kap- (“head; bowl, cup”). The modern word comes from Old English oblique stem hēafd-; the expected Modern English outcome for hēafod would be *heaved (similar to the Middle English word). Doublet of cape, capo, caput, chef, chief, and Howth. Cognates Cognate with Scots heid (“head”), Yola haade, hade, heade (“head”), North Frisian Haur, hood (“head”), Saterland Frisian Haud, Hööft (“head”), West Frisian haad (“head”), Alemannic German Haupt (“head”), Dutch hoofd (“head”), German Haupt, Häupt (“head”), Vilamovian hiöet, hiöt, huöt, huø̄t (“head”), Yiddish הויפּט (hoypt, “head”), Danish hode, hoved (“head”), Elfdalian ovuð (“head”), Faroese høvd, høvur (“head”), Icelandic höfuð (“head”), Jamtish huvu (“head”), Norwegian Bokmål hode, hue (“head”), Norwegian Nynorsk haud, hauv, hove, hovu, hovud, hue, huggu, hugu, hugud, huvu, huvud (“head”), Scanian huweð (“head”), Swedish hufvud, hufwud, huve, huvud, hövve (“head”), Crimean Gothic hoef (“head”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌳 (haubid), 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ, “head”); also Irish and Scottish Gaelic cuach (“bowl; dome (of head)”), Welsh cawg (“basin, bowl, vessel”), Latin capud, capus, caput (“head”), Greek κεφάλι (kefáli), κεφαλή (kefalí, “head”), Central Kurdish کاپۆڵ (kapoll, “skull”), Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull; bowl”).

From Middle English heed, from Old English hēafod- (“main”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubida-, derived from the noun *haubid (“head”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian hööft-, West Frisian haad-, Dutch hoofd-, German Low German höövd-, German haupt-.

Across languages

Translations

1388 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: but see на глава (na glava) — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Bulgarian: заглава (zaglava) — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Dutch: hoofd — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Esperanto: kapa — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Finnish: pää- — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • German: Kopf- — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • German: Haupt- — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Greek: κεφαλικός (kefalikós) — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Gujarati: માથુ (māthu) — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Hindi: सिर (sir) — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Hindi: मस्तक (mastak) — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Japanese: 頭の (atama no) — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Kabuverdianu: kabesa — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Latin: cacumen — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Latin: caput — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Khiamniungan Naga: khèu — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Norwegian: hode- — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Russian: головно́й (golovnój) — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Sanskrit: ककुद् (kakud) — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Slovak: hlavový — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Spanish: de cabeza — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Turkish: baş — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Turkish: kafa — of, relating to, or intended for the head
  • Bulgarian: челен (čelen) — foremost in rank or importance
  • Bulgarian: преден (preden) — foremost in rank or importance
  • Catalan: cap — foremost in rank or importance
  • Esperanto: ĉefa — foremost in rank or importance
  • Finnish: pää- — foremost in rank or importance
  • German: Haupt- — foremost in rank or importance
  • Swabian: Haubd- — foremost in rank or importance
  • Ancient Greek: ἀρχι- (arkhi-) — foremost in rank or importance
  • Hebrew: ראש (rosh) — foremost in rank or importance
  • Hebrew: ראשי — foremost in rank or importance
  • Hindi: प्रधान (pradhān) — foremost in rank or importance
  • Hindi: प्रमुख (pramukh) — foremost in rank or importance
  • Japanese: チーフ (chīfu) — foremost in rank or importance
  • Norwegian: hoved- — foremost in rank or importance
  • Portuguese: mor — foremost in rank or importance
  • Russian: гла́вный (glávnyj) — foremost in rank or importance
  • Slovak: hlavný — foremost in rank or importance
  • Slovene: gláven — foremost in rank or importance
  • Swedish: främst — foremost in rank or importance
  • Swedish: först — foremost in rank or importance
  • Bulgarian: преден (preden) — placed at the top or the front
  • Bulgarian: горен (goren) — placed at the top or the front
  • Esperanto: antaŭa — placed at the top or the front
  • Finnish: etu- — placed at the top or the front
  • Hebrew: ראש (rosh) — placed at the top or the front
  • Japanese: 先頭の (sentō no) — placed at the top or the front
  • Norwegian: leder- — placed at the top or the front
  • Norwegian: første — placed at the top or the front
  • Russian: пере́дний (perédnij) — placed at the top or the front
  • Russian: ве́рхний (vérxnij) — placed at the top or the front
  • Slovene: gláven — placed at the top or the front
  • Swedish: främst — placed at the top or the front
  • Swedish: först — placed at the top or the front
  • Bulgarian: насрещен (nasrešten) — coming from in front
  • Finnish: vasta- — coming from in front
  • Japanese: 向かい (mukai-) — coming from in front
  • Polish: czołowy — coming from in front
  • Portuguese: à cabeça — coming from in front
  • Russian: встре́чный (vstréčnyj) — coming from in front
  • Abau: makwe — part of the body
  • Abkhaz: ахы (axə) — part of the body
  • Acehnese: ulèe — part of the body
  • Adnyamathanha: vapardla — part of the body
  • Adnyamathanha: ngundi — part of the body
  • Afar: amo — part of the body
  • Afrikaans: kop — part of the body
  • Aguaruna: buuk — part of the body
  • Ahom: 𑜍𑜥 (rū) — part of the body
  • Ainu: サパ (sapa) — part of the body
  • Ainu: パケ (pake) — part of the body
  • Akan: ti — part of the body
  • Akawaio: puꞌpɨ — part of the body
  • Akkadian: 𒊕 (rēšu) — part of the body
  • Aklanon: ueo — part of the body
  • Alabama: isbakko — part of the body
  • Alawa: guɽuguɽu — part of the body
  • Albanian: kokë — part of the body
  • Albanian: krye — part of the body
  • Albanian: kaptinë — part of the body
  • Albanian: kri — part of the body
  • Northern Altai: паш (paš) — part of the body
  • Southern Altai: баш (baš) — part of the body
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 頭 (tsiburu) — part of the body
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 頭 (tsiburu) — part of the body
  • Amharic: ራስ (ras) — part of the body
  • Angaataha: mɨtɨho — part of the body
  • Chungli Ao: tekolak — part of the body
  • Apalaí: upuhpo — part of the body
  • Arabic: رَأْس (raʔs) — part of the body
  • Chadian Arabic: راس (rās) — part of the body
  • Arabic: راس (rās) — part of the body
  • Arabic: دماغ (demāḡ) — part of the body
  • Arabic: راس (rās) — part of the body
  • Arabic: راس (rās) — part of the body
  • Iraqi Arabic: راس (rās) — part of the body
  • Juba Arabic: ras — part of the body
  • Arabic: راس (rās) — part of the body
  • Arabic: راس (rās) — part of the body
  • Sudanese Arabic: راس (rās) — part of the body
  • Aragonese: capeza — part of the body
  • Aramaic: רישא (rēšā) — part of the body
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܹܝܫܵܐ (rēšā) — part of the body
  • Aramaic: ܪܝܫܐ (rēšā) — part of the body
  • Turoyo: ܪܝܫܳܐ (rišo) — part of the body
  • Turoyo: ܪܶܫܳܐ (rešo) — part of the body
  • Archi: картӏи (kartʼi) — part of the body
  • Armenian: գլուխ (glux) — part of the body
  • Aromanian: cap — part of the body
  • Assamese: মূৰ (mur) — part of the body
  • Assamese: মাথা (matha) — part of the body
  • Asturian: cabeza — part of the body
  • Asturian: tiesta — part of the body
  • Avar: бекӏер (bekʼer) — part of the body
  • Avar: бетӏер (betʼer) — part of the body
  • Azerbaijani: baş — part of the body
  • Bactrian: σαρο (saro) — part of the body
  • West Coast Bajau: tekook — part of the body
  • Bakhtiari: سر (sar) — part of the body
  • Balantak: takala' — part of the body
  • Balinese: endas — part of the body
  • Baluchi: سر (sar) — part of the body
  • Baluchi: سرگ (sarag) — part of the body
  • Bambara: kun — part of the body
  • Bambara: kunkolo — part of the body
  • Barngarla: gaga — part of the body
  • Bashkir: баш (baş) — part of the body
  • Basque: buru — part of the body
  • Basque: kasko — part of the body
  • Basque: gazta — part of the body
  • Bauwaki: awara — part of the body
  • Belarusian: галава́ (halavá) — part of the body
  • Bemba: umutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Bengali: মাথা (matha) — part of the body
  • Bhojpuri: कपार (kapār) — part of the body
  • Bhojpuri: मुड़ी (muṛī) — part of the body
  • Big Nambas: pət — part of the body
  • Central Bikol: payo — part of the body
  • Bole: ko — part of the body
  • Bole: koyi — part of the body
  • Boloki: motó — part of the body
  • Borôro: aora — part of the body
  • Bouyei: jauc — part of the body
  • Bouyei: ndagtjauc — part of the body
  • Breton: penn — part of the body
  • Breton: pennoù — part of the body
  • Budukh: кьыл (qʼıl) — part of the body
  • Buginese: mene — part of the body
  • Bulgarian: глава́ (glavá) — part of the body
  • Burmese: ခေါင်း (hkaung:) — part of the body
  • Buryat: толгай (tolgaj) — part of the body
  • Carpathian Rusyn: голова́ (holová) — part of the body
  • Catalan: cap — part of the body
  • Catalan: testa — part of the body
  • Catalan: closca — part of the body
  • Cebuano: ulo — part of the body
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵇⵕⵕⵓ (aqṛṛu) — part of the body
  • Chamicuro: kashki — part of the body
  • Chechen: корта (korta) — part of the body
  • Chepang: तालाङ् — part of the body
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎪᎵ (asgoli) — part of the body
  • Chichewa: mutú — part of the body
  • Chickasaw: ishkobo — part of the body
  • Tedim Chin: lu — part of the body
  • Chinese Cantonese: 頭 /头 (tau4) — part of the body
  • Chinese: ту (tu) — part of the body
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 頭 /头 (tàu) — part of the body
  • Gan Chinese: 頭 /头 (teu2) — part of the body
  • Hakka Chinese: 頭那 /头那 (thèu-nà) — part of the body
  • Chinese: 頭 /头 (thâu) — part of the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頭 /头 (tóu) — part of the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頭腦 /头脑 (tóunǎo) — part of the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腦袋 /脑袋 — part of the body
  • Wu Chinese: 頭 /头 — part of the body
  • Xiang Chinese: 腦殼 /脑壳 (lau3 ko6) — part of the body
  • Chuabo: murru class 3 — part of the body
  • Chuvash: пуҫ (puś) — part of the body
  • West Circassian: шъхьэ (ŝḥɛ) — part of the body
  • Cornish: penn — part of the body
  • Corsican: capu — part of the body
  • Crimean Tatar: baş — part of the body
  • Cypriot Greek: κκελλέ (kkellé) — part of the body
  • Czech: hlava — part of the body
  • Old Czech: hlava — part of the body
  • Dalmatian: cup — part of the body
  • Danish: hoved — part of the body
  • Darkinjung: kamburung — part of the body
  • Dharug: gabara — part of the body
  • Dolgan: бас (bas) — part of the body
  • Dongxiang: qierun — part of the body
  • Doromu-Koki: ada — part of the body
  • Drung: u — part of the body
  • Drung: vng'u — part of the body
  • Dutch: hoofd — part of the body
  • Dutch: kop — part of the body
  • Old Dutch: hōvit — part of the body
  • East Nyala: omuchwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Egyptian: tp:Z1 (tp) — part of the body
  • Egyptian: DA-DA-D1:Z1 (ḏꜣḏꜣ) — part of the body
  • Elfdalian: ovuð — part of the body
  • Elfdalian: skolle — part of the body
  • Enga: ayomba — part of the body
  • Erzya: пря (pŕa) — part of the body
  • Esperanto: kapo — part of the body
  • Estonian: pea — part of the body
  • Even: дыл (dil) — part of the body
  • Evenki: дыл (dil) — part of the body
  • Ewe: ta — part of the body
  • Extremaduran: cabeça — part of the body
  • Farefare: zuugo — part of the body
  • Faroese: høvd — part of the body
  • Faroese: høvur — part of the body
  • Fataluku: cau — part of the body
  • Finnish: pää — part of the body
  • Finnish: lanttu — part of the body
  • Finongan: kaligubang — part of the body
  • French: tête — part of the body
  • Old French: teste — part of the body
  • Old French: chief — part of the body
  • North Frisian: hood — part of the body
  • North Frisian: hääd — part of the body
  • North Frisian: haud (Karrharde) — part of the body
  • North Frisian: Haur — part of the body
  • North Frisian: hoor — part of the body
  • Old Frisian: hāved — part of the body
  • Old Frisian: hāfd — part of the body
  • Saterland Frisian: Kop — part of the body
  • West-Frisian: holle — part of the body
  • West-Frisian: kop — part of the body
  • Friulian: cjâf — part of the body
  • Friulian: čhâv — part of the body
  • Fula: hoore — part of the body
  • Gagauz: baş — part of the body
  • Galician: cabeza — part of the body
  • Galician: testa — part of the body
  • Galician: cachola — part of the body
  • Galician: crisma — part of the body
  • Ge'ez: ርእስ (rəʾs) — part of the body
  • Georgian: თავი (tavi) — part of the body
  • German: Kopf — part of the body
  • German: Haupt — part of the body
  • German: Chopf — part of the body
  • German: Näggel — part of the body
  • Old High German: houbit — part of the body
  • Geser-Gorom: iloe — part of the body
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ) — part of the body
  • Greek: κεφάλι (kefáli) — part of the body
  • Ancient Greek: κεφαλή (kephalḗ) — part of the body
  • Ancient Greek: κάρα (kára) — part of the body
  • Cappadocian Greek: κιφάλ (kifál) — part of the body
  • Pontic Greek: τσουφάλι (tsoufáli) — part of the body
  • Tsakonian: τζουφά (tzoufá) — part of the body
  • Greenlandic: niaqoq — part of the body
  • Mbya Guarani: akã — part of the body
  • Paraguayan Guarani: akã — part of the body
  • Gungu: mu̱twe class 3 — part of the body
  • Gusii: omotwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Guugu Yimidhirr: ngaabaay — part of the body
  • Guugu Yimidhirr: gambuugu — part of the body
  • Guugu Yimidhirr: gudyiir — part of the body
  • Gwere: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Haitian Creole: tèt — part of the body
  • Hanga: zu — part of the body
  • Harsusi: ḥerih — part of the body
  • Hausa: kai — part of the body
  • Hawaiian: poʻo — part of the body
  • Haya: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Hebrew: רֹאשׁ (rosh) — part of the body
  • Hehe: umutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Higaonon: ulo — part of the body
  • Hiligaynon: ulo — part of the body
  • Hindi: सिर (sir) — part of the body
  • Hindi: सर (sar) — part of the body
  • Hindi: खोपड़ी (khopṛī) — part of the body
  • Hindi: कपाल (kapāl) — part of the body
  • White Hmong: taub haub — part of the body
  • Hungarian: fej — part of the body
  • Hunsrik: Kopp — part of the body
  • Icelandic: höfuð — part of the body
  • Icelandic: haus — part of the body
  • Ido: kapo — part of the body
  • Ikizu: umutwɨ class 3 — part of the body
  • Ikoma: omutu class 3 — part of the body
  • Ilocano: ulo — part of the body
  • Indonesian: kepala — part of the body
  • Indonesian: hulu — part of the body
  • Ingrian: pää — part of the body
  • Ingush: корта (korta) — part of the body
  • Interlingua: capite — part of the body
  • Inuktitut: ᓂᐊᖁᖅ (niaqoq) — part of the body
  • Iranun: ulu — part of the body
  • Irish: ceann — part of the body
  • Middle Irish: cenn — part of the body
  • Old Irish: cenn — part of the body
  • Istriot: capo — part of the body
  • Istriot: tiesta — part of the body
  • Italian: testa — part of the body
  • Italian: capo — part of the body
  • Iu Mien: m'nqorngv — part of the body
  • Japanese: 頭 (atama) — part of the body
  • Japanese: 頭 (kashira) — part of the body
  • Japanese: 頭部 (tōbu) — part of the body
  • Japanese: 頭 (kōbe) — part of the body
  • Jarai: akŏ — part of the body
  • Javanese: endhas — part of the body
  • Javanese: sirah — part of the body
  • Javanese: mustaka — part of the body
  • Jeju: 머리 (meori) — part of the body
  • Jita: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Kabuverdianu: kabesa — part of the body
  • Kabwa: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Kaingang: krĩ — part of the body
  • Kaitag: бекӏ (beḳ) — part of the body
  • Kaki Ae: aro — part of the body
  • Kalmyk: толһа (tolğa) — part of the body
  • Kamasau: ngawu — part of the body
  • Kannada: ತಲೆ (tale) — part of the body
  • Kanuri: kǝlâ — part of the body
  • Kapampangan: ulu — part of the body
  • Kapampangan: buntuk — part of the body
  • Karachay-Balkar: баш (baş) — part of the body
  • Kashubian: głowa — part of the body
  • Kaurna: mukarta — part of the body
  • Kazakh: бас (bas) — part of the body
  • Kazakh: кәллә (källä) — part of the body
  • Ket: kajga — part of the body
  • Khakas: пас (pas) — part of the body
  • Northern Khanty: өк (øk) — part of the body
  • Khinalug: микӏир (miḳir) — part of the body
  • Khmer: ក្បាល (kbaal) — part of the body
  • Khoekhoe: danas — part of the body
  • Kibena: umutuwe class 3 — part of the body
  • K'iche': jolom — part of the body
  • K'iche': aj — part of the body
  • Kikuyu: kĩongo — part of the body
  • Kikuyu: mũtwe — part of the body
  • Kituba: yintu — part of the body
  • Komi-Permyak: юр (jur) — part of the body
  • Komi-Zyrian: юр (jur) — part of the body
  • Kongo: n'tu — part of the body
  • Kongo: ntu — part of the body
  • Konkani: मात्ते (mātte) — part of the body
  • Korean: 머리 (meori) — part of the body
  • Koryak: лэвʼыт (lewət) — part of the body
  • Kumyk: баш (baş) — part of the body
  • Kunigami: ちぶる (chiburu) — part of the body
  • Central Kurdish: سەر (ser) — part of the body
  • Northern Kurdish: ser — part of the body
  • Kwanyama: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Kyrgyz: баш (baş) — part of the body
  • Lala-Bisa: umutwi class 3 — part of the body
  • Lambya: umutu class 3 — part of the body
  • Lao: ຫົວ (hūa) — part of the body
  • Latgalian: golva — part of the body
  • Latin: caput — part of the body
  • Latvian: galva — part of the body
  • Laz: თი (ti) — part of the body
  • Lezgi: кьил (q̇il) — part of the body
  • Ligurian: tésta — part of the body
  • Limburgish: kop — part of the body
  • Lingala: motó — part of the body
  • Lingala: moto — part of the body
  • Linngithigh: aran — part of the body
  • Lithuanian: galvà — part of the body
  • Lombard: testa — part of the body
  • Lomwe: muru class 3 — part of the body
  • Low German: Höövd — part of the body
  • Low German: Kopp — part of the body
  • Low German: Kopp — part of the body
  • Low German: Kupp — part of the body
  • : ᦷᦠ (ḣo) — part of the body
  • Luganda: omutwe — part of the body
  • Luhya: kumurwe — part of the body
  • Luo: wich — part of the body
  • Lushootseed: sx̌əy̓us — part of the body
  • Lutuv: luv — part of the body
  • Luxembourgish: Kapp — part of the body
  • Maasai: elukunya — part of the body
  • Macedonian: глава (glava) — part of the body
  • Maguindanao: ulu — part of the body
  • Mailu: moru — part of the body
  • Makasae: da'e — part of the body
  • Makasar: ulu — part of the body
  • Makhuwa-Meetto: muru class 3 — part of the body
  • Makhuwa-Shirima: muru class 3 — part of the body
  • Malagasy: loha — part of the body
  • Malawi Lomwe: muru class 3 — part of the body
  • Malay: kepala — part of the body
  • Malay: hulu — part of the body
  • Malayalam: തല (tala) — part of the body
  • Maltese: ras — part of the body
  • Manchu: ᡠᠵᡠ (uju) — part of the body
  • Mandinka: kuŋo — part of the body
  • Mansaka: oro — part of the body
  • Manx: kione — part of the body
  • Māori: upoko — part of the body
  • Māori: uru — part of the body
  • Māori: māhunga — part of the body
  • Māori: māhuna — part of the body
  • Māori: mātenga — part of the body
  • Māori: pane — part of the body
  • Mapudungun: logko — part of the body
  • Maranao: kapala — part of the body
  • Maranao: olo — part of the body
  • Marathi: डोके (ḍoke) — part of the body
  • Eastern Mari: вуй (vuj) — part of the body
  • Maria: ada — part of the body
  • Marshallese: bar — part of the body
  • Central Masela: oke — part of the body
  • Mauritian Creole: latet — part of the body
  • Mbalanhu: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Megleno-Romanian: cap — part of the body
  • Central Melanau: ulew — part of the body
  • Middle English: heed — part of the body
  • Minangkabau: kapalo — part of the body
  • Mingrelian: დუდი (dudi) — part of the body
  • Miyako: カナマい (kanamay) — part of the body
  • Moksha: пря (prä) — part of the body
  • Mongolian: толгой (tolgoj) — part of the body
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠢ (toluɣai) — part of the body
  • Moore: zúgù — part of the body
  • Muinane: nígaɨ — part of the body
  • Muna: fotu — part of the body
  • Mwani: kiswa — part of the body
  • Classical Nahuatl: cuāitl — part of the body
  • Classical Nahuatl: tzontecomatl — part of the body
  • Nanai: дили (ʒili) — part of the body
  • Nanticoke: neelahammon — part of the body
  • Navajo: bitsiiʼ — part of the body
  • Navajo: atsiiʼ — part of the body
  • Navajo: atsiitsʼiin — part of the body
  • Ndonga: omutse class 3 — part of the body
  • Neapolitan: capa — part of the body
  • Neapolitan: capuzzèlla — part of the body
  • Neapolitan: capucchióne — part of the body
  • Neapolitan: càpa — part of the body
  • Nepali: टाउको (ṭāuko) — part of the body
  • Nepali: शिर (śira) — part of the body
  • Ngadjuri: akadi — part of the body
  • Ngarrindjeri: kuli — part of the body
  • Nheengatu: akanga — part of the body
  • Niuean: ulu — part of the body
  • Nivkh: тёӈр̌ (țoŋř) — part of the body
  • Nkonya: nwun — part of the body
  • Nkoya: mutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Nogai: бас (bas) — part of the body
  • Norman: tête — part of the body
  • Northern Emberá: boro — part of the body
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hode — part of the body
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hovud — part of the body
  • Nottoway-Meherrin: setarake — part of the body
  • Nukunu: kakarti — part of the body
  • Nuosu: ꀂꏾ (i qi) — part of the body
  • Nyamwanga: umutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Nyankole: omutwe — part of the body
  • Nyole (Uganda): omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Nyoro: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Nǀuu: nǀaa — part of the body
  • Occitan: cap — part of the body
  • Occitan: tèsta — part of the body
  • Odia: ଶିର (śira) — part of the body
  • Ojibwe: nishtigwaan — part of the body
  • Okinawan: 頭 (chiburu) — part of the body
  • Okinoerabu: 頭 (chiburu) — part of the body
  • Church Slavic: глава (glava) — part of the body
  • Church Slavic: ⰳⰾⰰⰲⰰ (glava) — part of the body
  • Old East Slavic: голова (golova) — part of the body
  • Old English: hēafod — part of the body
  • Old English: hafela — part of the body
  • Old Norse: hǫfuð — part of the body
  • Old Prussian: gallū — part of the body
  • Old Prussian: galwo — part of the body
  • Old Tupi: akanga — part of the body
  • Old Tupi: 'a — part of the body
  • Oromo: mataa — part of the body
  • Ossetian: сӕр (sær) — part of the body
  • Pacoh: plô — part of the body
  • Pangasinan: olo — part of the body
  • Pannonian Rusyn: глава (hlava) — part of the body
  • Papiamentu: kabes — part of the body
  • Pawnee: paksuʼ — part of the body
  • Pennsylvania German: Kopp — part of the body
  • Dari: سَر (sar) — part of the body
  • Iranian Persian: سَر (sar) — part of the body
  • Iranian Persian: کَلِّه (kalle) — part of the body
  • Phoenician: 𐤓𐤀𐤔 — part of the body
  • Pijin: hed — part of the body
  • Pitjantjatjara: kata — part of the body
  • Plautdietsch: Kopp (nds) — part of the body
  • Plautdietsch: Haupt — part of the body
  • Polabian: glåvă — part of the body
  • Polish: głowa — part of the body
  • Portuguese: cabeça — part of the body
  • Powhatan: mendabuccah — part of the body
  • Purepecha: éjpu — part of the body
  • Quechua: uma — part of the body
  • Rapa Nui: pū'oko — part of the body
  • Rejang Kayan: kuhung — part of the body
  • Réunion Creole French: tèt — part of the body
  • Rohingya: matá — part of the body
  • Romani: śero — part of the body
  • Romanian: cap — part of the body
  • Romansh: chau — part of the body
  • Russian: голова́ (golová) — part of the body
  • Russian: глава́ (glavá) — part of the body
  • Russian: башка́ (bašká) — part of the body
  • Ruuli: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Rwanda-Rundi: umutwe — part of the body
  • Rwanda-Rundi: imitwe — part of the body
  • Saanich: S₭OṈI ̧ — part of the body
  • Saanich: S₭ELOṈI ̧ — part of the body
  • Saho: amo — part of the body
  • Inari-Sami: uáivi — part of the body
  • Northern Sami: oaivi — part of the body
  • Skolt-Sami: vuei ́vv — part of the body
  • Southern Sami: åejjie — part of the body
  • Samoan: ulu — part of the body
  • Samogitian: galva — part of the body
  • Sango: li — part of the body
  • Sanskrit: शिरस् (śíras) — part of the body
  • Sanskrit: शिर (śira) — part of the body
  • Santali: ᱵᱚᱦᱚᱜ (bôhôk’) — part of the body
  • Sardinian: conca — part of the body
  • Savosavo: batu — part of the body
  • Scots: heid — part of the body
  • Scots: pow — part of the body
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceann — part of the body
  • Nafaanra: ndra — part of the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: гла́ва — part of the body
  • Serbo-Croatian: gláva — part of the body
  • Shan: ႁူဝ် (hǒ) — part of the body
  • Sherpa: མགོའ (mgo') — part of the body
  • Shor: паш (paş) — part of the body
  • Sicilian: testa — part of the body
  • Sicilian: capa — part of the body
  • Sidamo: umo — part of the body
  • Sindhi: سر (siru) — part of the body
  • Sinhalese: ඔළුව (oḷuwa) — part of the body
  • Slovak: hlava — part of the body
  • Slovene: glava — part of the body
  • Slovene: buča — part of the body
  • Soga: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Somali: madax — part of the body
  • Lower Sorbian: głowa — part of the body
  • Upper Sorbian: hłowa — part of the body
  • Sotho: hlooho — part of the body
  • Spanish: cabeza — part of the body
  • Spanish: chola — part of the body
  • Spanish: coco — part of the body
  • Spanish: maceta — part of the body
  • Spanish: marote — part of the body
  • Spanish: melón — part of the body
  • Spanish: sabiola — part of the body
  • Spanish: sesera — part of the body
  • Spanish: tarro — part of the body
  • Spanish: testa — part of the body
  • Spanish: colodrillo — part of the body
  • Spanish: shola — part of the body
  • Old Spanish: cabeça — part of the body
  • Sranan Tongo: ede — part of the body
  • Stoney: pa — part of the body
  • Suba: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Suba-Simbiti: omotwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Sumerian: 𒊕 — part of the body
  • Sundanese: mastaka — part of the body
  • Svan: თხვიმ (txvim) — part of the body
  • Swahili: kichwa — part of the body
  • Swedish: huvud — part of the body
  • Swedish: skalle — part of the body
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠕꠣ (matá) — part of the body
  • Tagalog: ulo — part of the body
  • Tahitian: uru — part of the body
  • Tai Dam: ꪬꪺ (hua) — part of the body
  • Tai Dón: ꪬꪺ (ho) — part of the body
  • Tajik: сар (sar) — part of the body
  • Tajik: калла (kalla) — part of the body
  • Tajio: vaꞌi — part of the body
  • Takwane: muru class 3 — part of the body
  • Talinga-Bwisi: mutuwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Talysh: sə — part of the body
  • Talysh: سر (sar) — part of the body
  • Tamil: தலை (talai) — part of the body
  • Taos: pʼínemą — part of the body
  • Tarantino: capa — part of the body
  • Tarifit: ixf — part of the body
  • Tarifit: azeǧǧif — part of the body
  • Tarifit: azellif — part of the body
  • Tashelhit: agayyu — part of the body
  • Tashelhit: ixf — part of the body
  • Tat: sər — part of the body
  • Tat: kəllə — part of the body
  • Tatar: баш (baş) — part of the body
  • Tausug: ū — part of the body
  • Teke-Tege: otswi — part of the body
  • Telugu: తల (tala) — part of the body
  • Ternate: dopolo — part of the body
  • Tetum: ulun — part of the body
  • Thai: หัว (hǔua) — part of the body
  • Thai: ศีรษะ (sǐi-sà) — part of the body
  • Northern Thai: ᩉ᩠ᩅᩫ (hua) — part of the body
  • Tibetan: མགོ (mgo) — part of the body
  • Tibetan: དབུ (dbu) — part of the body
  • Tigrinya: ርእሲ (rəʾsi) — part of the body
  • Tinrin: ô — part of the body
  • Tocharian B: āśce — part of the body
  • Tofa: баъш (bàş) — part of the body
  • Tok Pisin: het — part of the body
  • Tonga (Malawi): mutu class 3 — part of the body
  • Tongan: ʻulu — part of the body
  • Tsou: fnguu — part of the body
  • Tuareg: eɣăf — part of the body
  • Tumbuka: mutu — part of the body
  • Tupinambá: akanga — part of the body
  • Turkish: baş — part of the body
  • Turkish: kafa — part of the body
  • Ottoman Turkish: باش (baş) — part of the body
  • Ottoman Turkish: رأس (re’s) — part of the body
  • Ottoman Turkish: سر (ser) — part of the body
  • Ottoman Turkish: كله (kelle) — part of the body
  • Ottoman Turkish: قفا (kafâ) — part of the body
  • Turkmen: kelle baş — part of the body
  • Tutelo: pasui — part of the body
  • Tuvan: баш (baş) — part of the body
  • Tzotzil: jolol — part of the body
  • Udi: бул (bul) — part of the body
  • Udmurt: йыр (jyr) — part of the body
  • Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎛𐎌 — part of the body
  • Ukrainian: голова́ (holová) — part of the body
  • Unami: wil — part of the body
  • Urdu: سِر (sir) — part of the body
  • Urdu: سَر (sar) — part of the body
  • Uyghur: باش (bash) — part of the body
  • Uzbek: bosh — part of the body
  • Uzbek: kalla — part of the body
  • Venetan: testa — part of the body
  • Venetan: cao — part of the body
  • Venetan: cavo — part of the body
  • Vietnamese: đầu — part of the body
  • Volapük: kap — part of the body
  • Walloon: tiesse — part of the body
  • Wanga: omurwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Warlpiri: walu — part of the body
  • Welsh: pen — part of the body
  • Winnebago: nąąsu — part of the body
  • Woiwurrung: gawang — part of the body
  • Wolaytta: huuphiya — part of the body
  • Wolof: boopa — part of the body
  • Wutunhua: dolo — part of the body
  • Xhosa: intloko — part of the body
  • Yaeyama: 頭 — part of the body
  • Yaghnobi: сар (sar) — part of the body
  • Yakut: бас (bas) — part of the body
  • Yakut: тебе (tebe) — part of the body
  • Yao (Africa): mtwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Yiddish: קאָפּ (kop) — part of the body
  • Yonaguni: みんぶる (minburu) — part of the body
  • Yoron: 頭 (chiburu) — part of the body
  • Yoron: ふらじ (furazi) — part of the body
  • Yoruba: orí — part of the body
  • Yucatec Maya: pool — part of the body
  • Yucatec Maya: joʼol — part of the body
  • Yurok: mohlkwoh — part of the body
  • Zazaki: sere (diq) — part of the body
  • Zealandic: 'oôd — part of the body
  • Zemba: omutwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Zhuang: gyaeuj — part of the body
  • Zhuang: gyəuз — part of the body
  • Zinza: omútwe class 3 — part of the body
  • Zou: lu — part of the body
  • Zulu: ikhanda — part of the body
  • Zulu: inhloko — part of the body
  • ǃXóõ: nàn — part of the body
  • Basque: buru — mental aptitude or skill
  • Catalan: seny — mental aptitude or skill
  • Catalan: cap — mental aptitude or skill
  • Finnish: pää — mental aptitude or skill
  • Finnish: nenä — mental aptitude or skill
  • Finnish: vainu — mental aptitude or skill
  • French: dispositions — mental aptitude or skill
  • French: aptitudes — mental aptitude or skill
  • Galician: cabeza — mental aptitude or skill
  • Greek: κεφάλι (kefáli) — mental aptitude or skill
  • Greek: μυαλό (myaló) — mental aptitude or skill
  • Italian: testa — mental aptitude or skill
  • Japanese: 頭 (atama) — mental aptitude or skill
  • Japanese: 頭脳 (zunō) — mental aptitude or skill
  • Kabuverdianu: kabesa — mental aptitude or skill
  • Korean: 머리 (meori) — mental aptitude or skill
  • Korean: 두뇌 (dunoe) — mental aptitude or skill
  • Marathi: डोके (ḍoke) — mental aptitude or skill
  • Neapolitan: capa — mental aptitude or skill
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hode — mental aptitude or skill
  • Norwegian Bokmål: evne — mental aptitude or skill
  • Polish: głowa — mental aptitude or skill
  • Portuguese: cabeça — mental aptitude or skill
  • Russian: голова́ (golová) — mental aptitude or skill
  • Russian: мозг (mozg) — mental aptitude or skill
  • Slovak: hlava — mental aptitude or skill
  • Slovak: bunky — mental aptitude or skill
  • Swedish: huvud — mental aptitude or skill
  • Swedish: förmåga — mental aptitude or skill
  • Tashelhit: agayyu — mental aptitude or skill
  • Albanian: mendimet — mind; one's own thoughts
  • Catalan: cap — mind; one's own thoughts
  • Finnish: pää — mind; one's own thoughts
  • Finnish: mieli — mind; one's own thoughts
  • Marathi: डोके (ḍoke) — mind; one's own thoughts
  • Eastern Mari: вуй (vuj) — mind; one's own thoughts
  • Middle English: heed — mind; one's own thoughts
  • Polish: głowa — mind; one's own thoughts
  • Slovak: hlava — mind; one's own thoughts
  • Albanian: krye — individual person
  • Arabic: رَئِيس (raʔīs) — individual person
  • Arabic: رَئِيسَة (raʔīsa) — individual person
  • Belarusian: галава́ (halavá) — individual person
  • Bulgarian: глава́ (glavá) — individual person
  • Catalan: cap — individual person
  • Czech: hlava — individual person
  • Finnish: pää — individual person
  • Middle English: heed — individual person
  • Dari: رَئِیس — individual person
  • Iranian Persian: رَئیس (ra'is) — individual person
  • Russian: глава́ (glavá) — individual person
  • Slovak: hlava — individual person
  • Tajik: сардор (sardor) — individual person
  • Ottoman Turkish: رئیس (reʼis) — individual person
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوجه (koca) — individual person
  • Ukrainian: голова́ (holová) — individual person
  • Urdu: رَئِیس — individual person
  • Albanian: kokë — measure word for livestock and game
  • Albanian: kren — measure word for livestock and game
  • Catalan: cap — measure word for livestock and game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 頭 /头 (tóu) — measure word for livestock and game
  • Finnish: pää — measure word for livestock and game
  • Galician: res — measure word for livestock and game
  • Indonesian: ekor — measure word for livestock and game
  • Ingrian: pää — measure word for livestock and game
  • Japanese: 頭 (kashira) — measure word for livestock and game
  • Korean: 마리 (mari) — measure word for livestock and game
  • Maltese: ras — measure word for livestock and game
  • Polish: pogłowie — measure word for livestock and game
  • Portuguese: cabeça — measure word for livestock and game
  • Russian: голова́ (golová) — measure word for livestock and game
  • Russian: поголо́вье (pogolóvʹje) — measure word for livestock and game
  • Spanish: res — measure word for livestock and game
  • Ottoman Turkish: رأس (res) — measure word for livestock and game
  • Vietnamese: con — measure word for livestock and game
  • Catalan: cap — population of game
  • Finnish: kanta — population of game
  • Albanian: kryesor — topmost or leading part
  • Arabic: رَأْس (raʔs) — topmost or leading part
  • Armenian: գլուխ (glux) — topmost or leading part
  • Belarusian: вяршы́ня (vjaršýnja) — topmost or leading part
  • Belarusian: вярху́шка (vjarxúška) — topmost or leading part
  • Belarusian: верх (vjerx) — topmost or leading part
  • Bulgarian: го́рница (górnica) — topmost or leading part
  • Catalan: punta — topmost or leading part
  • Chinese Mandarin: 開頭 /开头 (kāitóu) — topmost or leading part
  • Dutch: hoofd — topmost or leading part
  • Farefare: zuugo — topmost or leading part
  • Finnish: pää — topmost or leading part
  • Finnish: yläosa — topmost or leading part
  • Finnish: etuosa — topmost or leading part
  • Finnish: kärki — topmost or leading part
  • French: bout — topmost or leading part
  • German: Spitze — topmost or leading part
  • German: Oberende — topmost or leading part
  • German: Kopf — topmost or leading part
  • German: Dach — topmost or leading part
  • Greek: κεφαλή (kefalí) — topmost or leading part
  • Greek: κεφάλι (kefáli) — topmost or leading part
  • Hindi: शीर्ष (śīrṣ) — topmost or leading part
  • Japanese: 頭 (atama) — topmost or leading part
  • Japanese: 冒頭 (bōtō) — topmost or leading part
  • Low German: Topp — topmost or leading part
  • Low German: Tipp — topmost or leading part
  • Low German: Tippel — topmost or leading part
  • Low German: Tippen — topmost or leading part
  • Māori: hukitau — topmost or leading part
  • Marshallese: bar — topmost or leading part
  • Middle English: heed — topmost or leading part
  • Norwegian Bokmål: topp — topmost or leading part
  • Iranian Persian: سَر (sar) — topmost or leading part
  • Iranian Persian: فَراز (farâz) — topmost or leading part
  • Iranian Persian: نوک (nuk) — topmost or leading part
  • Portuguese: cabeça — topmost or leading part
  • Russian: верши́на (veršína) — topmost or leading part
  • Russian: верх (verx) — topmost or leading part
  • Russian: верху́шка (verxúška) — topmost or leading part
  • Sanskrit: शिरस् (śíras) — topmost or leading part
  • Sanskrit: शिर (śira) — topmost or leading part
  • Spanish: punta — topmost or leading part
  • Swedish: spets — topmost or leading part
  • Swedish: topp — topmost or leading part
  • Swedish: övre ända — topmost or leading part
  • Swedish: huvud — topmost or leading part
  • Telugu: శీర్షము (śīrṣamu) — topmost or leading part
  • Ukrainian: верши́на (veršýna) — topmost or leading part
  • Ukrainian: верхови́на (verxovýna) — topmost or leading part
  • Ukrainian: верхі́вка (verxívka) — topmost or leading part
  • Ukrainian: верхі́в'я (verxívʺja) — topmost or leading part
  • Ukrainian: верх (verx) — topmost or leading part
  • Zazaki: šersıq — topmost or leading part
  • Catalan: cap — end of a table
  • Finnish: pää — end of a table
  • Polish: szczyt — end of a table
  • Russian: глава́ (glavá) — end of a table
  • Yiddish: אויבנאָן (oybnon) — end of a table
  • Finnish: pää — end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance
  • Finnish: pää — principal operative part of a machine or tool
  • Middle English: heed — principal operative part of a machine or tool
  • Basque: buru — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Belarusian: гало́ўка (halówka) — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Catalan: cap — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Dutch: kop — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Finnish: pää — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Finnish: terä — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • French: tête — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • German: Kopf — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Hindi: माथा (māthā) — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Japanese: 頭 (atama) — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Central Kurdish: سەر (ser) — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Northern Kurdish: ser — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Lithuanian: galva — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Māori: kiko — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Middle English: heed — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hode — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Polish: główka — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Polish: bijak — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Portuguese: cabeça — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Russian: голо́вка (golóvka) — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Spanish: cabeza — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Swedish: huvud — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Ukrainian: голо́вка (holóvka) — end of hammer, axe, golf club etc.
  • Belarusian: гало́ўка (halówka) — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Catalan: cabota — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Czech: hlava — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Finnish: kanta — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • French: tête — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • German: Kopf — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Hebrew: שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (shoshaná) — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Hindi: माथा (māthā) — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Icelandic: höfuð — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Japanese: 頭 (atama) — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Central Kurdish: سەر (ser) — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Northern Kurdish: ser — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Lithuanian: galvutė — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Māori: peru — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Middle English: heed — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hode — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Polish: główka — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Portuguese: cabeça — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Romanian: cap — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Russian: голо́вка (golóvka) — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Slovak: hlavička — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Spanish: cabeza — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Swedish: huvud — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Ukrainian: голо́вка (holóvka) — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Yiddish: קאָפּ (kop) — blunt end of a nail, screw etc.
  • Albanian: maja — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Belarusian: накане́чнік (nakanjéčnik) — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Belarusian: вастрыё (vastryjó) — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Catalan: punta — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Finnish: kärki — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Middle English: heed — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Polish: grot — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Russian: наконе́чник (nakonéčnik) — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Russian: остриё (ostrijó) — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Ukrainian: наконе́чник (nakonéčnyk) — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Ukrainian: ві́стря (vístrja) — sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer
  • Finnish: lapa — top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball
  • Belarusian: гало́ўка (halówka) — element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 磁頭 /磁头 (cítóu) — element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium
  • Finnish: pää — element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium
  • Irish: cnoga — element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium
  • Polish: głowica — element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium
  • Russian: голо́вка (golóvka) — element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium
  • Slovak: hlavička — element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium
  • Ukrainian: голо́вка (holóvka) — element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium
  • Belarusian: гало́ўка (halówka) — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Catalan: capçal — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 磁頭 /磁头 (cítóu) — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Finnish: pää — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Finnish: kirjoituspää — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Finnish: lukupää — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • German: Magnetkopf — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Japanese: ヘッド (heddo) — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Polish: głowica — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Russian: голо́вка (golóvka) — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Slovak: hlavička — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Ukrainian: голо́вка (holóvka) — computing: part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泡泡 (pàopao) — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泡沫 (pàomò) — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Dutch: schuim — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Finnish: vaahto — foam on carbonated beverages
  • French: mousse — foam on carbonated beverages
  • French: chapeau de mousse — foam on carbonated beverages
  • German: Blume — foam on carbonated beverages
  • German: Krone — foam on carbonated beverages
  • German: Schaumkrone — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Hungarian: sörhab — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Icelandic: froða — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Japanese: 泡 (awa) — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Manchu: ᠣᠪᠣᠩᡤᡳ (obonggi) — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skum — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Portuguese: colarinho — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Spanish: giste (cerveza) — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Swedish: bornyr — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Swedish: fradga — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Swedish: skum — foam on carbonated beverages
  • Finnish: kansi — end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel
  • Polish: dennica — end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel
  • Finnish: pää — medicine: the end of an abscess where pus collects
  • Slovak: hlavička — medicine: the end of an abscess where pus collects
  • Finnish: yläliikki — nautical: top edge of a sail
  • French: point de drisse — nautical: top edge of a sail
  • German: Top — nautical: top edge of a sail
  • Finnish: kärki — place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position
  • Finnish: kunniapaikka — place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position
  • Middle English: heed — place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position
  • Yiddish: אויבנאָן (oybnon) — place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position
  • Albanian: Kryetar — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Arabic: رَئِيس (raʔīs) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Armenian: գլխավոր (glxavor) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Armenian: ղեկավար (ġekavar) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Armenian: պետ (pet) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Armenian: գլուխ (glux) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Baluchi: سروک (sarok) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Basque: buruzagi — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Basque: buru — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Basque: nagusi — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Belarusian: кіраўні́к (kirawník) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Belarusian: кіраўні́ца (kirawníca) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Belarusian: кіраўні́чка (kirawníčka) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Breton: penn — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Breton: pennoù — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Bulgarian: шеф (šef) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Bulgarian: ръководи́тел (rǎkovodítel) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Bulgarian: глава́ (glavá) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Catalan: cap — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Catalan: líder — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 領袖 /领袖 (lǐngxiù) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Crimean Tatar: baş — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Czech: hlava — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Dutch: hoofd — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Dutch: baas — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Dutch: bazin — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Dutch: leider — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Dutch: leidster — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Dutch: chef — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Dutch: cheffin — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Finnish: päällikkö — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Finnish: johtaja — leader, chief, mastermind
  • French: chef — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Friulian: cjâf — leader, chief, mastermind
  • German: Oberhaupt — leader, chief, mastermind
  • German: Haupt — leader, chief, mastermind
  • German: Kopf — leader, chief, mastermind
  • German: Chef — leader, chief, mastermind
  • German: Chefin — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Greek: κεφαλή (kefalí) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Greek: κεφάλι (kefáli) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Greek: αρχηγός (archigós) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Ancient Greek: προστάτης (prostátēs) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Paraguayan Guarani: mburuvicha — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Hindi: मुखिया (mukhiyā) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Hindi: प्रमुख (pramukh) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Hindi: प्रधान (pradhān) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Icelandic: yfirmaður — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Icelandic: höfuð — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Indonesian: kepala — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Indonesian: pemimpin — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Interlingua: chef — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Interlingua: leader — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Italian: capo — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Japanese: 指導者 (shidōsha) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Japanese: 頭 (kashira) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Kabuverdianu: kabesa — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Central Kurdish: سەرۆک (serok) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Central Kurdish: سەرگەورە (sergewre) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Northern Kurdish: serok — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Kyrgyz: башчы (başcı) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Ladino: bash — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Ladino: kapo — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Latin: caput — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Latin: praepositus — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Lithuanian: galva — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Lithuanian: vadovas — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Lithuanian: vadovė — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Baas — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Boos — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Böverste — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Bövelste — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Leidsmann — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Leidsfro — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörsitter — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörsitterin — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörsittersch — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörsittersche — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörstaher — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörstoher — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörstaherin — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörstoherin — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörstahersch — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörstahersche — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörstohersch — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Vörstohersche — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Chef — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Low German: Chefin — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Malay: ketua — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Maltese: kap — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Maltese: kapa — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Māori: tumuaki — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Mapudungun: logko — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Marathi: प्रमुख (pramukh) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Meru: munene — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Middle English: heed — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leder — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjef — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Iranian Persian: رَهْبَر (rahbar) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Iranian Persian: سالار (sâlâr) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Iranian Persian: سَر (sar) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Iranian Persian: رَئیس — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Polish: kierownik — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Polish: kierowniczka — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Polish: głowa — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Portuguese: chefe — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Portuguese: cabeça — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Portuguese: líder — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Romanian: șef — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Romanian: cap — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Romanian: lider — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Romanian: căpetenie — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Russian: глава́ (glavá) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Russian: руководи́тель (rukovodítelʹ) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Russian: руководи́тельница (rukovodítelʹnica) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Sanskrit: शिरस् (śíras) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Sanskrit: शिर (śira) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Slovak: hlava — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Slovene: poglavar — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Slovene: vodja — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Spanish: cabeza — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Spanish: jefe — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Spanish: líder — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Spanish: adalid — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Swahili: mkuu — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Swedish: ledare — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Swedish: chef — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Swedish: direktör — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Swedish: föreståndare — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Tajik: сардор (sardor) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Tamil: தலைவர் (talaivar) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Tatar: баш (baş) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Telugu: నాయకుడు (nāyakuḍu) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Thai: หัวหน้า (hǔua-nâa) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Thai: ผู้นํา (pûu-nam) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Thai: ประมุข (bprà-múk) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Tupinambá: porubixaba — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Tupinambá: ubixaba — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Ukrainian: голова́ (holová) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Ukrainian: керівни́к (kerivnýk) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Ukrainian: керівни́ця (kerivnýcja) — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Welsh: pen — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Yoruba: olórí — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Zazaki: šeroğ — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Zulu: inhloko — leader, chief, mastermind
  • Arabic: رَئِيس (raʔīs) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Belarusian: дырэ́ктар (dyréktar) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Belarusian: дырэ́ктарка (dyréktarka) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Bulgarian: дире́ктор (diréktor) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Bulgarian: дире́кторка (diréktorka) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Catalan: director — headmaster, headmistress
  • Catalan: directora — headmaster, headmistress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 校長 /校长 (xiàozhǎng) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Chinese Mandarin: 導演 /导演 (dǎoyǎn) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Crimean Tatar: baş — headmaster, headmistress
  • Czech: ředitel — headmaster, headmistress
  • Czech: ředitelka — headmaster, headmistress
  • Dutch: hoofdmeester — headmaster, headmistress
  • Finnish: rehtori — headmaster, headmistress
  • Finnish: johtajaopettaja — headmaster, headmistress
  • French: directeur — headmaster, headmistress
  • French: directrice — headmaster, headmistress
  • German: Leiter — headmaster, headmistress
  • German: Leiterin — headmaster, headmistress
  • German: Rektor — headmaster, headmistress
  • German: Rektorin — headmaster, headmistress
  • German: Direktor — headmaster, headmistress
  • German: Direktorin — headmaster, headmistress
  • Greek: διευθυντής (diefthyntís) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Greek: διευθύντρια (diefthýntria) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Hindi: प्रधानाचार्य (pradhānācārya) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Japanese: 校長 (kōchō) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Japanese: 監督 (kantoku) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Northern Kurdish: serperişt — headmaster, headmistress
  • Macedonian: дире́ктор (diréktor) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Macedonian: дире́кторка (diréktorka) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Maltese: surmast — headmaster, headmistress
  • Maltese: madam — headmaster, headmistress
  • Māori: tumuaki — headmaster, headmistress
  • Marathi: मुख्याध्यापक (mukhyādhyāpak) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Marathi: हेडमास्तर (heḍmāstar) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rektor — headmaster, headmistress
  • Polish: dyrektor — headmaster, headmistress
  • Polish: dyrektorka — headmaster, headmistress
  • Portuguese: director — headmaster, headmistress
  • Portuguese: directora — headmaster, headmistress
  • Portuguese: diretor — headmaster, headmistress
  • Portuguese: diretora — headmaster, headmistress
  • Russian: дире́ктор (diréktor) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Slovak: riaditeľ — headmaster, headmistress
  • Slovak: riaditeľka — headmaster, headmistress
  • Spanish: director — headmaster, headmistress
  • Spanish: directora — headmaster, headmistress
  • Swedish: rektor — headmaster, headmistress
  • Tamil: தலைமை ஆசிரியர் (talaimai āciriyar) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Tamil: தலைவர் (talaivar) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Telugu: ప్రధానోపాధ్యాయుడు (pradhānōpādhyāyuḍu) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Telugu: ప్రధానోపాధ్యాయురాలు (pradhānōpādhyāyurālu) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Thai: ครูใหญ่ (kruu-yài) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Ukrainian: дире́ктор (dyréktor) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Ukrainian: дире́кторка (dyréktorka) — headmaster, headmistress
  • Finnish: pääosa — significant or important part
  • Middle English: heed — significant or important part
  • Finnish: pää — beginning or end, protuberance
  • Middle English: heed — beginning or end, protuberance
  • Catalan: capçalera — source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it
  • Finnish: lähde — source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it
  • Finnish: laskukohta — source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it
  • Finnish: joensuu — source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it
  • Middle English: heed — source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it
  • Bulgarian: глава́ (glavá) — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Catalan: capça — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Dutch: krop — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Finnish: pää — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Finnish: mykerö — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • French: capitule — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Ingrian: pää — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Irish: ceann — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Irish: tor — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Japanese: 頭状花 (tōjōka) — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Korean: 통 (tong) — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Middle English: heed — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Polish: pseudancjum — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Polish: główka — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Slovak: hlávka — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Spanish: capítulo — clump of seeds, leaves or flowers
  • Finnish: tähkä — ear of cereal
  • Turkish: başak — ear of cereal
  • Ottoman Turkish: باشاق — ear of cereal
  • Bulgarian: коро́на (koróna) — leafy top part of a tree
  • Catalan: capçada — leafy top part of a tree
  • Finnish: latvus — leafy top part of a tree
  • Finnish: latva — leafy top part of a tree
  • German: Krone — leafy top part of a tree
  • Hebrew: נוֹף (nof) — leafy top part of a tree
  • Māori: karamata — leafy top part of a tree
  • Polish: korona — leafy top part of a tree
  • Russian: кро́на (króna) — leafy top part of a tree
  • Slovak: koruna — leafy top part of a tree
  • Spanish: copa — leafy top part of a tree
  • Swedish: krona — leafy top part of a tree
  • Finnish: pää — anatomy: rounded part of a bone
  • Middle English: heed — anatomy: rounded part of a bone
  • Finnish: käymälä — toilet of a ship
  • Finnish: vessa — toilet of a ship
  • French: tinettes — toilet of a ship
  • French: cabinet de toilettes — toilet of a ship
  • German: Abtritt — toilet of a ship
  • Russian: галью́н (galʹjún) — toilet of a ship
  • Finnish: pää — tiles laid at the eaves of a house
  • Finnish: perusosa — linguistics: morpheme that determines the category of a compound
  • Finnish: jälkiosa — linguistics: morpheme that determines the category of a compound
  • French: noyau — linguistics: morpheme that determines the category of a compound
  • German: Kopf — linguistics: morpheme that determines the category of a compound
  • Japanese: 主要部 (shuyōbu) — linguistics: morpheme that determines the category of a compound
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjerne — linguistics: morpheme that determines the category of a compound
  • Portuguese: núcleo — linguistics: morpheme that determines the category of a compound
  • Finnish: edistys — headway; progress
  • Finnish: kohta — topic; subject
  • Finnish: kriisi — denouement; crisis
  • Finnish: paine — buildup of fluid pressure
  • Finnish: putouskorkeus — fluid dynamics: difference in elevation in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure
  • Finnish: paine-ero — fluid dynamics: difference in elevation in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure
  • Finnish: hydrostaattinen paine — fluid dynamics: difference in elevation in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure
  • German: Fallhöhe — fluid dynamics: difference in elevation in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure
  • German: Potential — fluid dynamics: difference in elevation in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure
  • Dutch: hoofd (geven) — slang: oral sex
  • Finnish: suihinotto — slang: oral sex
  • German: Schädel — slang: oral sex
  • Polish: lód — slang: oral sex
  • Polish: laska — slang: oral sex
  • Romanian: muie — slang: oral sex
  • Romanian: mumu — slang: oral sex
  • Slovak: orál — slang: oral sex
  • Catalan: fava — slang: glans penis
  • Finnish: herkkumutteri — slang: glans penis
  • Slovak: žaluď — slang: glans penis
  • Finnish: narkkari — slang: heavy or habitual user of drugs
  • Finnish: joukot — power; armed force
  • Finnish: voimat — power; armed force
  • Basque: zuzendu — to be in command of
  • Belarusian: узнача́льваць (uznačálʹvacʹ) — to be in command of
  • Belarusian: ачо́льваць (ačólʹvacʹ) — to be in command of
  • Breton: ren — to be in command of
  • Bulgarian: ръководя (rǎkovodja) — to be in command of
  • Bulgarian: оглавявам (oglavjavam) — to be in command of
  • Bulgarian: оглавя (oglavja) — to be in command of
  • Catalan: comandar — to be in command of
  • Catalan: dirigir — to be in command of
  • Catalan: encapçalar — to be in command of
  • Catalan: liderar — to be in command of
  • Dutch: leiden — to be in command of
  • Dutch: aanvoeren — to be in command of
  • Esperanto: komandi — to be in command of
  • Esperanto: konduki — to be in command of
  • Esperanto: gvidi — to be in command of
  • Esperanto: ĉefi — to be in command of
  • Finnish: johtaa — to be in command of
  • Finnish: komentaa — to be in command of
  • French: commander — to be in command of
  • French: diriger — to be in command of
  • French: chapeauter — to be in command of
  • German: führen — to be in command of
  • German: leiten — to be in command of
  • German: anführen — to be in command of
  • German: die Leitung innehaben — to be in command of
  • German: die Führung innehaben — to be in command of
  • German: an der Spitze stehen — to be in command of
  • Hebrew: עמד בראש (amad b’rosh) — to be in command of
  • Hindi: प्रमुख (pramukh) — to be in command of
  • Hindi: मुख्य (mukhya) — to be in command of
  • Hindi: मुखिया (mukhiyā) — to be in command of
  • Hindi: प्रधान (pradhān) — to be in command of
  • Hungarian: irányít — to be in command of
  • Icelandic: leiða — to be in command of
  • Indonesian: memimpin — to be in command of
  • Interlingua: commandar — to be in command of
  • Interlingua: diriger — to be in command of
  • Interlingua: leaderar — to be in command of
  • Japanese: 指導する (shidō-suru) — to be in command of
  • Northern Kurdish: birêvebirin — to be in command of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lede — to be in command of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: anføre — to be in command of
  • Persian: اداره کردن (edâre kardan) — to be in command of
  • Polish: kierować — to be in command of
  • Portuguese: comandar — to be in command of
  • Portuguese: dirigir — to be in command of
  • Portuguese: liderar — to be in command of
  • Romanian: comanda — to be in command of
  • Russian: возглавля́ть (vozglavljátʹ) — to be in command of
  • Russian: возгла́вить (vozglávitʹ) — to be in command of
  • Russian: руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ) — to be in command of
  • Russian: главе́нствовать (glavénstvovatʹ) — to be in command of
  • Slovak: viesť — to be in command of
  • Spanish: encabezar — to be in command of
  • Swedish: leda — to be in command of
  • Ukrainian: очо́лювати (očóljuvaty) — to be in command of
  • Ukrainian: очо́лити (očólyty) — to be in command of
  • Bulgarian: оглавявам (oglavjavam) — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • Bulgarian: оглавя (oglavja) — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • French: être en tête de — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • French: être à la tête de — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • German: anführen — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • German: vorangehen — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • German: sich an der Spitze befinden — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • German: die Spitze bilden — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • German: an der Spitze stehen — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • German: sich ganz vorne befinden — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • Hungarian: élen/élén áll — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lede — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • Norwegian Bokmål: anføre — to come at the beginning of; to commence
  • Bulgarian: удрям с глава (udrjam s glava) — to strike with the head
  • Bulgarian: ударя с глава (udarja s glava) — to strike with the head
  • Catalan: cabotejar — to strike with the head
  • Esperanto: kapfrapi — to strike with the head
  • Faroese: stúta — to strike with the head
  • Faroese: skalla — to strike with the head
  • Finnish: pukata — to strike with the head
  • French: faire une tête — to strike with the head
  • German: köpfen — to strike with the head
  • Hungarian: fejel — to strike with the head
  • Icelandic: skalla — to strike with the head
  • Japanese: ヘディングする (hedingu suru) — to strike with the head
  • Japanese: 頭突きする (zutsuki suru) — to strike with the head
  • Luxembourgish: käppen — to strike with the head
  • Norwegian Bokmål: heade — to strike with the head
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nikke — to strike with the head
  • Portuguese: cabecear — to strike with the head
  • Slovak: hlavičkovať — to strike with the head
  • Spanish: cabecear — to strike with the head
  • Swedish: nicka — to strike with the head
  • Swedish: skalla — to strike with the head
  • Arabic: اِتَّجَهَ (ittajaha) — to move in a specified direction
  • Basque: zuzendu — to move in a specified direction
  • Bulgarian: отправям се (otpravjam se) — to move in a specified direction
  • Bulgarian: отправя се (otpravja se) — to move in a specified direction
  • Catalan: anar — to move in a specified direction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 往 (wǎng) — to move in a specified direction
  • Dutch: zich begeven (naar/richting) — to move in a specified direction
  • Dutch: op weg zijn (naar/richting) — to move in a specified direction
  • Dutch: onderweg zijn (naar) — to move in a specified direction
  • Esperanto: celi — to move in a specified direction
  • Esperanto: celiri — to move in a specified direction
  • Esperanto: direktiĝi — to move in a specified direction
  • Finnish: suunnata — to move in a specified direction
  • Finnish: suunnistaa — to move in a specified direction
  • Finnish: lähteä johonkin — to move in a specified direction
  • Finnish: kulkea kohti — to move in a specified direction
  • Finnish: matkata kohti — to move in a specified direction
  • French: se diriger — to move in a specified direction
  • French: courir (for: vers) — to move in a specified direction
  • French: aller — to move in a specified direction
  • German: gehen (nach/in Richtung) — to move in a specified direction
  • German: fahren (nach/in Richtung) — to move in a specified direction
  • German: sich bewegen (nach/in Richtung) — to move in a specified direction
  • German: ziehen (nach/in Richtung) — to move in a specified direction
  • Greek: κατευθύνομαι (katefthýnomai) — to move in a specified direction
  • Hebrew: עשה את דרכו — to move in a specified direction
  • Hungarian: halad — to move in a specified direction
  • Hungarian: megy — to move in a specified direction
  • Icelandic: stefna — to move in a specified direction
  • Icelandic: fara — to move in a specified direction
  • Indonesian: menuju — to move in a specified direction
  • Interlingua: diriger se — to move in a specified direction
  • Italian: andare — to move in a specified direction
  • Japanese: 向かう (mukau) — to move in a specified direction
  • Malay: menuju — to move in a specified direction
  • Māori: ahu — to move in a specified direction
  • Māori: naka — to move in a specified direction
  • Māori: neke — to move in a specified direction
  • Polish: kierować się — to move in a specified direction
  • Polish: brać azymut — to move in a specified direction
  • Polish: wziąć azymut — to move in a specified direction
  • Portuguese: dirigir-se — to move in a specified direction
  • Portuguese: encaminhar-se — to move in a specified direction
  • Portuguese: rumar — to move in a specified direction
  • Portuguese: ir — to move in a specified direction
  • Russian: направля́ться (napravljátʹsja) — to move in a specified direction
  • Russian: напра́виться (naprávitʹsja) — to move in a specified direction
  • Slovak: ísť — to move in a specified direction
  • Spanish: dirigirse — to move in a specified direction
  • Spanish: ir — to move in a specified direction
  • Swedish: åka — to move in a specified direction
  • Ukrainian: прямува́ти (prjamuváty) — to move in a specified direction
  • Ukrainian: попрямува́ти (poprjamuváty) — to move in a specified direction
  • Ukrainian: направля́тися (napravljátysja) — to move in a specified direction
  • Ukrainian: напра́витися (naprávytysja) — to move in a specified direction
  • Bulgarian: обезглавявам (obezglavjavam) — fishing: to remove the head from a fish
  • Bulgarian: обезглавя (obezglavja) — fishing: to remove the head from a fish
  • Esperanto: senkapigi — fishing: to remove the head from a fish
  • Finnish: poistaa pää — fishing: to remove the head from a fish
  • German: köpfen — fishing: to remove the head from a fish
  • German: den Kopf entfernen — fishing: to remove the head from a fish
  • Icelandic: hausa — fishing: to remove the head from a fish
  • Icelandic: afhausa — fishing: to remove the head from a fish
  • Bulgarian: извирам (izviram) — to originate, as a river
  • Esperanto: fonti — to originate, as a river
  • Finnish: saada alkunsa — to originate, as a river
  • German: entspringen — to originate, as a river
  • German: seinen Ursprung nehmen — to originate, as a river
  • Hungarian: ered — to originate, as a river
  • Hungarian: fakad — to originate, as a river
  • Chinese Mandarin: 結球 /结球 (jiēqiú) — to form a head
  • Esperanto: kapumi — to form a head
  • Esperanto: kapi — to form a head
  • Finnish: muodostaa kaalinpää — to form a head
  • German: einen Kopf bilden — to form a head
  • Esperanto: kapizi — to fit or furnish with a head
  • Finnish: tehdä pää — to fit or furnish with a head
  • Esperanto: senkapigi — to cut off the top of
  • Finnish: katkaista — to cut off the top of
  • German: köpfen — to cut off the top of
  • German: die Spitze abschneiden — to cut off the top of
  • Esperanto: antaŭi — to go in front of
  • German: vorausgehen — to go in front of
  • German: vor gehen (einem/etwas) — to go in front of
  • Portuguese: encabeçar — to go in front of
  • Esperanto: alfronti — to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop
  • Finnish: pysäyttää — to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop
  • German: entgegenkommen — to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop
  • German: in die Quere kommen — to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop
  • Bulgarian: поставям на глава (postavjam na glava) — to set on the head
  • Bulgarian: поставя на глава (postavja na glava) — to set on the head
  • Finnish: nostaa pystyyn — to set on the head
  • German: auf den Kopf setzen — to set on the head