noun
Meaning 1
A covering for the head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
head covering
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noun
Meaning 2
a garment that covers the head and face
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: veil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garment
Narrower terms: chador, chadar, chaddar, chuddar, face veil, yashmak, yashmac
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: lligadura — covering for the head
- Chinese Mandarin: 頭巾 /头巾 (tóujīn) — covering for the head
- Finnish: päähine — covering for the head
- French: couvre-chef — covering for the head
- German: Kopfbedeckung — covering for the head
- Italian: copricapo — covering for the head
- Japanese: 頭巾 (zukin) — covering for the head
- Japanese: ヘッドギア (heddogia) — covering for the head
- Korean: 두건 (dugeon) — covering for the head
- Korean: 헤드기어 (hedeugieo) — covering for the head
- Korean: 쓸 것 (sseul geot) — covering for the head
- Russian: плато́к (platók) — covering for the head
- Russian: косы́нка (kosýnka) — covering for the head
- Russian: головно́й убо́р (golovnój ubór) — covering for the head
- Volapük: kapitegot — covering for the head