headband

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• /ˈhɛdˌbænd/
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From Middle English *hedband, from Old English hēafodbænd, hēafodbend (“headband”), equivalent to head + band. Cognate with Old High German houbitbant (“headband”), Dutch hoofdband (“headband”).

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abinomn: kwetam — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Arabic: طَوْق شَعَر (ṭawq šaʕar) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Arabic: طوق (ṭōg) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Bengali: সরবন্দ (śôrbônd) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Catalan: cinta de cap — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Catalan: cinta pel cabell — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᎬᏓᏃᏍᏙᏗ (aligvdanosdodi) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭帶 /头带 (tóudài) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Czech: čelenka — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Finnish: otsanauha — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Finnish: hikinauha — strip of fabric worn around the head
• French: bandeau — strip of fabric worn around the head
• French: serre-tête — strip of fabric worn around the head
• German: Stirnband — strip of fabric worn around the head
• German: Stirnbinde — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Ancient Greek: ἀναδέσμη (anadésmē) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Ancient Greek: ταινία (tainía) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Hebrew: קֶשֶׁת (qéshet) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Japanese: ヘッドバンド (heddobando) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Japanese: ヘアバンド (heabando) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Korean: 헤어밴드 (heeobaendeu) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Korean: 머리띠 (meoritti) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Latin: vitta — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Latin: torulus — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Māori: tīpare — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Navajo: tsii náztʼiʼ — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Polish: opaska — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Portuguese: testeira — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Russian: повя́зка на голове́ (povjázka na golové) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Scottish Gaelic: stìom — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Slovene: naglavni trak — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Spanish: cintillo — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Spanish: vincha — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Spanish: wincha — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Ottoman Turkish: صاچ باغی (saç bağı) — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Welsh: penrwymyn — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Welsh: rhactal — strip of fabric worn around the head
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭箍 /头箍 (tóugū) — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Chinese Mandarin: 髮箍 /发箍 (fàgū) — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Czech: čelenka — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Finnish: hiuspanta — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• German: Haarbügel — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• German: Haarreifen — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• German: Haarreif — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Icelandic: hárspöng — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Italian: cerchietto — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Japanese: カチューシャ (kachūsha) — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Norwegian Bokmål: hårbøyle — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Persian: تل (tel) — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Polish: opaska — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Portuguese: tiara — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Portuguese: bandelete — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Portuguese: bandolete — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Slovene: naglavni obroč — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Spanish: diadema — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Spanish: balaca — horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band
• Catalan: trencafila — strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book
• Czech: kapitálek — strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book
• Finnish: kapiteelinauha — strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book
• French: tranchefile — strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book
• German: Kapitalband — strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book
• Greek: κεφαλάρι (kefalári) — strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book
• Polish: kapitałka — strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book
• Portuguese: cabeçada — strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book
• Portuguese: tranchefilas — strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book
• Portuguese: requife — strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book