noun
Meaning 1
A garment worn about the loins and covering the crotch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
loincloth
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noun
Meaning 2
a garment that provides covering for the loins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breechcloth, breechclout
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garment
Narrower terms: dhoti
History
Etymology
From loin + cloth.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: zakil-zorro — garment
- Basque: gerripeko — garment
- Bulgarian: набедрена превръзка (nabedrena prevrǎzka) — garment
- Catalan: tapall — garment
- Chinese Mandarin: 纏腰帶 /缠腰带 (chányāodài) — garment
- Chinese Mandarin: 纏腰布 /缠腰布 (chányāobù) — garment
- Maore Comorian: shikoi — garment
- Ngazidja Comorian: ikoi — garment
- Ngazidja Comorian: leso — garment
- Danish: lændeklæde — garment
- Dutch: lendendoek — garment
- Dutch: kamisa — garment
- Egyptian: S:n-D-w-t-S26 (šnḏwt) — garment
- Esperanto: zontuko — garment
- Esperanto: lumbotuko — garment
- Finnish: lannevaate — garment
- French: pagne — garment
- German: Lendenschurz — garment
- German: Lendentuch — garment
- German: Schamschürze — garment
- Ancient Greek: ζῶμα (zôma) — garment
- Ancient Greek: διάζωμα (diázōma) — garment
- Ancient Greek: περίζωμα (perízōma) — garment
- Hindi: लँगोट (laṅgoṭ) — garment
- Hindi: लँगोटी (laṅgoṭī) — garment
- Hungarian: ágyékkötő — garment
- Indonesian: cawat — garment
- Irish: bréid gabhail — garment
- Italian: perizoma — garment
- Japanese: ロインクロス (roinkurosu) — garment
- Japanese: 褌 (fundoshi) — garment
- Konkani: काष्टि (kāṣṭi) — garment
- Korean: 샅바 (satba) — garment
- Latin: subligaculum — garment
- Lingala: liputa — garment
- Malayalam: കോണകം (kōṇakaṁ) — garment
- Māori: maro — garment
- Classical Nahuatl: maxtlatl — garment
- Navajo: tłʼeestsooz — garment
- Norwegian Bokmål: lendeklede — garment
- Persian: لنگ (long) — garment
- Polish: przepaska — garment
- Polish: przepaska biodrowa — garment
- Portuguese: tanga — garment
- Rapa Nui: hami — garment
- Rohingya: dúti — garment
- Russian: набе́дренная повя́зка (nabédrennaja povjázka) — garment
- Spanish: taparrabos — garment
- Spanish: mástil — garment
- Spanish: taparrabo — garment
- Spanish: bahague — garment
- Sranan Tongo: kamisa — garment
- Swedish: höftskynke — garment
- Tagalog: bahag — garment
- Tamil: கோவணம் (kōvaṇam) — garment
- Tausug: sullit — garment
- Ternate: sabeba — garment
- Thai: ผ้าเตี่ยว (pâa-dtìao) — garment
- Turkish: peştamal — garment
- Ukrainian: пов'язка на пояс (povʺjazka na pojas) — garment
- Unami: sàkutakàn — garment
- Vietnamese: khố — garment
- Volapük: genämalebavet — garment
- Welsh: lliain lwynau — garment