scalp

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From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a North Germanic source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Old Swedish skalp, Dutch schelp (“shell”).

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: теме (teme) — top of the head
• Danish: isse — top of the head
• Finnish: päälaki — top of the head
• German: Oberkopf — top of the head
• Macedonian: теме (teme) — top of the head
• Spanish: mollera — top of the head
• Swedish: hjässa — top of the head
• Tagalog: anit — top of the head
• Afrikaans: kopvel — part of head where the hair grows
• Arabic: فَرْوَة اَلرَّأْس (farwat ar-raʔs) — part of head where the hair grows
• Bulgarian: скалп (skalp) — part of head where the hair grows
• Catalan: cuir cabellut — part of head where the hair grows
• Cherokee: ᎤᏍᏗᏁᎦᎸᎢ (usdinegalvi) — part of head where the hair grows
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭皮 /头皮 (tóupí) — part of head where the hair grows
• Danish: hovedskalp — part of head where the hair grows
• Dutch: kruin — part of head where the hair grows
• Esperanto: skalpo — part of head where the hair grows
• Finnish: hiusmarto — part of head where the hair grows
• French: cuir chevelu — part of head where the hair grows
• Galician: coiro cabeludo — part of head where the hair grows
• German: Kopfhaut — part of head where the hair grows
• Hebrew: קרקפת (karkéfet) — part of head where the hair grows
• Hungarian: skalp — part of head where the hair grows
• Irish: craiceann an chinn — part of head where the hair grows
• Italian: scalpo — part of head where the hair grows
• Italian: cotenna — part of head where the hair grows
• Italian: cuoio capelluto — part of head where the hair grows
• Japanese: 頭皮 (tōhi) — part of head where the hair grows
• Khmer: ស្បែកក្បាល (sbaekkbaal) — part of head where the hair grows
• Latin: calva — part of head where the hair grows
• Latvian: skalps — part of head where the hair grows
• Macedonian: скалп (skalp) — part of head where the hair grows
• Malayalam: തലയോട്ടി (talayōṭṭi) — part of head where the hair grows
• Malayalam: ഓട്ടി (ōṭṭi) — part of head where the hair grows
• Māori: kiri angaanga — part of head where the hair grows
• Māori: kawiu — part of head where the hair grows
• Norwegian Bokmål: hodebunn — part of head where the hair grows
• Polish: góra głowy — part of head where the hair grows
• Portuguese: couro cabeludo — part of head where the hair grows
• Russian: скальп (skalʹp) — part of head where the hair grows
• Russian: ко́жа головы́ (kóža golový) — part of head where the hair grows
• Serbo-Croatian: vlasište — part of head where the hair grows
• Serbo-Croatian: vlasnik — part of head where the hair grows
• Southern Altai: баштыҥ терези (baštïŋ terezi) — part of head where the hair grows
• Spanish: cuero cabelludo — part of head where the hair grows
• Spanish: pericráneo — part of head where the hair grows
• Swedish: huvudsvål — part of head where the hair grows
• Swedish: skalp — part of head where the hair grows
• Thai: หนังศีรษะ — part of head where the hair grows
• Thai: หนังหัว — part of head where the hair grows
• Turkish: kafa derisi — part of head where the hair grows
• Turkish: saç derisi — part of head where the hair grows
• Turkmen: kelläň depesi — part of head where the hair grows
• Vietnamese: da đầu — part of head where the hair grows
• Volapük: skalp — part of head where the hair grows
• Bulgarian: скалп (skalp) — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• Danish: skalp — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• Finnish: päänahka — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• German: Skalp — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• Italian: scalpo — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• Italian: cotenna — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• Māori: kawiu — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• Portuguese: escalpo — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• Russian: скальп (skalʹp) — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• Swedish: skalp — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• Thai: หนังหัว — part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy
• Danish: skalp — victory
• Finnish: päänahka — victory
• Swedish: skalp — victory
• Turkmen: kelläň depesi — victory
• Bulgarian: скалпирам (skalpiram) — to remove part of the head
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏛᏁᎦᎵᎭ (asdvnegaliha) — to remove part of the head
• Czech: skalpovat — to remove part of the head
• Esperanto: skalpi — to remove part of the head
• Finnish: viedä päänahka — to remove part of the head
• French: scalper — to remove part of the head
• Hungarian: skalpol — to remove part of the head
• Hungarian: megskalpol — to remove part of the head
• Italian: fare lo scalpo — to remove part of the head
• Italian: scotennare — to remove part of the head
• Italian: scalpare — to remove part of the head
• Latvian: noskalpēt — to remove part of the head
• Māori: hore kiriangaanga — to remove part of the head
• Old English: hættian — to remove part of the head
• Old English: behættian — to remove part of the head
• Portuguese: escalpelar — to remove part of the head
• Portuguese: escalpar — to remove part of the head
• Romanian: scalpa — to remove part of the head
• Spanish: descabellar — to remove part of the head
• Swedish: skalpera — to remove part of the head
• Welsh: iadflingo — to remove part of the head