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sideburns

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈsaɪd.bɜː(ɹ)nz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈsaɪd.bɚnz/

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noun

Meaning 1

Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: burnside, sideboards, side whiskers

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Reformed from burnside, named after American Army general Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881), noted for his unusual facial hair.

Across languages

Translations

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аҿафа́қь (aĉʼafákj) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Afrikaans: bakkebaarde — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Albanian: baseta — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Arabic: سَوَالِف (sawālif) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Arabic: سَالِف اَلشَّعْر (sālif aš-šaʕr) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Arabic: سالف (salef) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Arabic: سوالف (sawalef) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Armenian: այտամորուք (aytamorukʻ) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Assamese: খত (khot) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Avar: бакенбардал (bakenbardal) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Azerbaijani: يان سقال (yān saqqāl) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Azerbaijani: yarımsaqqal — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Azerbaijani: yan saqqal — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Bengali: জুলফি (zulfi) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Central Bikol: pispis — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Bulgarian: бакенбарди (bakenbardi) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Catalan: patilles — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Catalan: garrofes — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 連鬢鬍子 /连鬓胡子 (lián bìn húzi) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鬢腳 /鬓脚 (bìn jiǎo) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Czech: kotlety — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Czech: licousy — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Danish: bakkenbarter — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Dutch: tochtlatten — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Dutch: bakkebaarden — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Esperanto: vangharoj — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Estonian: põskhabe — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Faroese: kjálkaskegg — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Faroese: vangaskegg — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Finnish: poskiparta — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Finnish: pulisongit — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • French: favoris — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • French: rouflaquettes — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Georgian: ქილვაში (kilvaši) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Georgian: ბაკენბარდები (baḳenbardebi) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • German: Koteletten — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • German: Backenbart — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • German: Seitenhaare — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Greek: φαβορίτες (favorítes) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Hebrew: פאה — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Hungarian: barkó — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Hungarian: oldalszakáll — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Hungarian: pofaszakáll — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Hungarian: császárszakáll — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Hungarian: pajesz — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Hungarian: pakompart — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Icelandic: bartar — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Indonesian: cambang — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Irish: féasóg leicinn — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Italian: basette — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Italian: basettoni — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Italian: scopettoni — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Japanese: 揉み上げ (momiage) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Japanese: 頬髭 (hoohige) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Karelian: korviparta — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Korean: 구레나룻 (gurenarut) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Latvian: vaigu bārda — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Lithuanian: žandenos — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Macedonian: бакенбарди (bakenbardi) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Malay: jambang — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Māori: hurupāpāringa — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Māori: hurupae — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Mongolian: хууз (xuuz) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Navajo: bítłʼah chʼíntłʼo — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Norwegian: kinnskjegg — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Persian: خط ریش (xatt-e riš) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Persian: ساج (sâj) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Plautdietsch: Bakenboat — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Polish: baki — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Polish: bokobrody — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Portuguese: patilhas — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Portuguese: costeletas — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Romanian: favoriți — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Romanian: cotleți — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Russian: бакенба́рды (bakenbárdy) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Russian: бачки (bački) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Russian: ба́ки (báki) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Serbo-Croatian: зулуфи — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Serbo-Croatian: залисци — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Serbo-Croatian: zulufi — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Serbo-Croatian: zalisci — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaliske — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Spanish: patillas — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Swedish: polisong — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Tagalog: patilya — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Thai: จอน (jɔɔn) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Turkish: favori — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Turkish: duluk — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
  • Ottoman Turkish: یان صقال (yân saqâl) — facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin