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ushanka

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /uːˈʃɑːŋkə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /uˈʃɑŋkə/

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noun

Meaning 1

A traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I have no idea why he's wearing a ushanka in triple digit heat; bro's forehead must be drenched in sweat.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian уша́нка (ušánka), from у́ши (úši) (the accusative or nominative plural of у́хо (úxo, “ear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2ṓws (“ear”), from *h2ew- (“to see; to be aware of, perceive”) with a shift of meaning) + -а́нка (-ánka) (variant of -я́нка (-jánka, suffix forming names of specific objects)).

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: oesjanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Albanian: ushanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Azerbaijani: uşanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Bashkir: бүрек (bürek) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Belarusian: вуша́нка (vušánka) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Belarusian: ша́пка-вуша́нка (šápka-vušánka) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Breton: ouchanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Bulgarian: уша́нка (ušánka) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Catalan: uixanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Catalan: casquet de pell — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雷鋒帽 /雷锋帽 (Léifēng mào) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Wu Chinese: 羅宋帽 /罗宋帽 (Shanghainese: 6lu son mau, Suzhounese: 2lou son5 mau6) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Wu Chinese: 雷鋒帽 /雷锋帽 (Shanghainese: 6le fon mau) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Czech: ušanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Dutch: oesjanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Esperanto: uŝanko — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Estonian: kõrvikmüts — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Finnish: naapukka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Finnish: turkislakki — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • French: ouchanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • French: chapka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • German: Uschanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Hungarian: usánka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Indonesian: ushanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Italian: colbacco — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Japanese: ウシャンカ (ushanka) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Japanese: ロシア帽 (Roshia-bō) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Kazakh: құлақшын (qūlaqşyn) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Korean: 우샨카 (usyanka) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Latvian: ausaine — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Lithuanian: ausinė kepurė — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Lombard: ušanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Macedonian: у́шанка (úšanka) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Marathi: उशांका (uśāṅkā) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Norwegian Bokmål: usjanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bjørnefitte — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: usjanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bjønnfett (Trøndelag) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Persian: اوشانکا (ušânkâ) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Polish: uszanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Polish: abłaucha — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Polish: uszatka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Portuguese: ushanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Romanian: ușanca — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Russian: уша́нка (ušánka) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Russian: ша́пка-уша́нка (šápka-ušánka) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Serbo-Croatian: шу̀бара — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Serbo-Croatian: šùbara — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Spanish: ushanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Swedish: usjanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Swedish: björnfitta — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Turkish: uşanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Ukrainian: вуша́нка (vušánka) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Ukrainian: ша́пка-вуша́нка (šápka-vušánka) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Ukrainian: капелю́ха (kapeljúxa) — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Walloon: toke rûsse — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps
  • Welsh: ushanka — traditional Russian fur cap with earflaps