Standard Lemma guide

Velcro

name · noun · verb · 6 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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  • General-American: /ˈvɛlkɹoʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈvɛlkɹəʊ/
  • CMU ARPABET: V EH1 L K R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hook-and-loop fastener

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Velcro.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To fasten with Velcro.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of Velcro.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

nylon fabric used as a fastening

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile

6

verb

Meaning 6

fasten with Velcro

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • velcro the belt

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure

History

Etymology

Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”).

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kleefstrook — fastener
  • Arabic: فِيلْكْرُو (fīlkrū) — fastener
  • Bulgarian: Велкро (Velkro) — fastener
  • Chinese Cantonese: 魔術貼 /魔术贴 (mo1 seot6 tip3) — fastener
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魔術貼 /魔术贴 (móshù tiē) — fastener
  • Czech: suchý zip — fastener
  • Dutch: velcro — fastener
  • Dutch: klittenband — fastener
  • Esperanto: lapo — fastener
  • Esperanto: lapfermilo — fastener
  • Estonian: krõps — fastener
  • Estonian: krõpsud — fastener
  • Finnish: tarranauha — fastener
  • French: velcro — fastener
  • German: Klettverschluss — fastener
  • German: Klettband — fastener
  • Hebrew: צַמְדָּן (tsamdán) — fastener
  • Hindi: वेल्क्रो (velkro) — fastener
  • Hungarian: tépőzár — fastener
  • Icelandic: franskur rennilás — fastener
  • Interlingua: velcro — fastener
  • Irish: velcro — fastener
  • Italian: velcro — fastener
  • Japanese: ベルク (beruku) — fastener
  • Japanese: 面ファスナー (men-fasunā) — fastener
  • Japanese: ベルクロ (berukuro) — fastener
  • Korean: 벨크로 (belkeuro) — fastener
  • Korean: 찍찍이 (jjikjjigi) — fastener
  • Lithuanian: lipùkas — fastener
  • Māori: papanga piripiri — fastener
  • Norwegian: borrelås — fastener
  • Polish: rzep — fastener
  • Portuguese: velcro — fastener
  • Romanian: arici — fastener
  • Romanian: scai — fastener
  • Russian: липу́чка (lipúčka) — fastener
  • Russian: липу́чки (lipúčki) — fastener
  • Russian: застёжка-липу́чка (zastjóžka-lipúčka) — fastener
  • Serbo-Croatian: чичак трака — fastener
  • Serbo-Croatian: čičak traka — fastener
  • Spanish: velcro — fastener
  • Swedish: kardborreband — fastener
  • Turkish: cırt — fastener
  • Turkish: cırtcırt — fastener
  • Finnish: kiinnittää tarranauhalla — to fasten with velcro
  • French: velcroter — to fasten with velcro
  • Polish: zapinać na rzepy — to fasten with velcro
  • Polish: zapiąć na rzepy — to fasten with velcro
  • Turkish: cırtcırtlamak — to fasten with velcro