Standard Lemma guide

yarmulke

noun · 2 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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  • UK: /ˈjɑːməlkə/
  • US: /ˈjɑ(ɹ)mə(l)kə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: Y AA1 R M AH2 L K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: Y AA1 R M AH0 K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kippah, kappel, skullcap

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: yarmulka, yarmelke

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skullcap

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish יאַרמלקע (yarmlke), from Polish jarmułka (“skullcap”), from Turkic; compare Turkish yağmurluk (“rain apparel”).

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: jarmoelka — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Afrikaans: kippa — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Afrikaans: skedelmus — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Arabic: قُبَّة (qubba) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Arabic: كِبَّة (kibba) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Belarusian: ярмо́лка (jarmólka) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Bulgarian: ермо́лка (ermólka) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Chinese Mandarin: 卡巴 (kǎbā) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Czech: kipa — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Czech: jarmulka — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Dutch: keppel — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Esperanto: kipao — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Finnish: kipa — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • French: kippa — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • German: Jarmulke — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Greek: σκούφος (skoúfos) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Hebrew: כִּפָּה (kipá) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Hungarian: kipa — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Hungarian: jarmulke — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Indonesian: kippah — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Italian: kippah — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Japanese: キッパー (kippā) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Japanese: キッパ (kippa) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Japanese: ヤムルカ (yamuruka) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Korean: 키파 (kipa) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Korean: 야물커 (yamulkeo) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Macedonian: јармулка (jarmulka) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Malay: kippah — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Persian: کیپا (kipâ) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Persian: یاماکا (yâmâkâ) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Polish: jarmułka — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Portuguese: quipá — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Russian: ермо́лка (jermólka) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Russian: кипа́ (kipá) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Serbo-Croatian: јарму̀лка — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Serbo-Croatian: jarmùlka — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Slovak: kipa — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Slovak: jarmulka — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Slovene: jarmulka — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Spanish: kipá — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Swedish: kippa — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Tagalog: kipa — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Turkish: kipa — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Turkish: kippa — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Turkish: yarmulke — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Ukrainian: ярму́лка (jarmúlka) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males
  • Yiddish: יאַרמלקע (yarmlke) — skullcap worn by religious Jewish males