earmuff

English

A couple wearing earmuffs

Alternative forms

• ear muffs

Etymology

ear +‎ muff

Noun

earmuff (plural earmuffs)

1. A garment to keep the ears warm.
2. A garment or part worn over a single ear.
3. A sound-deadening cup or a pair of such cups worn over the ear or ears.
4. Attributive form of earmuffs.

Translations

garment to keep the ears warm

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳套 (cmn) (ěrtào), 耳罩 (cmn) (ěrzhào), 耳包子 (cmn) (ěrbāozi)

• Czech: klapka (cs) f
• Esperanto: orelumo (eo)
• Finnish: korvaläpät (fi) pl
• French: cache-oreilles (fr) pl

• German: Ohrenschützer (de) m pl
• Icelandic: eyrnaskjól (is) n
• Japanese: 耳当て (ja) (みみあて, mimiate)
• Russian: (тёплые) наушники (ru) ((tjóplyje) naúšniki) m pl 
• Spanish: orejera (es) f

sound-deadening cup or cups

• Finnish: kuulosuojain (fi)

• Portuguese: abafador (pt) m