headband

English

Etymology

head +‎ band

Noun

headband (plural headbands)

1. a strip of fabric worn around the head
2. a hair-accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.
3. a strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement

Synonyms

• (horseshoe-shaped headband): Alice band

Hyponyms

• deely bobber
• katyusha

Translations

strip of fabric worn around the head

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頭帶 (cmn), 头带 (cmn) (tóudài)

• Czech: čelenka (cs) f
• Finnish: otsanauha (fi); hikinauha (fi) (in sports)
• French: bandeau (fr) m

• German: Stirnband (de) n, Stirnbinde (de) f
• Japanese: ヘッドバンド (ja) (heddobando), ヘアバンド (ja) (heabando)
• Russian: повязка на голове (ru) (povjázka na golové) f
• Scottish Gaelic: stìom (gd) f
• Spanish: cintillo (es) m

horseshoe-shaped hair-accessory

• Czech: čelenka (cs)
• Finnish: hiuspanta (fi)

• Italian: Cerchietto (it)
• Japanese: カチューシャ (ja) (kachūsha)

strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book

• Czech: kapitálek (cs) m
• Finnish: kapiteelinauha (fi)

• French: tranchefile (fr)

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• Bashkir: bando
• Estonian: peapael (et), higipael (et)
• French: bandeau (fr)
• Hungarian: fejpánt (hu), fejkötő (hu)
• Japanese: ヘアバンド (ja) (heabando)

• Mandarin: 发箍 (cmn), 头巾 (cmn), 头饰带 (cmn)
• Persian: سربند (fa)
• Portuguese: testeira (pt), tiara (pt), travessa (pt), arco ou gigolete (pt), bandolete (pt)
• Quechua: wincha (qu)
• Swedish: hårband (sv) n, hårsnodd (sv), huvudband (sv) n, huvudbindel (sv) c

See also

• Headband on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bandhead