hood

See also -hood, and ’hood

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /hʊd/

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• Rhymes: -ʊd

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoed, German Hut), from Sarmato-Scythian *xauda 'hat' (compare Avestan xaoda, Old Persian xaudā), from Proto-Indo-European *kadh- 'to cover'. More at hat.

Adjective

hood (not comparable)

1. Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.

Translations

Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects

• Dutch: wijk-, buurt-

• Italian: vicinato (it)

Noun

hood (plural hoods)

1. A covering such as worn over one’s head.
2. A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
3. An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
4. (automotive) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
5. (US, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle. Also known as a bonnet in other countries.
6. (slang) gangster, thug. Short for hoodlum.
7. (UK) abbreviation for hoodie, in the sense of a person wearing such a garment.
8. (slang) neighborhood.

   What is goin' down in the hood?

9. A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.

Synonyms

• (engine cover): bonnet, cowl

Derived terms

• chemical hood
• cooker hood
• extractor hood
• fume hood
• kitchen hood
• range hood

See also

• cuculliform (hood-shaped)

Translations

headwear

• Catalan: caputxa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 風帽 (cmn), 风帽 (cmn) (fēngmào)

• Czech: kapuce (cs) f
• Danish: hætte (da) c
• Dutch: kap (nl) f, capuchon (nl) m
• Esperanto: kapuĉo (eo)
• Finnish: huppu (fi)
• French: capuche (fr)
• German: Kapuze (de) m
• Greek: κουκούλα (el) (kukúla) f
• Hungarian: csuklya (hu), kapucni (hu)

• Icelandic: hetta (is) f
• Italian: cappuccio (it)
• Japanese: フード (ja) (fūdo)
• Latin: cucullus (la)
• Polish: kaptur (pl) m
• Portuguese: capuz (pt)
• Russian: капюшон (ru) (kapjušón) m
• Scottish Gaelic: cochall (gd) m
• Spanish: capirote m, capucha f, pasamontaña m, pasamontañas m
• Swedish: luva (sv), kapuschong (sv), huva (sv) c
• Turkish: kapüşon (tr)

university degree

• Italian: cappuccio della toga universitaria (it)

• Spanish: birrete m

protective cover

• Dutch: kap f, beschermingskap f
• Finnish: huppu (fi), koppa (fi), suojus (fi)
• German: Haube (de) f, Kappe (de) f, Schutzdach (de) n
• Hungarian: tető (hu)

• Italian: cupola (it), cappa (it), schermo (it)
• Polish: maska (pl) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cochall (gd) m
• Spanish: campana (es) f, casco (es) m, cubierta (es) f

soft top

• Finnish: kuomu, kuomukatto
• French: capote (fr) f
• German: Verdeck (de) n

• Italian: cappotta (it), soffietto (it)
• Portuguese: capota (pt) f
• Spanish: capota (es) f, cubierta (es) f

front of car

• Arabic: غطاء المحرك (ar) (ghiTaa' al-muHárrik) m
• Bulgarian: капак (bg) (kapak) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引擎蓋 (cmn), 引擎盖 (cmn) (yǐnqínggài)

• Dutch: motorkap (nl) f, kap (nl) f
• Estonian: kapott (et)
• Finnish: konepelti (fi)
• French: capot (fr) m
• German: Motorhaube (de) f, Haube (de) f
• Hungarian: motorháztető (hu)

• Icelandic: vélarhlíf (is) f, húdd (is) n
• Italian: cofano (it) m
• Japanese: ボンネット (ja) (bonnetto)
• Malay: bonet (ms)
• Portuguese: capô (pt) m
• Russian: капот (ru) (kapót) m
• Spanish: capó (es) m, bonete (es) m (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico), capirote (es) m (Southeastern Mexico), cofre (es) m (Mexican standard usage)
• Swedish: motorhuv (sv) c
• Turkish: motor kaputu (tr), kaput (tr)

covering of a vent to suck away smoke or fumes

• French: hotte (fr) f
• German: Abzug (de) m, Abzugshaube (de) f
• Italian: cappa (it)

• Portuguese: coifa (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cochall (gd) m
• Spanish: campana (es) f

thug — see thug

neighbourhood — see neighbourhood

Verb

hood (third-person singular simple present hoods, present participle hooding, simple past and past participle hooded)

1. To cover something with a hood.

Translations

cover with a hood

• Dutch: bedekken (nl)

• Italian: incappucciare (it), nascondere (it)

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Pronoun

hood (emphatic form hoods)

1. 2nd person singular informal of hug

   to you singular (informal)

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Middle English

Noun

hood (plural hoods)

1. hood (part of a garment)

Descendants

• English: hood