pigtail

English

Wikipedia

A young girl with pigtails.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈpɪɡ.teɪl/

Noun

pigtail (plural pigtails)

1. A braided plait of hair.
2. (Discuss⁽⁺⁾ this sense)Either of two braids or ponytails on the side of the head.
3. A twisted piece of tobacco.
4. A cable that has a connector at one end, and loose wires on the other.
5. The flamingo flower.
6. The tail of a pig.

Translations

braided hair

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: توكتين (tuktén) f pl

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辮子 (cmn), 辫子 (cmn) (biànzi)

• Finnish: letti (fi)
• French: tresse (fr) f, natte (fr) f
• German: Zopf (de) m
• Hungarian: copf (hu)
• Italian: codino (it) m
• Japanese: お下げ (ja) (おさげ, osage), おさげ髪 (ja) (おさげがみ, osagegami), ピグテール (ja) (pigutēru)

• Portuguese: maria-chiquinha (pt) f
• Romani: chunra f
• Russian: косичка (ru) (kosíčka) f , коса (ru) (kosá) f , хвостик (ru) (xvóstik) m  ("little tail", colloquial)
• Spanish: coleta (es)
• Swedish: råttsvans (sv)

either of two braids or ponytails

• Finnish: saparo (fi)
• French: couette (fr) f
• Russian: косичка (ru) (kosíčka) f 

• Spanish: dobletrenza (es)
• Swedish: tofs (sv) c, råttsvans (sv) c, pippilott (sv) c