headband

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hedband, from Old English hēafodbænd, hēafodbend (“headband”), equivalent to head +‎ band. Cognate with Old High German houbitbant (“headband”), Dutch hoofdband (“headband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdˌbænd/

• Audio (US):

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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.

   Hypernym: endband

4. (printing) A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing-press.

Synonyms

• (horseshoe-shaped headband): Alice band
• fillet

Hyponyms

• deely bobber
• katyusha

Translations

strip of fabric worn around the head

• Abinomn: kʷetam
• Arabic: طَوْق شَعَر m (ṭawq šaʕar)

  Hijazi Arabic: طوق m (ṭōg)

• Bengali: সরবন্দ (bn) (śôrbônd)
• Catalan: cinta de cap f, cinta pel cabell f
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᎬᏓᏃᏍᏙᏗ (aligvdanosdodi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頭帶／头带 (tóudài)

• Czech: čelenka f
• Finnish: otsanauha; hikinauha (in sports)
• French: bandeau (fr) m, serre-tête (fr) m
• German: Stirnband (de) n, Stirnbinde f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀναδέσμη f (anadésmē), ταινία f (tainía)

• Hebrew: קֶשֶׁת (he) f (qéshet)
• Japanese: ヘッドバンド (heddobando), ヘアバンド (heabando)
• Korean: 머리띠 (meoritti)
• Latin: vitta f, torulus m
• Maori: tīpare
• Navajo: tsii náztʼiʼ
• Ottoman Turkish: صاچ باغی (saç bağı)
• Polish: opaska (pl) f
• Portuguese: testeira (pt) f
• Russian: повя́зка на голове́ (ru) f (povjázka na golové)
• Scottish Gaelic: stìom f
• Slovene: naglavni trak m
• Spanish: cintillo m
• Welsh: penrwymyn m, rhactal m

horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band

• Czech: čelenka f
• Finnish: hiuspanta
• German: Haarbügel m, Haarreifen (de) m, Haarreif m
• Italian: cerchietto (it)
• Japanese: カチューシャ (ja) (kachūsha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hårbøyle (no) m

• Portuguese: tiara (pt) f, bandelete f, bandolete f
• Slovene: naglavni obroč m

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

• Catalan: trencafila (ca) f
• Czech: kapitálek (cs) m
• Finnish: kapiteelinauha
• French: tranchefile (fr)
• German: Kapitalband n
• Greek: κεφαλάρι (el) n (kefalári)
• Polish: kapitałka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cabeçada (pt) f, tranchefilas m, requife m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bashkir: ^{(please verify)} bando
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} peapael, ^{(please verify)} higipael
• French: ^{(please verify)} bandeau (fr)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} fejpánt (hu), ^{(please verify)} fejkötő (hu)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ヘアバンド (heabando)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 发箍 (fàgū), ^{(please verify)} 头巾 (zh) (tóujīn), ^{(please verify)} 头饰带
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} سربند (fa) (sarband)
• Quechua: ^{(please verify)} wincha
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} hårband (sv) n, ^{(please verify)} hårsnodd (sv), ^{(please verify)} huvudband n, ^{(please verify)} huvudbindel c

See also

• headband on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• bandhead