headdress

English

Alternative forms

• head-dress
• head dress

Etymology

head +‎ dress

Noun

headdress (plural headdresses)

1. A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.
2. A hairdo.

Synonyms

• (an covering or ornament worn on the head): headgear

Translations

a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head

• Albanian: kezë (sq)
• Danish: hovedbeklædning c
• Finnish: päähine (fi)
• French: couvre-chef (fr) m
• German: Kopfbedeckung (de) f

  Middle High German: gebende n

• Hungarian: fejdísz (hu), fejék (hu)
• Icelandic: höfuðbúnaður m
• Indonesian: bulang (id)
• Irish: ceannbheart m or f
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• Kazakh: бас киім (bas kiım)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 머리 장식물 (meori jangsingmul)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پۆتەڵاک (potellak)

• Mapudungun: perkiñ
• Old English: hēafodclāþ n
• Polish: nakrycie głowy (pl) n
• Russian: головно́й убо́р (ru) m (golovnój ubór)
• Spanish: tocado (es) m
• Yámana: yakamuš-uška

hairdo — see hairdo