beanie

See also: Beanie

English

A beanie hat

Alternative forms

• beenie

Etymology

bean (“the head”) +‎ -ie

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ni/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːni

Noun

beanie (plural beanies)

1. A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.

   Enrique Iglesias is often seen wearing a beanie.

2. A head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides.
3. (informal) A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing.

Synonyms

• (cap): knit cap, knit hat, skull cap, skullie, skully, snow cap, snow hat, ski cap, sock cap, stocking cap, toque (Canada), watch cap, woolly hat (UK), wooly hat

Translations

cap that fits the head closely

• Afrikaans: mus, beanie
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: txano
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛線帽, 毛线帽 (máoxiànmào)

• Danish: hue (da) c
• Dutch: muts (nl) m or f
• Finnish: pipo (fi)
• French: bonnet (fr) m; tuque (fr) f (Canada)
• German: Beanie (de) f
• Hungarian: téli sapka
• Irish: bairéidín

• Italian: berretto (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lue (no)

  Nynorsk: lue

• Portuguese: touca (pt) f, gorro (pt) m
• Russian: шапка (ru) (šapka)
• Spanish: gorro (es) m
• Swedish: mössa (sv) c
• Turkish: bere (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can