dreadlock

English

Noun

dreadlock (plural dreadlocks)

1. A single strand of dreadlocks

Translations

strand of dreadlocks

• Dutch: dreadlock m
• Finnish: rasta (fi)
• French: dread (fr) f, cadenette (fr) f
• Macedonian: суканица f (sukanica)
• Maori: kōrinorino, uru mange
• Swahili: rasta (sw)

Verb

dreadlock (third-person singular simple present dreadlocks, present participle dreadlocking, simple past and past participle dreadlocked)

1. To put (hair) into dreadlocks
   • 2004, David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories‎^[1], →ISBN, page 86:

     I paced the avenues, mane dreadlocked by city dirt.

Synonyms

• dread

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dreadlock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛd.lɔk/, /ˈdrɛt.lɔk/
• Hyphenation: dread‧lock

Noun

dreadlock m (plural dreadlocks, diminutive dreadlockje n)

1. dreadlock

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dreadlocks

Noun

dreadlock m (plural dreadlocks)

1. dreadlocks (hair left to grow into long matted strings)

   Synonyms: dread, rastas