headrest

English

Headrest

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Germanic *haubudą

Old English hēafod

Middle English heed

English head

Proto-Germanic *rastō

Proto-West Germanic *rastu

Old English ræst

Middle English reste

English rest

English headrest

From head + rest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdˌɹɛst/

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Noun

headrest (plural headrests)

1. The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.
   • 2008 April 9, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, “Harnessing Biology, and Avoiding Oil, for Chemical Goods”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Similarly, the biotech giant Cargill has begun manufacturing a polymer from vegetable oils that is used in polyurethane foams, which is found in beddings, furniture and car-seat headrests.

   • 2015, Elle Casey, War of the Fae: Book 8 (Time Slipping), Elle Casey, →ISBN:

     He rose up to sit on Jared's headrest, facing the back of the van and me. Once he was balanced, his cuticles became the focus of his attention. “Where is everybody?” “Peeing. Getting snackage.” “What kind of snackage?” “Nougat, […] ”

Hyponyms

• head restraint

Translations

part of a seat

• Azerbaijani: başaltı
• Catalan: reposacaps m
• Dutch: hoofdsteun (nl) m
• Finnish: päänoja
• French: appui-tête (fr) m, repose-tête (fr) m
• Galician: repousacabezas m
• German: Kopflehne (de) f, Kopfstütze (de) f, Kopfauflage f, Kopfstütze des Dentalstuhls (dental chair), Kopfstütze mit Backen f (with side pads)
• Greek: αποκούμπι (el) n (apokoúmpi)
• Hawaiian: uluna
• Italian: poggiatesta m
• Polish: zagłówek (pl) m
• Russian: подголовник (ru) m (podgolovnik)
• Spanish: reposacabezas (es) m, apoyacabeza (es) m, apoyanuca m
• Tahitian: uruʻa

Further reading

• headrest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• deathers, heardest