pigtail

English

A young girl with pigtails.

Etymology

pig +‎ tail

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɡ.teɪl/

Noun

pigtail (plural pigtails)

1. A braided plait of hair.
2. Either of two braids or "tails" on the side of the head.
3. A twisted piece of tobacco.
4. A cable that has a connector at one end, and loose wires on the other.
5. The flamingo flower.
6. The tail of a pig.
7. (medicine) Twisted stent terminal; Stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.

Translations

braided plait of hair

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: توكتين f pl (tuktén)

• Bashkir: толом (tolom)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辮子／辫子 (zh) (biànzi), 辫子 (zh) (biànzi)

• Finnish: letti (fi)
• French: tresse (fr) f, natte (fr) f
• German: Zopf (de) m
• Hungarian: copf (hu)
• Italian: codino (it) m
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• Japanese: 御下げ (おさげ, osage), 御下げ髪 (おさげがみ, osagegami) (tied over the shoulder); ツインテール (tsuintēru) (tied at each side of the head)
• Korean: 피그테일 (pigeuteil)
• Polish: warkoczyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: trança (pt) f
• Romani: chunra f
• Russian: коси́чка (ru) f (kosíčka), коса́ (ru) f (kosá), хво́стик (ru) m (xvóstik) ("little tail", colloquial)
• Spanish: coleta (es) f, trenza (es) f
• Swedish: råttsvans
• Tagalog: trintas, tirintas (tl)
• Welsh: plethyn m

either of two braids or ponytails

• Bashkir: толом (tolom)
• Czech: culík (unbraided)
• Finnish: saparo (fi)
• French: couette (fr) f
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• German: Haarzopf m, Zöpfchen n
• Portuguese: maria-chiquinha (pt) f, chiquinha f
• Russian: коси́чка (ru) f (kosíčka)
• Spanish: coleta (es) f
• Swedish: tofs (sv) c, råttsvans c, pippilott c

twisted piece of tobacco

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cable

• German: Anschlussdraht m, Anschlussfaser f
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flamingo flower — see flamingo flower

tail of a pig

• Finnish: siansaparo
• German: Schweineschwanz m
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• Swedish: knorr (sv)