waistband

English

Etymology

From waist +‎ band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪstˌbænd/, [ˈweɪst.ˌbænd]

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Noun

waistband (plural waistbands)

1. A band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt.

Translations

band of fabric encircling the waist

• Adyghe: бгырыпх (bɣərəpx)
• Albanian: brez (sq) m
• Arabic: تِكَّة f (tikka), حِزَام m (ḥizām)
• Armenian: գոտի (hy) (goti)
• Bulgarian: пояс (bg) m (pojas)
• Catalan: cintura (ca) f, cinturilla f
• Danish: linning
• Dutch: tailleband (nl) m
• Finnish: vyötärönauha
• French: ceinture (fr) f, élastique (fr) m
• Galician: faixa (gl) f, cintura (gl) f
• Georgian: ქამარი (kamari)
• German: Bund (de) m, Taillenbund m, Hosenbund (de) m
• Greek: μέση (el) f (mési)
• Ido: zono (io)
• Irish: banda coime m
• Italian: cintura (it) f, cinturino m
• Latin: subligāculum n
• Macedonian: по́јас m (pójas)
• Ottoman Turkish: اوچقور (uçkur), تكه (tikke)
• Persian: بروفه (fa) (borufe), کمربند (fa) (kamarband)
• Portuguese: cós (pt) m
• Romanian: betelie (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: (pants) bann na briogais m
• Spanish: cinturilla f, pretina f
• Swedish: linning (sv) c
• Welsh: llinyn gwasg m