headband

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hedband, from Old English hēafodbænd, hēafodbend (“headband”), equivalent to head +‎ band. Cognate with Old High German houbitbant (“headband”), Dutch hoofdband (“headband”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdˌbænd/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

headband (plural headbands)

A strip of fabric worn around the head.
A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.
A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.
Hypernym: endband
(printing) A thin slip of iron on the tympan of a printing press.

Synonyms

(horseshoe-shaped headband): Alice band
fillet

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

strip of fabric worn around the head

Abinomn: kʷetam
Arabic: طَوْق شَعَر m (ṭawq šaʕar)
Hijazi Arabic: طوق m (ṭōg)
Bengali: সরবন্দ (bn) (śôrbônd)
Catalan: cinta de cap f, cinta pel cabell f
Cherokee: ᎠᎵᎬᏓᏃᏍᏙᏗ (aligvdanosdodi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 頭帶 / 头带 (tóudài)
Czech: čelenka f
Finnish: otsanauha; hikinauha (in sports)
French: bandeau (fr) m, serre-tête (fr) m
German: Stirnband (de) n, Stirnbinde f
Greek:
Ancient: ἀναδέσμη f (anadésmē), ταινία f (tainía)
Hebrew: קֶשֶׁת (he) f (qéshet)
Japanese: ヘッドバンド (heddobando), ヘアバンド (heabando)
Korean: 헤어밴드 (heeobaendeu), 머리띠 (meoritti)
Latin: vitta f, torulus m
Maori: tīpare
Navajo: tsii náztʼiʼ
Ottoman Turkish: صاچ باغی (saç bağı)
Polish: opaska (pl) f
Portuguese: testeira (pt) f
Russian: повя́зка на голове́ (ru) f (povjázka na golové)
Scottish Gaelic: stìom f
Slovene: naglavni trak m
Spanish: cintillo m, vincha (es) f, wincha (es) f (Bolivia)
Welsh: penrwymyn m, rhactal m

horseshoe-shaped hair accessory, Alice band

Chinese:
Mandarin: 頭箍 / 头箍 (zh) (tóugū), 髮箍 / 发箍 (fàgū)
Czech: čelenka f
Finnish: hiuspanta
German: Haarbügel m, Haarreifen (de) m, Haarreif m
Icelandic: hárspöng f
Italian: cerchietto (it)
Japanese: カチューシャ (ja) (kachūsha)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hårbøyle (no) m
Persian: تل (fa) (tel)
Polish: opaska (pl) f
Portuguese: tiara (pt) f, bandelete f, bandolete f
Slovene: naglavni obroč m
Spanish: diadema (es) f, balaca f (Colombia)

strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book

Catalan: trencafila (ca) f
Czech: kapitálek (cs) m
Finnish: kapiteelinauha
French: tranchefile (fr)
German: Kapitalband n
Greek: κεφαλάρι (el) n (kefalári)
Polish: kapitałka (pl) f
Portuguese: cabeçada (pt) f, tranchefilas m, requife m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Bashkir: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (bando)
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} peapael, ^{(please verify)} higipael
French: ^{(please verify)} bandeau (fr)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} fejpánt (hu), ^{(please verify)} fejkötő (hu)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ヘアバンド (heabando)
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 发箍 (fàgū), ^{(please verify)} 头巾 (zh) (tóujīn), ^{(please verify)} 头饰带
Persian: ^{(please verify)} سربند (fa) (sarband)
Quechua: ^{(please verify)} wincha
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} hårband (sv) n, ^{(please verify)} hårsnodd (sv), ^{(please verify)} huvudband n, ^{(please verify)} huvudbindel c
Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} birrbak-kawangin

Anagrams

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