Tom was wearing a balaclava.
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Balaclava
//ˌbæl.əˈklɑːvə//
Synonyms for "balaclava" (3 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (1)
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Translations
67 translations across 40 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- balaklawamus noun (headgear)
- bivakmus noun (headgear)
Arabic
2 entries- بَالَاكْلَافَا noun (headgear)
- نَسِيج صُوفِيّ noun (headgear)
Armenian
1 entries- բալակլավա noun (headgear)
Belarusian
1 entries- балакла́ва noun (headgear)
Bulgarian
1 entries- балакла́ва noun (headgear)
Catalan
1 entries- passamuntanyes noun (headgear)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 巴拉克拉瓦 noun (headgear)
- 頭套 /头套 noun (headgear)
Czech
1 entries- kukla noun (headgear)
Danish
1 entries- elefanthue noun (headgear)
Dutch
2 entries- balaclava noun (headgear)
- bivakmuts noun (headgear)
Esperanto
2 entries- bivakĉapo noun (headgear)
- skimasko noun (headgear)
Faroese
1 entries- brølapa noun (headgear)
Finnish
3 entries- huppupipo noun (headgear)
- kommandopipo noun (headgear)
- kypäräpipo noun (headgear)
French
2 entries- cagoule noun (headgear)
- passe-montagne noun (headgear)
Georgian
1 entries- ბალაკლავა noun (headgear)
German
4 entries- Balaklava noun (headgear)
- Biwakmütze noun (headgear)
- Skimaske noun (headgear)
- Sturmhaube noun (headgear)
Greek
1 entries- κουκούλα noun (headgear)
Hebrew
2 entries- בַּרְדָּס noun (headgear)
- בלקלאווה noun (headgear)
Ido
1 entries- kagulo noun (headgear)
Interlingua
1 entries- balaclava noun (headgear)
Irish
1 entries- balacláva noun (headgear)
Italian
3 entries- balaclava noun (headgear)
- balaklava noun (headgear)
- passamontagna noun (headgear)
Japanese
3 entries- バラクラバ noun (headgear)
- バラクラヴァ noun (headgear)
- 目出し帽 noun (headgear)
Korean
1 entries- 발라클라바 noun (headgear)
Macedonian
1 entries- фантомка noun (headgear)
Māori
2 entries- pōtae pūāhuru noun (headgear)
- pōtae uhi noun (headgear)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- balaklava noun (headgear)
- finlandshette noun (headgear)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- balaklava noun (headgear)
- finlandshette noun (headgear)
Polish
1 entries- kominiarka noun (headgear)
Portuguese
1 entries- balaclava noun (headgear)
Romanian
1 entries- cagulă noun (headgear)
Russian
2 entries- балакла́ва noun (headgear)
- вя́заный шлем noun (headgear)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- balaklava noun (headgear)
- fàntōmka noun (headgear)
- балаклава noun (headgear)
- фа̀нто̄мка noun (headgear)
Slovak
1 entries- kukla noun (headgear)
Slovene
1 entries- podkapa noun (headgear)
Spanish
2 entries- papahígo noun (headgear)
- pasamontañas noun (headgear)
Swedish
2 entries- balaklava noun (headgear)
- rånarluva noun (headgear)
Thai
2 entries- โม่ง noun (headgear)
- ไอ้โม่ง noun (headgear)
Ukrainian
1 entries- балакла́ва noun (headgear)
Welsh
1 entries- balaclafa noun (headgear)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The soldier took off his balaclava.
Source: tatoeba (10236657)
The thief thought a balaclava would obscure her identity, but the cops were able to identify her by her distinctive eyebrows.
Source: tatoeba (10250486)
I put on everything I brought: two pairs of long underwear (tops and bottoms), a fleece, two down jackets, a balaclava, a ski hat, two pairs of gloves, and a pair ski goggles.
Source: tatoeba (11604195)
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