Braid

//bɹeɪd//

Synonyms for "braid" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Verb(3 words)
lacebetwineentwine
Noun(1 words)
braiding

Strong matches (26)

Noun(1 words)
gold braid

Related words (42)

Noun(3 words)
plaittresstwist

Related word relations

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Antonyms

1 entries

Related terms

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dbpedia genre

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derived

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has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

manner of

2 entries

related to

20 entries

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Translations

254 translations across 81 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • gërshet noun (hairstyle)
  • dredh verb (to intertwine)
  • thur verb (to intertwine)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • πλέγμα noun (hairstyle)
  • πλέκω verb (to intertwine)

Arabic

4 entries
  • جدوله noun (hairstyle)
  • جَدِيلَة noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • جَدِيلَة noun (hairstyle)
  • ضفيرة noun (weave of three or more strands)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ծամ noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • ծամ noun (hairstyle)
  • հյուս noun (hairstyle)
  • հյուսք noun (weave of three or more strands)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • mpiltescu verb (to intertwine)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • hörük noun (hairstyle)
  • eşmək verb (to intertwine)
  • hörmək verb (to intertwine)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • толом noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • толом noun (hairstyle)
  • ишеү verb (to intertwine)
  • үреү verb (to intertwine)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • каса́ noun (hairstyle)
  • пле́сці verb (to intertwine)
  • спле́сці verb (to intertwine)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • salapid verb (to intertwine)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • пли́тка noun (hairstyle)
  • плитка noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • плета́ verb (to intertwine)
  • сплитам verb (to intertwine)

Catalan

3 entries
  • trena noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • trena noun (hairstyle)
  • trenar verb (to intertwine)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • کەزی noun (hairstyle)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 辮子 /辫子 noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • 辮子 /辫子 noun (hairstyle)
  • 編織 /编织 verb (to intertwine)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • плести verb (to intertwine)

Czech

4 entries
  • cop noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • cop noun (hairstyle)
  • pletenec noun (hairstyle)
  • plést verb (to intertwine)

Danish

2 entries
  • fletning noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • fletning noun (hairstyle)

Dutch

4 entries
  • ruk noun (sudden movement)
  • vlecht noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • vlecht noun (hairstyle)
  • vlechten verb (to intertwine)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • n:b-d:D3 verb (to intertwine)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • plekti verb (to intertwine)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pats noun (hairstyle)

Faroese

1 entries
  • rykk noun (sudden movement)

Finnish

4 entries
  • letti noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • letti noun (hairstyle)
  • letittää verb (to intertwine)
  • punoa verb (to intertwine)

French

4 entries
  • galon noun (sudden movement)
  • natte noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • natte noun (hairstyle)
  • tresse noun (weave of three or more strands)

Galician

4 entries
  • arello noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • arello noun (hairstyle)
  • baderna noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • cadrelo noun (weave of three or more strands)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ნაწნავი noun (hairstyle)

German

4 entries
  • Abschirmgeflecht noun (tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal)
  • Flechte noun (hairstyle)
  • Geflecht noun (tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal)
  • Litze noun (weave of three or more strands)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰 noun (hairstyle)

Greek

4 entries
  • πλεξίδα noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • πλεξίδα noun (hairstyle)
  • πλόκαμος noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • ζυμώνω verb (to mix by beating, rubbing etc.)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • צַמָּה noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • צַמָּה noun (hairstyle)

Hindi

1 entries
  • चुटिया noun (hairstyle)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • copf noun (hairstyle)
  • fonat noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • hajfonat noun (hairstyle)
  • befon verb (to intertwine)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • fléttingur noun (hairstyle)
  • fléttur noun (hairstyle)

Ido

1 entries
  • tresigar verb (to intertwine)

Ingrian

4 entries
  • kassa noun (hairstyle)
  • letti noun (hairstyle)
  • palmikko noun (hairstyle)
  • palmikoija verb (to intertwine)

Ingush

1 entries
  • кӏеж noun (hairstyle)

Irish

2 entries
  • cleacht noun (hairstyle)
  • trilseán noun (hairstyle)

Italian

3 entries
  • treccia noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • treccia noun (hairstyle)
  • intrecciare verb (to intertwine)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 三つ編み noun (hairstyle)
  • 組み紐 noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • 編む verb (to intertwine)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • бұрым noun (hairstyle)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries
  • chà verb (to intertwine)
  • chà verb (to mix by beating, rubbing etc.)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ក្រង verb (to intertwine)
  • ត្បាញ verb (to intertwine)
  • ស្រែះ verb (to intertwine)

Korean

2 entries
  • 땋은 머리 noun (hairstyle)
  • 짜다 verb (to intertwine)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • peit verb (to intertwine)

Latin

1 entries
  • plectō verb (to intertwine)

Latvian

3 entries
  • bize noun (hairstyle)
  • pīne noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • pīt verb (to intertwine)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • kasa noun (hairstyle)
  • pinti verb (to intertwine)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • plasć verb (to intertwine)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • плетеница noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • плетенка noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • плетенка noun (hairstyle)
  • испреплетува verb (to intertwine)

Maltese

1 entries
  • dafar verb (to intertwine)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • сүлжих verb (to intertwine)
  • ᠰᠦᠯᠵᠢᠬᠦ verb (to intertwine)

Navajo

1 entries
  • yibizh verb (to intertwine)

Norman

3 entries
  • tresse noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • tresse noun (hairstyle)
  • tresser verb (to intertwine)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • kezî noun (hairstyle)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • flette noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • flette verb (to intertwine)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • flette noun (hairstyle)

Occitan

1 entries
  • trena noun (hairstyle)

Persian

4 entries
  • بافته noun (hairstyle)
  • تافته noun (hairstyle)
  • لاغ noun (hairstyle)
  • گیس noun (weave of three or more strands)

Polish

4 entries
  • kosa noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • kosa noun (hairstyle)
  • warkocz noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • warkocz noun (hairstyle)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • trança noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • trança noun (hairstyle)
  • entrançar verb (to intertwine)
  • trançar verb (to intertwine)

Quechua

4 entries
  • pillta noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • simp'a noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • simp'a noun (hairstyle)
  • simpa noun (weave of three or more strands)

Romani

1 entries
  • chunra noun (weave of three or more strands)

Romanian

4 entries
  • coadă noun (hairstyle)
  • codiță noun (hairstyle)
  • cosiță noun (hairstyle)
  • împletitură noun (weave of three or more strands)

Russian

4 entries
  • галу́н noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • коса́ noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • коса́ noun (hairstyle)
  • коси́чка noun (hairstyle)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • कूटक noun (hairstyle)
  • केशगर्भक noun (hairstyle)
  • पर्परी noun (hairstyle)
  • रज्जु noun (hairstyle)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dual noun (hairstyle)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • gajtan noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • kika noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • pletenica noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • pletenica noun (hairstyle)

Slovak

4 entries
  • pletenec noun (hairstyle)
  • vrkoč noun (hairstyle)
  • pliesť verb (to intertwine)
  • zapletať verb (to intertwine)

Slovene

4 entries
  • kita noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • kita noun (hairstyle)
  • pletenica noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • plesti verb (to intertwine)

Spanish

4 entries
  • chape noun (hairstyle)
  • cimpa noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • cimpa noun (hairstyle)
  • simpa noun (weave of three or more strands)

Sudovian

1 entries
  • pīne noun (weave of three or more strands)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fläta noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • fläta noun (hairstyle)
  • fläta verb (to intertwine)

Tajik

1 entries
  • кокул noun (hairstyle)

Telugu

2 entries
  • జడ noun (weave of three or more strands)
  • జడ noun (hairstyle)

Thai

2 entries
  • เปีย noun (hairstyle)
  • ถัก verb (to intertwine)

Turkish

2 entries
  • örgü noun (hairstyle)
  • örmek verb (to intertwine)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • йырси пунэт noun (hairstyle)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • коса́ noun (hairstyle)
  • плести́ verb (to intertwine)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kokil noun (hairstyle)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bím tóc noun (hairstyle)

Walloon

1 entries
  • trexhe noun (weave of three or more strands)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • צאָפּ noun (weave of three or more strands)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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The girl's father put her hair in a braid.

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Mom, I want you to braid my hair.

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Mary learned to braid hair as a girl.

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Can I braid your hair?

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