Handkerchief

//ˈhæŋkət͡ʃɪf//

Synonyms for "handkerchief" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(1 words)
hanky

Strong matches (5)

Noun(2 words)
hankeyhankie

Related words (9)

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Translations

174 translations across 109 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • sakdoek noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Albanian

1 entries
  • shami noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σουδάριον noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Arabic

3 entries
  • منديل noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • مَحْرَمَة noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • مِنْدِيل noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թաշկինակ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ৰুমাল noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Asturian

1 entries
  • pañuelu noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • cib dəsmalı noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • dəsmal noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • məndil noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡулъяулыҡ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • насава́я ху́стачка noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • насо́ўка noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • ху́стачка noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Bengali

1 entries
  • রুমাল noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • къ́рпичка noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • но́сна къ́рпа noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လက်ကိုင်ပဝါ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Catalan

1 entries
  • mocador noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • دەستەسڕ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • دەسەسڕ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 手帕 noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • 手絹 /手绢 noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • yavluq noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Czech

1 entries
  • kapesník noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Dalmatian

2 entries
  • fazuol noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • sedarul noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Danish

1 entries
  • lommetørklæde noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Dutch

1 entries
  • zakdoek noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Elfdalian

2 entries
  • snorslarv noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • snortrasu noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • naztuko noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • poŝtuko noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Estonian

2 entries
  • taskurätik noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • taskurätt noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Faroese

1 entries
  • lummaturriklæði noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Finnish

1 entries
  • nenäliina noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

French

1 entries
  • mouchoir noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Friulian

2 entries
  • façolet noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • smočhìt noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Galician

2 entries
  • pano noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • pano da man noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცხვირსახოცი noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

German

1 entries
  • Taschentuch noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Greek

1 entries
  • μαντήλι noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • kakkissarfik noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • hinakā noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מִמחָטָה noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Hindi

1 entries
  • रूमाल noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • zsebkendő noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • vasaklútur noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Ido

1 entries
  • nazotuko noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • saputangan noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • nenärätti noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • دَسْتْمال noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • رومال noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Irish

3 entries
  • ciarsúr noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • ciarsúr póca noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • naipcín póca noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Istriot

1 entries
  • fassulito noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Italian

1 entries
  • fazzoletto noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ハンカチ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • ハンカチーフ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • 鼻拭き noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қол орамал noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កន្សែងដៃ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Kinyarwanda

1 entries
  • umushwara noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Korean

1 entries
  • 손수건 noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • бет аарчу жоолук noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • бет аарчы noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Ladino

2 entries
  • ridá noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • rizá noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຜ້າເຊັດໜ້າ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • ມົນ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • ແພມົນ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Latin

1 entries
  • sūdārium noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Latvian

3 entries
  • kabatlakatiņš noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • kabatlakats noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • mutautiņš noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • nosinaitė noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • nosinė noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • šantk noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Nuesnappech noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • марамче noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • шамивче noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Malay

1 entries
  • sapu tangan noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Maltese

1 entries
  • maktur noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Marathi

1 entries
  • रुमाल noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • гурвалжин алчуур noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • нусны алчуур noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • ᠭᠠᠷ ᠠᠯᠴᠢᠭᠤᠷ noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Māori

1 entries
  • aikiha noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • maccaturo noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Norman

2 entries
  • mouoché noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • torche-nez noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • destmal noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • paçik noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • peçete noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • lommetørkle noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • lommetørkle noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Occitan

1 entries
  • mocador noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • moshwens noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • دستار noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • چوره noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • یاغلق noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • хусточка noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Pashto

2 entries
  • دستمال noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • دسمال noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Polish

2 entries
  • chusteczka noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • chusteczka do nosa noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • lenço noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Romanian

2 entries
  • batistă noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • năframă noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Romansch

4 entries
  • fazalet noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • faziel noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • fazielet noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • fazöl noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Russian

3 entries
  • носово́й плато́к noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • плато́к noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • плато́чек noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • macadori noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • mancaloru noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • mucadore noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • màramica noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • ма̀рамица noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • fazzulettu noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Slovak

1 entries
  • vreckovka noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Slovene

1 entries
  • robec noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Spanish

3 entries
  • mocador noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • moquero noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • pañuelo noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Swahili

2 entries
  • hanchifu noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • leso noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Swedish

1 entries
  • näsduk noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • panyo noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • panyolito noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Tajik

4 entries
  • дастмол noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • румол noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • рӯймол noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • рӯмол noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கைக்குட்டை noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Tatar

1 entries
  • кулъяулык noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Thai

1 entries
  • ผ้าเช็ดหน้า noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • hankisip noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Turkish

1 entries
  • mendil noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • elýaglyk noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • носова́ ху́стка noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • ху́стка noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • ху́сточка noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Unami

1 entries
  • akontpèpi noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • nósnik noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • šnuptichl noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Urdu

2 entries
  • دَسْت مال noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • رُومال noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قول ياغلىق noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • dastroʻmol noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • roʻmolcha noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Varhadi

1 entries
  • दस्ती noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Venetan

1 entries
  • fasołeto noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • khăn tay noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • mu-xoa noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • mùi soa noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Volapük

1 entries
  • pokasärvätül noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Welsh

4 entries
  • cadach noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • ffunen noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • hances noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • macyn noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • bûsdoek noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • טיכל noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)
  • נאָזטיכל noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • desmal (diq) noun (cloth for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This handkerchief didn't wash clean.

Source: tatoeba (60636)

This handkerchief is made of paper.

Source: tatoeba (60637)

How much is this handkerchief?

Source: tatoeba (60638)

Blow your nose with this handkerchief.

Source: tatoeba (60639)

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