The showgirl's headdress was so tall she had to duck to get through the door.
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Headdress
//ˈhɛdˌdɹɛs//
Synonyms for "headdress" (29 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 24 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kezë noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پۆتەڵاک noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Danish
1 entries- hovedbeklædning noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Esperanto
1 entries- kapvesto noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Finnish
1 entries- päähine noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
French
1 entries- couvre-chef noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
German
1 entries- Kopfbedeckung noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Hindi
1 entries- शिरोभूषण noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Hungarian
2 entries- fejdísz noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
- fejék noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Icelandic
1 entries- höfuðbúnaður noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Indonesian
1 entries- bulang noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Irish
1 entries- ceannbheart noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Kazakh
1 entries- бас киім noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Korean
1 entries- 헤드드레스 noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Mapudungun
1 entries- perkiñ noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Middle High German
1 entries- gebende noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Māori
1 entries- hutukawa noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hodepryd noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Old English
1 entries- hēafodclāþ noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- باشلق noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
- سرپوش noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Polish
1 entries- nakrycie głowy noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Russian
1 entries- головно́й убо́р noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Spanish
3 entries- cofia noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
- escofia noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
- tocado noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Yámana
1 entries- yakamuš-uška noun (a decorative covering or ornament worn on the head)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The one with the unique headdress is the chieftain.
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Ashkenazim wore the traditional sudra headdress until the 16th century.
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The week before emancipation day the women love to wear a headdress.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.