The colander is recognized in the Czech Republic and New Zealand as religious headgear.
Source: tatoeba (7950073)
Headgear
//ˈhɛdɡɪə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "headgear" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (32)
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48 translations across 24 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- baş geyimi noun (anything worn on the head)
Bulgarian
1 entries- оглавник noun (harness that fits on a horse's head)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پۆتەڵاک noun (anything worn on the head)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 帽子 noun (anything worn on the head)
- 頭巾 /头巾 noun (anything worn on the head)
Czech
1 entries- pokrývka hlavy noun (anything worn on the head)
Finnish
2 entries- päitset noun (harness that fits on a horse's head)
- päähine noun (anything worn on the head)
French
1 entries- couvre-chef noun (anything worn on the head)
German
2 entries- Kopfbedeckung noun (anything worn on the head)
- Zaumzeug noun (harness that fits on a horse's head)
Hebrew
1 entries- כִּסּוּי רֹאשׁ noun (anything worn on the head)
Hungarian
1 entries- fejfedő noun (anything worn on the head)
Icelandic
1 entries- höfuðbúnaður noun (anything worn on the head)
Irish
1 entries- ceannbheart noun (anything worn on the head)
Italian
4 entries- bandana noun (anything worn on the head)
- cappello noun (anything worn on the head)
- cappuccio noun (anything worn on the head)
- copricapo noun (anything worn on the head)
Japanese
3 entries- ヘッドギア noun (anything worn on the head)
- 帽子 noun (anything worn on the head)
- 頭巾 noun (anything worn on the head)
Kazakh
2 entries- бас киім noun (anything worn on the head)
- баскиім noun (anything worn on the head)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- āhàngkǜhā noun (traditional headgear)
Korean
4 entries- 두건 noun (anything worn on the head)
- 모자 noun (anything worn on the head)
- 쓸 것 noun (anything worn on the head)
- 헤드기어 noun (anything worn on the head)
Māori
3 entries- paraehe noun (anything worn on the head)
- paraehe noun (harness that fits on a horse's head)
- paraire noun (harness that fits on a horse's head)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- باشلق noun (anything worn on the head)
- سرپوش noun (anything worn on the head)
Polish
3 entries- nakrycie głowy noun (anything worn on the head)
- nakrycie głowy noun (traditional headgear)
- uprząż noun (harness that fits on a horse's head)
Portuguese
1 entries- acessório para a cabeça noun (anything worn on the head)
Russian
1 entries- головно́й убо́р noun (anything worn on the head)
Spanish
4 entries- accesorio para la cabeza noun (anything worn on the head)
- brida noun (harness that fits on a horse's head)
- cofia noun (anything worn on the head)
- escofia noun (anything worn on the head)
Swedish
1 entries- huvudbonad noun (anything worn on the head)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A society that bans religious headgear is not free.
Source: tatoeba (11044190)
Tom was late for wrestling practice because he left his headgear at home.
Source: tatoeba (12272829)
Grey hairs straggled out from under her head-gear, which surrounded a dark face with bushy eyebrows and a long knotted nose.
Source: wiktionary
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