Towel

//ˈtaʊ(ə)l//

Synonyms for "towel" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Strong matches (11)

Related words (19)

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11 relation types

More general

4 entries

More specific

2 entries

at location

12 entries

capable of

5 entries

derived

38 entries

Showing 16 of 38 words.

has context

2 entries

is a

6 entries

manner of

1 entries

receives action

2 entries

related to

2 entries

used for

27 entries

Showing 16 of 27 words.

Translations

203 translations across 134 languages.

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Adyghe

1 entries
  • нэпэӏэплъэкӏ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • handdoek noun (cloth used for wiping)

Albanian

2 entries
  • havlli noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • peshqir noun (cloth used for wiping)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • χειρόμακτρον noun (cloth used for wiping)

Arabic

4 entries
  • فوطة noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • فوطة noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • مِنْشَفة noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • مِنْشَفَة noun (cloth used for wiping)

Armenian

1 entries
  • սրբիչ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • prusopi noun (cloth used for wiping)

Asturian

2 entries
  • toalla noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • toballa noun (cloth used for wiping)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • dəsmal noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • məhrəba noun (cloth used for wiping)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • таҫтамал noun (cloth used for wiping)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • ручні́к noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • рушні́к noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • уціра́льнік noun (cloth used for wiping)

Bengali

1 entries
  • তোয়ালে noun (cloth used for wiping)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • तौलिया noun (cloth used for wiping)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • tuala noun (cloth used for wiping)

Buginese

1 entries
  • handu' noun (cloth used for wiping)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • къ́рпа noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • пешки́р noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • ръчени́к noun (cloth used for wiping)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မျက်နှာသုတ်ပဝါ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Campidanese Sardinian

2 entries
  • tialla de facci noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • tiallòra noun (cloth used for wiping)

Catalan

1 entries
  • tovallola noun (cloth used for wiping)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • toalya noun (cloth used for wiping)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • خاولی noun (cloth used for wiping)

Chechen

1 entries
  • гата noun (cloth used for wiping)

Chinese

2 entries
  • шуҗин noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • 毛巾 noun (cloth used for wiping)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 毛巾 noun (cloth used for wiping)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 手巾 noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • 毛巾 noun (cloth used for wiping)

Crimean Tatar

3 entries
  • avlu noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • testimal noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • yüzbez noun (cloth used for wiping)

Czech

1 entries
  • ručník noun (cloth used for wiping)

Danish

3 entries
  • håndklæde noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • papir noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • serviet noun (cloth used for wiping)

Dari

2 entries
  • آبْچِین noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • حَوْلَه noun (cloth used for wiping)

Dutch

1 entries
  • handdoek noun (cloth used for wiping)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • andduk noun (cloth used for wiping)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • mantuko noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • viŝilo noun (cloth used for wiping)

Estonian

1 entries
  • rätik noun (cloth used for wiping)

Faroese

2 entries
  • handklæði noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • hondklæði noun (cloth used for wiping)

Finnish

2 entries
  • pyyhe noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • pyyheliina noun (cloth used for wiping)

French

1 entries
  • serviette noun (cloth used for wiping)

Galician

1 entries
  • toalla noun (cloth used for wiping)

Gallurese

2 entries
  • maccrammè noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • sciuamanu noun (cloth used for wiping)

Georgian

1 entries
  • პირსახოცი noun (cloth used for wiping)

German

1 entries
  • Handtuch noun (cloth used for wiping)

Greek

1 entries
  • πετσέτα noun (cloth used for wiping)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • allarut noun (cloth used for wiping)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ટુવાલ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַגֶּבֶת noun (cloth used for wiping)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • tualya noun (cloth used for wiping)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अंगोछा noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • तौलिया noun (cloth used for wiping)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • törülköző noun (cloth used for wiping)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • handklæði noun (cloth used for wiping)

Ido

1 entries
  • toalo noun (cloth used for wiping)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • handuk noun (cloth used for wiping)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • räpäkkä noun (cloth used for wiping)

Ingush

1 entries
  • гата noun (cloth used for wiping)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • آبْچین noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • حُوْلِه noun (cloth used for wiping)

Irish

1 entries
  • tuáille noun (cloth used for wiping)

Italian

1 entries
  • asciugamano noun (cloth used for wiping)

Japanese

1 entries
  • タオル noun (cloth used for wiping)

Javanese

2 entries
  • andhuk noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • ꦲꦤ꧀ꦝꦸꦏ꧀ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಟವಲ್ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сүлгі noun (cloth used for wiping)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កន្សែង noun (cloth used for wiping)

Kildin Sami

1 entries
  • отеральнэһкь noun (cloth used for wiping)

Konkani

1 entries
  • भैरासु noun (cloth used for wiping)

Korean

2 entries
  • 수건 noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • 타월 noun (cloth used for wiping)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • суулук noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • сүлгү noun (cloth used for wiping)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຂົນຫນູ noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • ຜ້າເຊັດ noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • ຜ້າເຊັດໂຕ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Latin

1 entries
  • mantēle noun (cloth used for wiping)

Latvian

1 entries
  • dvielis noun (cloth used for wiping)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • rankšluostis noun (cloth used for wiping)

Low German

2 entries
  • Dweel noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • Handdook noun (cloth used for wiping)

Luhya

1 entries
  • etaulo noun (cloth used for wiping)

Lun Bawang

1 entries
  • anduk noun (cloth used for wiping)

Lushootseed

1 entries
  • ʔik̓ʷusəd noun (cloth used for wiping)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Handduch noun (cloth used for wiping)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦕᦱᧉᦵᦋᧆᦐᦱᧉ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • крпа noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • пешкир noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • рачник noun (cloth used for wiping)

Malay

1 entries
  • tuala noun (cloth used for wiping)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • തൂവാല noun (cloth used for wiping)

Maltese

1 entries
  • xugaman noun (cloth used for wiping)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡶᡠᠩᡴᡠ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Maranao

1 entries
  • towaliya noun (cloth used for wiping)

Middle English

1 entries
  • towayle noun (cloth used for wiping)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • алчуур noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • ᠠᠯᠴᠢᠭᠤᠷ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Navajo

2 entries
  • bee ádítʼoodí noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • bee ádítʼoodí yázhí noun (cloth used for wiping)

Norman

1 entries
  • sèrviette noun (cloth used for wiping)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • pêşgîr noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • xawlî noun (cloth used for wiping)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • sihkaldat noun (cloth used for wiping)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • handkle noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • håndkle noun (cloth used for wiping)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • handkle noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • handklede noun (cloth used for wiping)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • ручьникъ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Old English

1 entries
  • wæterclāþ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Oromo

1 entries
  • fooxaa noun (cloth used for wiping)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • دستار noun (cloth used for wiping)

Pashto

4 entries
  • توليا noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • توليه noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • دست پاک noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • دستمال noun (cloth used for wiping)

Polish

1 entries
  • ręcznik noun (cloth used for wiping)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • toalha noun (cloth used for wiping)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਤੌਲੀਆ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Romanian

1 entries
  • prosop noun (cloth used for wiping)

Romansch

1 entries
  • sientamauns noun (cloth used for wiping)

Russian

3 entries
  • полоте́нце noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • ручни́к noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • рушни́к noun (cloth used for wiping)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • frobbidoryu noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • frobbidorzu noun (cloth used for wiping)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • searbhadair noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • tubhailt noun (cloth used for wiping)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pèškīr noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • rùčnīk noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • ùbrus noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • пѐшкӣр noun (cloth used for wiping)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • tuvagghia noun (cloth used for wiping)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • තුවා noun (cloth used for wiping)

Skolt Sami

3 entries
  • sekldõk noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • sekldõs noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • uʹtreeʹlniǩ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Slovak

2 entries
  • ručník noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • uterák noun (cloth used for wiping)

Slovene

1 entries
  • brisača noun (cloth used for wiping)

Spanish

4 entries
  • fazaleja noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • toalla noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • tobaja noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • toballa noun (cloth used for wiping)

Swahili

1 entries
  • taulo noun (cloth used for wiping)

Swedish

1 entries
  • handduk noun (cloth used for wiping)

Tabasaran

1 entries
  • дасмал noun (cloth used for wiping)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tuwalya noun (cloth used for wiping)

Tajik

3 entries
  • дастурӯпоккун noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • сачоқ noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • танпоккун noun (cloth used for wiping)

Tamil

2 entries
  • துண்டு noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • துவாலை noun (cloth used for wiping)

Taos

1 entries
  • tûoyoną noun (cloth used for wiping)

Tatar

1 entries
  • сөлге noun (cloth used for wiping)

Tausug

1 entries
  • jimpaw noun (cloth used for wiping)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తువాలు noun (cloth used for wiping)

Thai

2 entries
  • ผ้าขนหนู noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • ผ้าเช็ดตัว noun (cloth used for wiping)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཞལ་ཅོར noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • ཨ་ཅོར noun (cloth used for wiping)

Turkish

2 entries
  • havlu noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • peşkir noun (cloth used for wiping)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • polotensa noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • polotense noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • polotenste noun (cloth used for wiping)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • рушни́к noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • утира́ч noun (cloth used for wiping)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • trjenje noun (cloth used for wiping)

Urdu

3 entries
  • آبچِین noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • اَن٘گوچھا noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • تَولِیَہ noun (cloth used for wiping)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • لۆڭگە noun (cloth used for wiping)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • sochiq noun (cloth used for wiping)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • khăn noun (cloth used for wiping)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • tu-alya noun (cloth used for wiping)

Welsh

1 entries
  • tywel noun (cloth used for wiping)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • itawuli noun (cloth used for wiping)

Yami

1 entries
  • tenegey noun (cloth used for wiping)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • האַנטעך noun (cloth used for wiping)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • abçin noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • hewli noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • holi noun (cloth used for wiping)
  • pésger noun (cloth used for wiping)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Bring me a dry towel.

Source: tatoeba (21186)

The manager threw in the towel in defeat and planned how to win the next game.

Source: tatoeba (32501)

I'll bring one more towel.

Source: tatoeba (35404)

My bath towel was wet, so it was of no use.

Source: tatoeba (35405)

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