hairnet

English

A woman wearing a hairnet

Etymology

From hair +‎ net. Compare Dutch haarnetje, German Haarnetz, Danish hårnet, Swedish hårnät.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛɹˌnɛt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɹnɛt

Noun

hairnet (plural hairnets)

1. A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.

Hyponyms

• shpitzel
• snood

Translations

net designed to keep hair up

• Catalan: ret (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 髮網 / 发网 (zh) (fàwǎng), 頭套 / 头套 (zh) (tóutào)

• Danish: hårnet n
• Dutch: haarnetje (nl) n
• Finnish: hiusverkko
• French: filet à cheveux (fr) m, résille (fr) f
• German: Haarnetz (de) n
• Greek: φιλέ (el) n (filé)

  Ancient: κεκρύφαλος m (kekrúphalos)

• Ingrian: karvaverkko
• Interlingua: rete pro le capillos
• Irish: eangach ghruaige f, líontán gruaige m
• Italian: retina (it)
• Japanese: コール (ja) (kōru), ヘアネット (heanetto)
• Latin: rēticulum n
• Old English: feaxnett n
• Portuguese: rede para os cabelos f
• Russian: се́тка (ru) f (sétka) (для воло́с)
• Spanish: redecilla (es) f
• Welsh: rhwyden wallt f

Anagrams

• Athirne, Rhetian, Tehrani, inearth, inheart, raineth, therian