"hairpin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɛə.pɪn/ [UK], /ˈhɛɚ.pɪn/ [US] Audio: en-us-hairpin.ogg [US] Forms: hairpins [plural]
Etymology: From hair + pin, 1788 (as hair pin). Adjective sense 1906 in hairpin turn etc. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hair|pin}} hair + pin, {{m|en|hair pin}} hair pin, {{m|en|hairpin turn}} hairpin turn Head templates: {{en-noun}} hairpin (plural hairpins)
  1. A pin or fastener for the hair. Categories (topical): Fasteners Translations (pin or fastener for the hair): haarnaald (Afrikaans), دبوس (dabbūs šaʕr) (alt: شعر) [masculine] (Arabic), ماشة (māša) [Gulf-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), فنتة (fanta) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), шпі́лька (špílʹka) [feminine] (Belarusian), фиба (fiba) [feminine] (Bulgarian), фуркет (furket) [masculine] (Bulgarian), (Chinese Mandarin), (chāi) (Chinese Mandarin), (zān) (Chinese Mandarin), 髮夾 (Chinese Mandarin), 发夹 (alt: fàjiā (chiefly Taiwan), fǎjiā (chiefly China)) (Chinese Mandarin), 髮卡 (Chinese Mandarin), 发卡 (fàqiǎ, fǎqiǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), haarspeld [feminine] (Dutch), haarnaald [feminine] (Dutch), hiusneula (Finnish), épingle à cheveux [feminine] (French), épingle [feminine] (French), Haarnadel [feminine] (German), φουρκέτα (fourkéta) [feminine] (Greek), pionna gruaige [masculine] (Irish), biorán gruaige [masculine] (Irish), forcina [feminine] (Italian), ヘアピン (heapin) (Japanese), 머리핀 (meoripin) (Korean), crīnāle [neuter] (Latin), discerniculum [neuter] (Latin), шно́ла (šnóla) [feminine] (Macedonian), ꯁꯝꯐꯥꯕꯤ (samphābi) (Manipuri), 'a regua (Mbyá Guaraní), tsiighá bił dah sitání (Navajo), tsiighá bił dah nátį́hí (Navajo), hårnål [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hårnål [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), فوركته (furketa) (Ottoman Turkish), Spald [feminine] (Plautdietsch), spinka do włosów [feminine] (Polish), spinka [feminine] (Polish), grampo [masculine] (Portuguese), gancho [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), шпи́лька (špílʹka) [feminine] (Russian), шпи́лька для воло́с (špílʹka dlja volós) [feminine] (Russian), зако́лка (zakólka) (alt: для воло́с) [feminine] (Russian), укосница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ùkosnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lasnica [feminine] (Slovene), horquilla [feminine] (Spanish), gancho (Spanish), pinche [masculine] (Spanish), hårnål (Swedish), aguhilya (Tagalog), ปิ่น (bpìn) (Thai), шпи́лька для воло́сся (špýlʹka dlja volóssja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), шпи́лька (špýlʹka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hierspjelde [common-gender] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-hairpin-en-noun-xaN4en~g Disambiguation of Fasteners: 40 17 29 14 Disambiguation of 'pin or fastener for the hair': 99 0 0 0
  2. (biology) A kind of ribozyme; hairpin ribozyme. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-hairpin-en-noun-v6tcn6wj Categories (other): English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 7 22 36 35 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  3. (chiefly attributive) A very tight bend in a road; a hairpin bend. Tags: attributive Categories (topical): Hair, Road transport
    Sense id: en-hairpin-en-noun-2ZW3DiXj Disambiguation of Hair: 23 24 34 19 Disambiguation of Road transport: 9 17 53 22 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 7 22 36 35 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 29 47 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 25 48 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 18 60 21
  4. (music) An elongated horizontal v-shaped sign placed underneath a staff to indicate a crescendo or decrescendo. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-hairpin-en-noun-O7rxiy3V Categories (other): English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 7 22 36 35 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hair pin, hair-pin Derived forms: hairpin bend, hairpin curve, hairpinned, hairpin transfer, hairpin turn, Sherman's hairpin Related terms: barrette, dogleg, switchback

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        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "forcina"
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          "roman": "heapin",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "meoripin",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "word": "머리핀"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
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          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
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          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "word": "ꯁꯝꯐꯥꯕꯤ"
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          "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "word": "'a regua"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "word": "tsiighá bił dah sitání"
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        {
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "word": "tsiighá bił dah nátį́hí"
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          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "furketa",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "word": "فوركته"
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spald"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "spinka do włosów"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "spinka"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "grampo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gancho"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "špílʹka",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "шпи́лька"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "špílʹka dlja volós",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "шпи́лька для воло́с"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0",
          "alt": "для воло́с",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zakólka",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "зако́лка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "укосница"
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          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
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          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "horquilla"
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          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "word": "gancho"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
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          "word": "pinche"
        },
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          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
          "word": "aguhilya"
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      "word": "釵"
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      "word": "髮夾"
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      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "hiusneula"
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      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Haarnadel"
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
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      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
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      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "ヘアピン"
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      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "머리핀"
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      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "шно́ла"
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      "code": "mni",
      "lang": "Manipuri",
      "roman": "samphābi",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "ꯁꯝꯐꯥꯕꯤ"
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      "code": "gun",
      "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "'a regua"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "tsiighá bił dah sitání"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "tsiighá bił dah nátį́hí"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hårnål"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hårnål"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "furketa",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "فوركته"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Spald"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spinka do włosów"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spinka"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "grampo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "gancho"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "špílʹka",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шпи́лька"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špílʹka dlja volós",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шпи́лька для воло́с"
    },
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      "alt": "для воло́с",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakólka",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зако́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "укосница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ùkosnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lasnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "horquilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "gancho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pinche"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "hårnål"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "aguhilya"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpìn",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "word": "ปิ่น"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "špýlʹka dlja volóssja",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шпи́лька для воло́сся"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "špýlʹka",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шпи́лька"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "pin or fastener for the hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hierspjelde"
    }
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}

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