"pigtail" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɪɡ.teɪl/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pigtail.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pigtails [plural]
Etymology: From pig + tail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pig|tail}} pig + tail Head templates: {{en-noun}} pigtail (plural pigtails)
  1. Tobacco twisted into a string or roll. Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants, Tobacco Translations (twisted piece of tobacco): тютюн за дъвчене (tjutjun za dǎvčene) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-pigtail-en-noun-HZNV4HgA Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 12 5 5 22 28 2 26 Disambiguation of Tobacco: 57 11 2 9 11 1 10 Disambiguation of 'twisted piece of tobacco': 66 1 1 15 1 0 16
  2. A braided plait of hair; now especially, either of two braids or "tails" on the side of the head. Categories (topical): Hair Translations (braided plait of hair): توكتين (tuktén) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine, plural] (Arabic), толом (tolom) (Bashkir), плитка (plitka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 辮子 (Chinese Mandarin), 辫子 (biànzi) (Chinese Mandarin), letti (Finnish), tresse [feminine] (French), natte [feminine] (French), cerceta [feminine] (Galician), cogoteira [feminine] (Galician), Zopf [masculine] (German), copf (Hungarian), codino [masculine] (Italian), 御下げ (osage) (alt: おさげ) (Japanese), 御下げ髪 (osagegami) (english: tied over the shoulder) (alt: おさげがみ) (Japanese), ツインテール (tsuintēru) (english: tied at each side of the head) (Japanese), 피그테일 (pigeuteil) (Korean), пле́тенка (plétenka) [feminine] (Macedonian), warkoczyk [masculine] (Polish), warkocz [masculine] (Polish), kucyk [masculine] (Polish), mysi ogonek [masculine] (Polish), trança [feminine] (Portuguese), chunra [feminine] (Romani), коси́чка (kosíčka) [feminine] (Russian), коса́ (kosá) [feminine] (Russian), хво́стик (xvóstik) (note: "little tail") [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), coleta [feminine] (Spanish), trenza [feminine] (Spanish), råttsvans (Swedish), trintas (Tagalog), tirintas (Tagalog), plethyn [masculine] (Welsh) Translations (either of two braids or ponytails): толом (tolom) (Bashkir), плитка (plitka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), culík (unbraided) (Czech), saparo (Finnish), couette [feminine] (French), cerceta [feminine] (Galician), cogoteira [feminine] (Galician), Haarzopf [masculine] (German), Zöpfchen [neuter] (German), пле́тенка (plétenka) [feminine] (Macedonian), ко́сичка (kósička) [feminine] (Macedonian), maria-chiquinha [feminine] (Portuguese), chiquinha [feminine] (Portuguese), коси́чка (kosíčka) [feminine] (Russian), coleta [feminine] (Spanish), tofs [common-gender] (Swedish), råttsvans [common-gender] (Swedish), pippilott [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pigtail-en-noun-UKjM9JN2 Disambiguation of Hair: 6 34 3 13 26 2 18 Disambiguation of 'braided plait of hair': 3 90 1 1 2 0 2 Disambiguation of 'either of two braids or ponytails': 7 78 4 2 3 0 5
  3. (informal) A person who wears a pigtail or queue. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-pigtail-en-noun-Qi2t1zMx
  4. (electrical engineering) A short length of twisted electrical wire. Categories (topical): Electrical engineering Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants Synonyms: tail
    Sense id: en-pigtail-en-noun-pezqBfO0 Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 12 5 5 22 28 2 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 10 7 25 26 1 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 5 28 32 1 22 Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  5. The flamingo flower (anthurium) Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants
    Sense id: en-pigtail-en-noun-C~pe3zyN Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 12 5 5 22 28 2 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 10 7 25 26 1 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 5 28 32 1 22
  6. The tail of a pig. Translations (tail of a pig): свинска опашка (svinska opaška) (Bulgarian), siansaparo (Finnish), Schweineschwanz [masculine] (German), sapara (Ingrian), сви́нска о́пашка (svínska ópaška) [feminine] (Macedonian), świński ogon [masculine] (Polish), knorr (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pigtail-en-noun-emVvr8v- Disambiguation of 'tail of a pig': 0 1 0 3 0 96 0
  7. (medicine) Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part. Categories (topical): Medicine Categories (lifeform): Arum family plants
    Sense id: en-pigtail-en-noun-ZFDtdgYM Disambiguation of Arum family plants: 12 5 5 22 28 2 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 10 7 25 26 1 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 7 5 28 32 1 22 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pigtail macaque, pig-tail Translations (cable): Anschlussdraht [masculine] (German), Anschlussfaser [feminine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'cable': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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          "word": "피그테일"
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          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
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          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trança"
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          "roman": "kosá",
          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "коса́"
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          "_dis1": "3 90 1 1 2 0 2",
          "code": "ru",
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          "note": "\"little tail\"",
          "roman": "xvóstik",
          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "coleta"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
          "word": "råttsvans"
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          "_dis1": "3 90 1 1 2 0 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
          "word": "trintas"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
          "word": "tirintas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 90 1 1 2 0 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "braided plait of hair",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "plethyn"
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          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
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          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "plitka",
          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "плитка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 78 4 2 3 0 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
          "word": "culík (unbraided)"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
          "word": "saparo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 78 4 2 3 0 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "couette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 78 4 2 3 0 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cerceta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 78 4 2 3 0 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cogoteira"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 78 4 2 3 0 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Haarzopf"
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          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
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          "word": "Zöpfchen"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kósička",
          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ко́сичка"
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          "_dis1": "7 78 4 2 3 0 5",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
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          "word": "maria-chiquinha"
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
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          "ref": "[2021 October 26, Peter Baker, “The Case Against Winston Churchill”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zöpfchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "plétenka",
      "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пле́тенка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kósička",
      "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́сичка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maria-chiquinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiquinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kosíčka",
      "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коси́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tofs"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "råttsvans"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "either of two braids or ponytails",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pippilott"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tjutjun za dǎvčene",
      "sense": "twisted piece of tobacco",
      "word": "тютюн за дъвчене"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cable",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anschlussdraht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anschlussfaser"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svinska opaška",
      "sense": "tail of a pig",
      "word": "свинска опашка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tail of a pig",
      "word": "siansaparo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tail of a pig",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schweineschwanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "tail of a pig",
      "word": "sapara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svínska ópaška",
      "sense": "tail of a pig",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сви́нска о́пашка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tail of a pig",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "świński ogon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tail of a pig",
      "word": "knorr"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pigtail"
  ],
  "word": "pigtail"
}

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