"headphones" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: headphone [singular]
Etymology: head + phones Etymology templates: {{com|en|head|phones}} head + phones Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=headphone}} headphones pl (normally plural, singular headphone)
  1. A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound. Tags: plural, plural-normally Categories (topical): Headwear Synonyms: can (alt: slang), heads Related terms: headphone, earbud, earphones, earpiece, headset Translations (pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound): kufje [feminine] (Albanian), سَمَّاعَة (sammāʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), سَمَاعَات الرَّأْس (samāʕāt ar-raʔs) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), ականջակալ (akanǰakal) (Armenian), qulaqlıq (Azerbaijani), наву́шнікі (navúšniki) [feminine, plural] (Belarusian), слу́шалки (slúšalki) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), နားကြပ် (na:krap) (Burmese), auriculars [masculine, plural] (Catalan), 耳機 (Chinese Mandarin), 耳机 (ěrjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 耳筒 (ěrtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), sluchátka [feminine, plural] (Czech), hovedtelefoner [plural] (Danish), høretelefoner [plural] (Danish), hoofdtelefoon [masculine] (Dutch), koptelefoon [masculine] (Dutch), ärlur [masculine] (Elfdalian), kõrvaklapid (Estonian), oyralurtitól [neuter] (Faroese), kuulokkeet (Finnish), luurit [plural] (Finnish), casque [masculine] (French), écouteurs [masculine] (French), Kopfhörer [masculine, plural] (German), ακουστικά (akoustiká) [neuter, plural] (Greek), naalaarutit siutaasat [plural] (Greenlandic), אָזְנִית (Hebrew), אוזניות (Hebrew), आकर्णक (ākarṇak) [masculine] (Hindi), हेडफ़ोन (heḍfon) [masculine] (Hindi), fejhallgató (Hungarian), fülhallgató (Hungarian), heyrnartól [neuter] (Icelandic), cluasáin [masculine, plural] (Irish), cuffie [feminine] (Italian), ヘッドフォン (heddofon) (Japanese), ヘッドホン (heddohon) (Japanese), イヤフォン (iyafon) (Japanese), құлаққап (qūlaqqap) (Kazakh), កាស (kaah) (note: French "casque") (Khmer), 헤드폰 (hedeupon) (Korean), 이어폰 (ieopon) (Korean), кулаккап (kulakkap) (Kyrgyz), ຫູຟັງ (hū fang) (Lao), austiņas (Latvian), Casque [masculine] (Luxembourgish), слушалки (slušalki) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), fon kepala (Malay), чихэвч (čixevč) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠴᠢᠬᠢᠪᠴᠢ (čikibči) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), oaivetelefovdna (Northern Sami), hodetelefoner [plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), høretelefoner [plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), hovudtelefonar [plural] (Norwegian Nynorsk), høyretelefonar [plural] (Norwegian Nynorsk), هدفون (hedfon) (Persian), گوشی (guši) (Persian), słuchawki [plural] (Polish), fones [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), fones de cabeça [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), auscultadores [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), cască [feminine] (Romanian), ureglier [masculine] (Romansch), нау́шники (naúšniki) [masculine, plural] (Russian), слушалице [Cyrillic, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), slušalice [Roman, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), හෙඩ්ෆෝන් (heḍfōn) (Sinhalese), slúchadlá [plural] (Slovak), slušalke [feminine, plural] (Slovene), cascos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), auriculares [masculine, plural] (Spanish), audífonos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), hörlurar [plural] (Swedish), หูฟัง (hǔu-fang) (Thai), kulaklık (Turkish), наву́шники (navúšnyky) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), słuchatko [neuter] (Upper Sorbian), naushnik (Uzbek), ống nghe (Vietnamese), tai nghe (Vietnamese), clustffonau (Welsh)

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "耳機"
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          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
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          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
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          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
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            "plural"
          ],
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "ovd",
          "lang": "Elfdalian",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "kõrvaklapid"
        },
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "kuulokkeet"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "casque"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "écouteurs"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "Kopfhörer"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "akoustiká",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "ακουστικά"
        },
        {
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "naalaarutit siutaasat"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "אָזְנִית"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "אוזניות"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ākarṇak",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "आकर्णक"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "heḍfon",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "हेडफ़ोन"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "fejhallgató"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "fülhallgató"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "heyrnartól"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "cluasáin"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cuffie"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "heddofon",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "ヘッドフォン"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "heddohon",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "ヘッドホン"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iyafon",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "イヤフォン"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qūlaqqap",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "құлаққап"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "note": "French \"casque\"",
          "roman": "kaah",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "កាស"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hedeupon",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "헤드폰"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ieopon",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "이어폰"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kulakkap",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "кулаккап"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "hū fang",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "ຫູຟັງ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "austiņas"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Casque"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "slušalki",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "слушалки"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "fon kepala"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "čixevč",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "чихэвч"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "čikibči",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠴᠢᠬᠢᠪᠴᠢ"
        },
        {
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "oaivetelefovdna"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "hodetelefoner"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "høretelefoner"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "hovudtelefonar"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "høyretelefonar"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hedfon",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "هدفون"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "guši",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "گوشی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "słuchawki"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "fones"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "fones de cabeça"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "auscultadores"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cască"
        },
        {
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ureglier"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naúšniki",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "нау́шники"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "слушалице"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "slušalice"
        },
        {
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "heḍfōn",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "හෙඩ්ෆෝන්"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "slúchadlá"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "slušalke"
        },
        {
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "słuchatko"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "cascos"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "auriculares"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "audífonos"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "hörlurar"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "hǔu-fang",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "หูฟัง"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "kulaklık"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "navúšnyky",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "наву́шники"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "naushnik"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "ống nghe"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "tai nghe"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
          "word": "clustffonau"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "headphones"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "head",
        "3": "phones"
      },
      "expansion": "head + phones",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "head + phones",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "headphone",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p",
        "sg": "headphone"
      },
      "expansion": "headphones pl (normally plural, singular headphone)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "headphone"
    },
    {
      "word": "earbud"
    },
    {
      "word": "earphones"
    },
    {
      "word": "earpiece"
    },
    {
      "word": "headset"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English pluralia tantum",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Headwear"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Circumaural headphones enclose the ear, supra-aural headphones rest on the ear's surface, and earbuds are placed inside the ear."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speaker",
          "speaker"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "alt": "slang",
          "word": "can"
        },
        {
          "word": "heads"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kufje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sammāʕa",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سَمَّاعَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "samāʕāt ar-raʔs",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "سَمَاعَات الرَّأْس"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "akanǰakal",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "ականջակալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "qulaqlıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "navúšniki",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "наву́шнікі"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slúšalki",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "слу́шалки"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "na:krap",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "နားကြပ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "auriculars"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "耳機"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ěrjī",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "耳机"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ěrtǒng",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "耳筒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sluchátka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hovedtelefoner"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "høretelefoner"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hoofdtelefoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koptelefoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ovd",
      "lang": "Elfdalian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ärlur"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "kõrvaklapid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oyralurtitól"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "kuulokkeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "luurit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "casque"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "écouteurs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Kopfhörer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akoustiká",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ακουστικά"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "naalaarutit siutaasat"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "אָזְנִית"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "אוזניות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ākarṇak",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "आकर्णक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "heḍfon",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "हेडफ़ोन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "fejhallgató"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "fülhallgató"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "heyrnartól"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cluasáin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuffie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "heddofon",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "ヘッドフォン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "heddohon",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "ヘッドホン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iyafon",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "イヤフォン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qūlaqqap",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "құлаққап"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "note": "French \"casque\"",
      "roman": "kaah",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "កាស"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hedeupon",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "헤드폰"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ieopon",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "이어폰"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kulakkap",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "кулаккап"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hū fang",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "ຫູຟັງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "austiņas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Casque"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "slušalki",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "слушалки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "fon kepala"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "čixevč",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "чихэвч"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "čikibči",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠴᠢᠬᠢᠪᠴᠢ"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "oaivetelefovdna"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hodetelefoner"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "høretelefoner"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hovudtelefonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "høyretelefonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hedfon",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "هدفون"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "guši",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "گوشی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "słuchawki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "fones"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "fones de cabeça"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "auscultadores"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cască"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ureglier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naúšniki",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "нау́шники"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "слушалице"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "slušalice"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "heḍfōn",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "හෙඩ්ෆෝන්"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "slúchadlá"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "slušalke"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "słuchatko"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cascos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "auriculares"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "audífonos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hörlurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hǔu-fang",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "หูฟัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "kulaklık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "navúšnyky",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "наву́шники"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "naushnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "ống nghe"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "tai nghe"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "pair of speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound",
      "word": "clustffonau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "headphones"
}

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