"kerchief" meaning in English

See kerchief in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃɪf/ [General-American], /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃif/ [General-American], /ˈkɜː.tʃɪf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɜː.tʃiːf/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-kerchief.ogg Forms: kerchiefs [plural], kerchieves [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English coverchef et al., from Old French couvrechief, from couvrir (“to cover”) + chief (“head”). Compare curfew. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coverchef}} Middle English coverchef, {{der|en|fro|couvrechief}} Old French couvrechief Head templates: {{en-noun|s|kerchieves}} kerchief (plural kerchiefs or kerchieves)
  1. (dated) A piece of cloth used to cover the head; a bandana. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Headwear, Neckwear Derived forms: handkerchief, headkerchief, kerchiefed, neckerchief Translations (piece of cloth): غِفَارَة (ḡifāra) [feminine] (Arabic), لِفَاع (lifāʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), թաշկինակ (tʻaškinak) (Armenian), գլխաշոր (glxašor) (Armenian), яулыҡ (yawlıq) (Bashkir), ху́стка (xústka) [feminine] (Belarusian), забрадка (zabradka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mocador [masculine] (Catalan), 頭巾 (Chinese Mandarin), 头巾 (tóujīn) (Chinese Mandarin), тутӑр (tut̬ăr) (Chuvash), šátek [masculine] (Czech), hoofddoek (Dutch), sluier (Dutch), huivi (Finnish), foulard [masculine] (French), fichu [masculine] (French), pano da cabeza [feminine] (Galician), pano [masculine] (Galician), თავსაფარი (tavsapari) (Georgian), თავშალი (tavšali) (Georgian), ხილაბანდი (xilabandi) (Georgian), Kopftuch [neuter] (German), 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹 (aurali) [neuter] (Gothic), mayani (Hausa), kendő (Hungarian), bréidín [masculine] (Irish), brat cinn [masculine] (Irish), cafarr [masculine] (Irish), ciarsúr [masculine] (Irish), bandana [feminine] (Italian), fascia [feminine] (Italian), 頭巾 (zukin) (alt: ずきん) (Japanese), 두건 (dugeon) (Korean), ма́рама (márama) [feminine] (Macedonian), moshwe (Ojibwe), روسری (rusari) (Persian), رویمال (ruymâl) (Persian), لچک (lačak) (Persian), chustka [feminine] (Polish), lenço [masculine] (Portuguese), bandana [feminine] (Portuguese), batic [neuter] (Romanian), basma [feminine] (Romanian), năframă [feminine] (Romanian), maramă [feminine] (Romanian), плато́к (platók) [masculine] (Russian), плато́чек (platóček) [masculine] (Russian), косы́нка (kosýnka) [feminine] (Russian), марама [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), marama [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), toca [feminine] (Spanish), sjalett [common-gender] (Swedish), huvudduk [common-gender] (Swedish), рӯймол (rüymol) (Tajik), рӯмол (rümol) (Tajik), яулык (yawlıq) (Tatar), baş örtüsü (Turkish), ху́стка (xústka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), penllïain [masculine] (Welsh), טיכל (tikhl) [neuter] (Yiddish), פֿאַטשיילע (fatsheyle) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃɪf/ [General-American], /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃif/ [General-American], /ˈkɜː.tʃɪf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɜː.tʃiːf/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-kerchief.ogg Forms: kerchiefs [present, singular, third-person], kerchiefing [participle, present], kerchiefed [participle, past], kerchiefed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English coverchef et al., from Old French couvrechief, from couvrir (“to cover”) + chief (“head”). Compare curfew. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|coverchef}} Middle English coverchef, {{der|en|fro|couvrechief}} Old French couvrechief Head templates: {{en-verb}} kerchief (third-person singular simple present kerchiefs, present participle kerchiefing, simple past and past participle kerchiefed)
  1. (dated, transitive) To cover with a kerchief. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-kerchief-en-verb-FsSOVGbW

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "piece of cloth",
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          "sense": "piece of cloth",
          "word": "თავსაფარი"
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          "word": "თავშალი"
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          "sense": "piece of cloth",
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          "sense": "piece of cloth",
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          "sense": "piece of cloth",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "piece of cloth",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "piece of cloth",
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          "sense": "piece of cloth",
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          "word": "bandana"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "piece of cloth",
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          "word": "fascia"
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          "roman": "zukin",
          "sense": "piece of cloth",
          "word": "頭巾"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dugeon",
          "sense": "piece of cloth",
          "word": "두건"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "márama",
          "sense": "piece of cloth",
          "tags": [
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      "word": "bandana"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "piece of cloth",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "maramă"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kosýnka",
      "sense": "piece of cloth",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "косы́нка"
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      "sense": "piece of cloth",
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      "sense": "piece of cloth",
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      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "rüymol",
      "sense": "piece of cloth",
      "word": "рӯймол"
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      "sense": "piece of cloth",
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      "sense": "piece of cloth",
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      "sense": "piece of cloth",
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tikhl",
      "sense": "piece of cloth",
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fatsheyle",
      "sense": "piece of cloth",
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      "word": "פֿאַטשיילע"
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}

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        "To cover with a kerchief."
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