"turtleneck" meaning in English

See turtleneck in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-turtleneck.wav Forms: turtlenecks [plural]
Etymology: From turtle + neck. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|turtle|neck}} turtle + neck Head templates: {{en-noun}} turtleneck (plural turtlenecks)
  1. (Canada, US) A high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment. Tags: Canada, US Synonyms: polo-neck, turtleneck collar
    Sense id: en-turtleneck-en-noun-8W9yYDw8 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  2. (Canada, US) Ellipsis of turtleneck sweater. Tags: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: turtleneck sweater Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: polo neck sweater Translations (turtleneck sweater): поло (polo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), rolák [masculine] (Czech), rolkraagtrui [feminine] (Dutch), coltrui [feminine] (Dutch), poolopusero (Finnish), pull à col roulé [masculine] (French), col roulé [masculine] (French), Rollkragenpullover [masculine] (German), ζιβάγκο (zivágko) [neuter] (Greek), garbó (Hungarian), rúllukragapeysa [feminine] (Icelandic), dolcevita [masculine] (Italian), collo alto [masculine] (Italian), タートルネック (tātorunekku) (Japanese), ролка (rolka) [feminine] (Macedonian), ééʼnaatsʼǫǫdii (Navajo), golf [masculine] (Polish), водола́зка (vodolázka) [feminine] (Russian)
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  3. (slang) A foreskin. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-turtleneck-en-noun-i0dkj~z3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: turtle neck, turtle-neck Derived forms: mock turtleneck, turtleneck collar, turtle-necked, turtlenecked, turtle-neck sweater, turtleneck sweater Translations (high, close-fitting collar rolled up): поло яка (english: polo jaka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), coll alt (Catalan), 樽領 (Chinese Cantonese), 樽领 (zeon¹ leng⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 高領 (Chinese Mandarin), 高领 (gāolǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), rolák [masculine] (Czech), rolkraag [masculine] (Dutch), col [masculine] (Dutch), poolokaulus (Finnish), col roulé [masculine] (French), სვიტრი (sviṭri) (Georgian), Rollkragen [masculine] (German), ζιβάγκο (zivágko) [neuter] (Greek), rúllukragi [masculine] (Icelandic), dolcevita [masculine] (Italian), collo alto [masculine] (Italian), タートルネック (tātorunekku) (Japanese), 터틀넥 (teoteullek) (Korean), рол-крагна (rol-kragna) [feminine] (Macedonian), golf [masculine] (Polish), gola alta [feminine] (Portuguese), gola rulê [feminine] (Portuguese)
Disambiguation of 'high, close-fitting collar rolled up': 45 50 5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
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      "_dis1": "45 50 5",
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gola alta"
    },
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      "_dis1": "45 50 5",
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gola rulê"
    }
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}
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Navajo translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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      "word": "mock turtleneck"
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      "word": "turtleneck collar"
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        {
          "ref": "2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys:",
          "text": "I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Karen Blumenthal, Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 183:",
          "text": "Still, Jobs became friends with fashion designer Issey Miyake, who had designed some Sony uniforms, and asked him to make some black turtlenecks that he liked.",
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        "A foreskin."
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        "(slang) A foreskin."
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        "slang"
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    {
      "word": "turtle neck"
    },
    {
      "word": "turtle-neck"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "polo jaka",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поло яка"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "word": "coll alt"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "word": "樽領"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zeon¹ leng⁵",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "word": "樽领"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "word": "高領"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāolǐng",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "word": "高领"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rolák"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rolkraag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "col"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "word": "poolokaulus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "col roulé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sviṭri",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "word": "სვიტრი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sviṭri",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "word": "სვიტრი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rollkragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zivágko",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ζιβάγκο"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rúllukragi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dolcevita"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "collo alto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tātorunekku",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "word": "タートルネック"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "teoteullek",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "word": "터틀넥"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rol-kragna",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рол-крагна"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gola alta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "high, close-fitting collar rolled up",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gola rulê"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "polo",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "поло"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rolák"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rolkraagtrui"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coltrui"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "word": "poolopusero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pull à col roulé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "col roulé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rollkragenpullover"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zivágko",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ζιβάγκο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "word": "garbó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rúllukragapeysa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dolcevita"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "collo alto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tātorunekku",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "word": "タートルネック"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rolka",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ролка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "word": "ééʼnaatsʼǫǫdii"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vodolázka",
      "sense": "turtleneck sweater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "водола́зка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "turtleneck"
}

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