"waistband" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈweɪstˌbænd/, [ˈweɪst.ˌbænd] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-waistband.wav [Southern-England] Forms: waistbands [plural]
Etymology: From waist + band. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|waist|band}} waist + band Head templates: {{en-noun}} waistband (plural waistbands)
  1. A band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt. Wikipedia link: waistband Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (band of fabric encircling the waist): бгырыпх (bɣərəpx) (Adyghe), brez [masculine] (Albanian), تِكَّة (tikka) [feminine] (Arabic), حِزَام (ḥizām) [masculine] (Arabic), գոտի (goti) (Armenian), пояс (pojas) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cintura [feminine] (Catalan), cinturilla [feminine] (Catalan), linning (Danish), tailleband [masculine] (Dutch), vyötärönauha (Finnish), ceinture [feminine] (French), élastique [masculine] (French), faixa [feminine] (Galician), cintura [feminine] (Galician), ქამარი (kamari) (Georgian), Bund [masculine] (German), Taillenbund [masculine] (German), Hosenbund [masculine] (German), μέση (mési) [feminine] (Greek), zono (Ido), banda coime [masculine] (Irish), cintura [feminine] (Italian), cinturino [masculine] (Italian), subligāculum [neuter] (Latin), по́јас (pójas) [masculine] (Macedonian), اوچقور (uçkur) (Ottoman Turkish), تكه (tikke) (Ottoman Turkish), بروفه (borufe) (Persian), کمربند (kamarband) (Persian), cós [masculine] (Portuguese), betelie [feminine] (Romanian), bann na briogais (english: pants) [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cinturilla [feminine] (Spanish), pretina [feminine] (Spanish), linning [common-gender] (Swedish), llinyn gwasg [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-waistband-en-noun-dfSXsSAO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "kamari",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "word": "ქამარი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "de",
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          ],
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "word": "zono"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "banda coime"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
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          ],
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "uçkur",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "word": "اوچقور"
        },
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "tikke",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "word": "تكه"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "borufe",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "word": "بروفه"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kamarband",
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          "word": "کمربند"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cós"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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          "code": "es",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          ],
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "llinyn gwasg"
        }
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tikka",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تِكَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥizām",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حِزَام"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "goti",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "word": "գոտի"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pojas",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пояс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cintura"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinturilla"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "word": "linning"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tailleband"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "word": "vyötärönauha"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ceinture"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "élastique"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faixa"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kamari",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "word": "ქამარი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bund"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Taillenbund"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hosenbund"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mési",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μέση"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "word": "zono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banda coime"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cinturino"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "subligāculum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pójas",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́јас"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "uçkur",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "word": "اوچقور"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tikke",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "word": "تكه"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "borufe",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "word": "بروفه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kamarband",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "word": "کمربند"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "betelie"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "english": "pants",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bann na briogais"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinturilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pretina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "linning"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "band of fabric encircling the waist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llinyn gwasg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "waistband"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.