cornrow

English

Etymology

corn +‎ row

Noun

cornrow (plural cornrows)

(chiefly in the plural) One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.
- 2021, Becky S. Li, ‎Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations (page 154)
  The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
- 2022 September 29, Eduardo Medina; McKenna Oxenden, “Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
  Coolio, whose spindly and sprouting cornrows defined his look, went on to sell over 17 million records throughout his career.

Translations

braided hair close to the scalp

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 玉米壟／玉米垄 (yùmǐlǒng)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: cornrow
French: tresse africaine (fr)
German: Cornrow, Flechtreihe f
Hungarian: fejfonás, parkettafonás
Italian: treccine aderenti
Japanese: コーンロウ (kōnrou)
Norwegian: afrofletter, rastafletter
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: францу́зская коси́чка f (francúzskaja kosíčka), туга́я коси́чка f (tugája kosíčka)
Spanish: trenza africana f
Swedish: rastaflätor

Verb

cornrow (third-person singular simple present cornrows, present participle cornrowing, simple past and past participle cornrowed)

To braid the hair in this fashion.
- 2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 50:
  He [...] passed his hand over her hair, which was now neatly cornrowed.