earmuff

earmuff

English

A couple wearing earmuffs

Alternative forms

• ear muffs

Etymology

ear +‎ muff

Noun

earmuff (plural earmuffs)

1. A garment to keep the ears warm.
2. A garment or part worn over a single ear.
3. A sound-deadening cup or a pair of such cups worn over the ear or ears.
4. attributive form of earmuffs.

Translations

garment to keep the ears warm

Chinese: Mandarin: 耳套 (zh) (ěrtào), 耳罩 (ěrzhào), 耳包子 (zh) (ěrbāozi) Czech: klapka f Dutch: oorwarmers (nl) pl Esperanto: orelumo Finnish: korvaläpät pl French: cache-oreilles (fr) pl

German: Ohrenschützer (de) m pl Gujarati: કાનની ટોપી f (kānnī ṭopī) Icelandic: eyrnaskjól n Japanese: 耳当て (みみあて, mimiate) Polish: nausznik (pl) m inan, nauszniki m inan pl Russian: (тё́плые) нау́шники m pl ((tjó́plyje) naúšniki) Spanish: orejera (es) f

sound-deadening cup or cups

Finnish: kuulosuojain Georgian: ხმაურდამცავი ყურსაცვამი (xmaurdamcavi q̇ursacvami), ხმაურდამცავი ყურსასმენები (xmaurdamcavi q̇ursasmenebi), ხმაურდამცავი საყურისები (xmaurdamcavi saq̇urisebi) Maori: kōpani taringa

Portuguese: abafador (pt) m Russian: (защитные (ru) (zaščitnyje)) наушники (ru) (naušniki)