eyelash

English

eyelashes

Alternative forms

eye-lash, eye lash

Etymology

eye +‎ lash

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɪlæʃ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

eyelash (plural eyelashes)

one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids
Synonyms: cilium, lash

Derived terms

bat an eyelash
by an eyelash
eyelash black
eyelash bush viper, Atheris ceratophora
eyelash curler
eyelash extensions
eyelash forceps
eyelash gecko, Rhacodactylus ciliatus
eyelash grass, Bouteloua gracilis
eyelash mite
eyelash viper, Bothriechis schlegelii
eyelash yarn
false eyelashes
northern eyelash boa, Trachyboa boulengeri
without batting an eyelash

Related terms

eyebrow
eye candy
eye color
eyelid
eyeliner
eye make-up
eye music
eye pencil
eye ring
eye shadow
eyesight

Translations

hair growing on the edge of an eyelid

Abaza: лахъвы́ (laqʷə́)
Abkhaz: алаҕыџь (alağədž), алахуц (alaxuc)
Adyghe: нэбзыц (nebzəc)
Afrikaans: wimper (af), ooghaar
Alabama: ittiɬimpalissi
Albanian: pjekë (sq) m, qerpik (sq) m
Alemannic German: Wempra
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: مجه‎ (mojje)
Amharic: ሽፋሽፍት (šəfašfət)
Arabic: رِمْش‎ (rimš), (collective) هُدْب‎ m (hudb)
Egyptian Arabic: رمش‎ m (remš)
Hijazi Arabic: رمش‎ m (rimš) (collective)
Aragonese: pestanya f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܬܡܪܐ‎
Arapaho: neníísío’no
Armenian: թարթիչ (hy) (tʿartʿičʿ), թերթերունք (hy) (tʿertʿerunkʿ), արտևանունք (artewanunkʿ), արտևան (artewan) (dated)
Old Armenian: արտեւան (artewan), արտեւանունք pl (artewanunkʿ)
Aromanian: peanã f
Asi: pilok
Asturian: pestaña (ast) f, pistaña f
Avar: тӏелех (tʼelex)
Aymara: nayra phichu
Azerbaijani: kirpik (az)
Baluchi: مچاچ‎
Bambara: ɲɛsi
Bashkir: керпек (kerpek)
Basque: betile (eu)
Bau Bidayuh: kiriet, kiliet
Belarusian: ве́йка f (vjéjka)
Bengali: রশ্মি (rôśmi), ভুরু (bhuru), অক্ষিলোম (bn) (ôkhilom), অক্ষিপক্ষ্ম (bn) (ôkhipôkhmô), চোখের পাপড়ি (cokher papôṛi)
Bikol Central: pirok (bcl)
Biloxi: tiamhį (his/her eyelash)
Breton: malgudenn f
Bulgarian: ми́гла (bg) f (mígla), ресни́ца f (resníca)
Burmese: မျက်တောင် (my) (myaktaung)
Catalan: pestanya (ca) f
Cayuga: oɡáhehdaˊ
Cebuano: pilok
Central Atlas Tamazight: lecfaṛ, argaln
Central Dusun: kirop
Central Sierra Miwok: ṭypýˀla-
Chamorro: babali
Chechen: бӏаьрчоьш (bˀärčöš), цӏоцӏкъам (cʼocʼqʼam)
Cherokee: ᎦhᏖᏌᎾᎸ’Ꭲ (gahtesanalv’i)
Chichewa: nsidze class 9
Chinese:
Cantonese: 睫毛 (zit⁶ mou⁴), 眼睫毛 (ngaan⁵ zit³ mou⁴), 眼挹毛 (ngaan⁵ jap¹ mou^4-1), 眼毛 (ngaan⁵ mou⁴) (dialectal)
Gan: 眼毛 (ngan³ mau⁴) (dialectal)
Hakka: 目水毛 (muk-súi-mô), 目眥毛, 目眦毛 (muk-chhi-mô), 目汁毛 (mug⁵ zeb⁵ mau¹) (Meixian)
Jin: 眼眨毛 (nie² zah⁵ mau¹)
Mandarin: 睫毛 (zh) (jiémáo), 眼睫毛 (zh) (yǎnjiémáo), 眼眨毛 (zh) (yan3 za2 mao2) (dialectal)
Min Bei: 目睭毛, 目珠毛 (mì-ciú-mâu / mù-ciú-mâu)
Min Dong: 目眨 (mĕ̤k-tiák)
Min Nan: 目睭毛 (zh-min-nan), 目珠毛 (ba̍k-chiu-mn̂g / ba̍k-chiu-mô͘), 目睫毛 (zh-min-nan) (ba̍k-chiah-mn̂g / ba̍k-cheeh-mô͘ / ba̍k-chiah-mô͘ / ba̍k-chia̍p-mn̂g / ba̍k-chiap-mn̂g), 目毛 (ba̍k-mn̂g / ba̍k-mô͘); 目眥毛, 目眦毛 (mag⁸ ci³ mo⁵) (Teochew)
Xiang: 眼眨毛 (ngan³ za⁶ mau²)
Wuu: 眼睫毛 (nge ji mau), 眼眨毛 (dialectal)
Chuvash: куҫ тӗкӗ (kuś tĕk̬ĕ)
Cimbrian: opar f, zedja f
Coptic: ⲛⲟϩ m pl (noh)
Cornish: blewen lagas f
Corsican: ciglia f
Cree:
Plains: ᒦᓴᐳᐃᐧᓈᐣ (mîsapowinân)
Crimean Tatar:
Cyrillic: кирпик
Latin: kirpik
Czech: řasa (cs) f, oční řasa f
Dakota: ištaȟepe
Dalmatian: čeja f
Danish: øjenvippe (da) c
Dhivehi: އެސްފިޔަ‎ (esfiya)
Dungan: нянзамо (ni͡anzamo)
Dutch: wimper (nl) m, ooghaar (nl), oogbrauw f (archaic)
Emilian:
Bolognese: zejja f
Erzya: сельме пона (selʹme pona)
Esperanto: okulharo (eo)
Estonian: ripsmed (et)
Even: харамта (haramta)
Evenki: саримиктал (sarimiktal), саримуктал (sarimuktal)
Faroese: eygnahár n
Finnish: silmäripsi (fi), ripsi (fi)
French: cil (fr) m
Friulian: cee f
Gagauz: kirpik
Galician: pestana (gl) f, perfeba (gl) f
Georgian: წამწამი (c̣amc̣ami), ფიჭვი (pič̣vi)
German: Wimper (de) f, Augenwimper f
Greek: βλεφαρίδα (el) f (vlefarída), ματοτσίνορο (el) (matotsínoro), ματόκλαδο (el) n (matóklado) (informal)
Ancient: βλεφαρίς f (blepharís)
Greenlandic: qimeriaq
Guaraní: topea
Gujarati: પાંપણ (pā̃paṇ)
Haitian Creole: si
Hausa: gashin ido
Hawaiian: lihilihi maka
Hebrew: רִיס‎ (he) m (ris)
Higaonon: puduk
Hiligaynon: milok, amimilok
Hindi: पपनी (hi) f (papnī), पलक (hi) m (palak)
Hungarian: szempilla (hu), pilla (hu)
Icelandic: augnhár n
Ido: cilio (io)
Ilocano: kurimatmat
Indonesian: bulu mata (id), idep (id) (dialectal)
Ingush: цӏацкъам (cʼacqʼam)
Interlingua: cilio
Inuktitut: ᕿᒥᕆᐊᖅ (qimiriaq)
Inupiaq: siqpiich
Iranun: pipirek
Irish: fabhra m, ribe m
Italian: ciglio (it) m
Japanese: まつげ (ja) (matsuge), 睫毛 (ja) (まつげ, matsuge)
Javanese:
Jawi: idep (jv)
Rumi: ꦲꦶꦢꦼꦥ꧀ (idep)
Jeju: 알눈썹 (allunsseop), 눈터럭 (nunteoreok) (Seogwipo), 눈알두꿰썹 (nunaldukkwesseop) (Seogwipo)
Kabuverdianu: pistana
Kalmyk: сурмсг (surmsg)
Kanakanabu: kuncu vo'in
Kannada: ರೆಪ್ಪೆಗೂದಲು (kn) (reppegūdalu)
Kansa: ishtá pahú
Kapampangan: irap
Karao: paspas
Karelian: ripsi
Kavalan: kmaz
Kazakh: кірпік (kk) (kırpık)
Khakas: кірбік (kìrbìk)
Khanty: сэм пунат (sèm punat), сампун (sampun)
Khmer: រោមភ្នែក (room phnɛɛk)
Khumi Chin: mimui
Kimaragang: kirop
Komi:
Komi-Permyak: синлыс (sʹinlys)
Komi-Zyrian: синлыс (sʹinlys)
Korean: 속눈썹 (songnunsseop)
Kumyk: кирпик (kirpik)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: برژانگ‎ (ku) (birjang)
Northern Kurdish: bijang (ku)
Kyrgyz: кирпик (kirpik)
Ladin: zea f
Lak: иттархъен (it:arqen)
Lakota: onštinmapihin
Lao: ຂົນຕາ (lo) (khon tā)
Latgalian: raudzeņš, brovs
Latin: cilium n (Medieval Latin), palpebrae f pl
Latvian: skropsta
Laz: წამწამი (ǯamǯami), კამწამი (ǩamǯami), კამწამი (ǩamǯami)
Leonese: pistaña f
Lezgi: кӏакӏам (ḳaḳam)
Ligurian: çi m (Monegasque), çiyu m (Monegasque)
Limburgish: plump (li)
Lithuanian: blakstiena f
Lotud: kirop, kirop do mato
Luxembourgish: Wëmper, Wimper
Macedonian: ресница f (resnica), трепка f (trepka)
Malagasy: volomaso (mg)
Malay:
Jawi: بولو مات‎
Rumi: bulu mata (ms), idap
Manchu: ᡶᠠᡳᡨᠠᠨ (faitan)
Manipuri: ꯄꯥ (mni) (pā)
Mansi: сампун (sampun)
Manx: ferroogh
Maori: kamo, kamonga, hurukaikamo
Mari:
Eastern: шинчапу́н (šinčapún)
Western: сӹнзӓ́вын (sÿnzä́vyn)
Masbatenyo: pirok
Mazanderani: مجیک‎, مژیک‎
Mingrelian: ფიჭვი (pič̣vi), ქაქაბი (kakabi)
Mirandese: ceilha f
Mòcheno: aper f, unteraper f
Moksha: сельмопона (selʹmopona)
Mongolian: сормуус (mn) (sormuus)
Mongolian: ᠰᠣ᠊᠊ᠷ᠊ᠮᠣ᠊ᠣ᠊‍ᠰ‍ᠣ
Muak Sa-aak: suk² riap² ŋaːj³
Nahuatl: cochiatl, xochizuatl
Classical Nahuatl: ixtzontli
Nanai: сармакта, сармикта
Navajo: anádiz
Nepali: परेला (parelā)
Niuean: fulumata
Norman: paûpil'ye f (Jersey)
Northern Sotho: ntshi class 9/10
Norwegian:
Bokmål: øyenvipp m, øyevipp m, vipp m
Nynorsk: augevippe f, augnevippe f, vippe f
Occitan: cilha (oc) f, cilh m
Old English: brū f
Old Georgian: წამი (c̣ami), წამწამი (c̣amc̣ami)
Old Norse: augabrá f, brá f
Old Saxon: brawa f
Oriya: ଆଖିର ବାଳ (akhirô baḷô)
Orok: серемӯкта, сӣрмӯкта, сӣрӯмӯкта
Oroqen: ʃaramʊkta
Oromo: nyaara
Ossetian: цӕстыхау (cæstyxaw)
Ottoman Turkish: كرپك‎ (kirpik), مژه‎ (müje)
Papiamentu: wimper
Pashto: باڼو‎ (ps) (banrhoo), باڼه‎ (ps) (bâṇë)
Persian: مژه‎ (fa) (može), مزلنگ‎ (mezleng) (dialectal, Kazerun), مجگ‎ (majg) (Sistani)
Phuthi: intshî class 9
Piedmontese: sign m, parpeila f
Plautdietsch: Üagessiepa, Ziepa m
Polish: rzęsa (pl) f
Portuguese: cílio (pt) m, pestana (pt) f
Quapaw: i-shta xe
Quechua: pullurki, tijlla
Rajasthani: भांपणा
Romanian: geană (ro) f, sufruncea f (archaic)
Romansch: tschegl m
Rungus: kirop
Russian: ресни́ца (ru) f (resníca)
Rusyn: павучайки (pavučajky)
Rwanda-Rundi: ingohe class 9/10
Sabah Bisaya: kirop
Sakizaya: sapedek
Samoan: laumata
Sanskrit: पक्ष्मन् (sa) (pakṣman), इक्षु (sa) (ikṣu), उदान (sa) (udāna)
Sardinian: chìgliu m, chizu m, pabarísta f
Scots: winker, ee-breer
Scottish Gaelic: rosg m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тре̏павица f
Roman: trȅpavica (sh) f
Shona: tsiye class 9/10
Shor: кирбик (kirbik)
Sicilian: gigghiu (scn) m
Sinhalese: ඇස් පිහාටුව (æs pihāṭuwa)
Slovak: riasa f, mihalnica (sk) f
Slovene: trepalnica (sl) f
Somali: baalasha
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: mykawki pl
Upper Sorbian: mikawčk m
Sotho: ntshi class 9
Southern Altai: кирбик (kirbik)
Southern Ndebele: ikophe class 9
Spanish: pestaña (es) f, abéñula (es) f (obsolete)
Sranan Tongo: ai-wiwiri
Svan: თალა̄ფა (talāpa)
Swahili: kope (sw) class 5/6, ukope (sw) class 11
Swazi: tinkhophe class 10
Swedish: ögonfrans (sv) c
Tagal Murut: kuliop nu mato
Tagalog: pilik, pilikmata
Tajik: мижа (miža)
Tamil: கண் இமை (kaṇ imai)
Tarift: aber m, abriw
Tifinagh: ⴰⴱⴻⵔ m (aber)
Tatar: керфек (tt) (kerfek)
Latin: kerfek
Telugu: పక్ష్మ (pakṣma), పక్ష్మము (te) (pakṣmamu), అక్షిపక్ష్మము (te) (akṣipakṣmamu)
Thai: ขนตา (th) (kǒn-dtaa)
Tibetan: མིག་སྤུ། (mig spu), རྫི་མ (rdzi ma)
Tigrinya: ቅርኒብ ዓይኒ (ḳərnib ʿayni), ቀርነብ (ti) (ḳärnäb)
Timugon Murut: kuliop nu mato
Tswana: ntshi class 9
Tundra Nenets: сэв тар' (sew tarʼ)
Turkish: kirpik (tr)
Turkmen: kirpik
Tuvaluan: fifimata
Tuvan: кирбик (kirbik)
Udmurt: синлыс (sinlys)
Udihe: самикта
Ukrainian: ві́я f (víja)
Ulch: сарумта
Urdu: پپنی‎ f (papnī), پلک‎ (palk)
Uyghur: كىرپىك‎ (kirpik)
Uzbek: kiprik (uz)
Venetian: séja f
Veps: rips
Vietnamese: lông mi (vi), mi (眉) (vi)
Volapük: logalipaher (logalip + -a + her)
Wallisian: fulu 'i mata
Welsh: blewyn amrant m
West Coast Bajau: kerop
West Frisian: teister, eachteister
White Hmong: plaub muag
Wiradhuri: tímit
Woiwurrung: yit-yita-mirring
Xhosa: umsebe class 3
Yakut: кыламан (kılaman)
Yami: cicimit
Yiddish: וויִע‎ f (vie)
Yogad: kimát
Yoruba: irun ìpénpéjú
Yucatec Maya: máatsab, máatsa’
Yurok: 'ne-hlp'ehl (my eyelashes)
Zazaki: bije
Zhuang: bwndaraemx
Zulu: ukhophe class 11/10

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Maltese: ^{(please verify)} xagħar ta' l-għajn m
Neapolitan: ^{(please verify)} ciglio m

Anagrams

Haseley, Heasley, Leaheys, Shealey