bangs

See also: Bangs

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bæŋz/
Rhymes: -æŋz

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bangs pl (normally plural, singular bang)

plural of bang
(chiefly US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.
(chiefly US) A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.

Synonyms

(hair): forelocks; fringe (UK); bang (archaic US)
(hairstyle): fringe (UK); bang (archaic US)

Derived terms

air bangs
baby bangs
curtain bangs
emo bangs
micro bangs
TERF bangs

Translations

hair that hangs down over the forehead

Albanian: balluke (sq) f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܡܣܟܝܢܝܬܐ‎ f
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: бретон m (breton), перчем (bg) m (perčem)
Catalan: serrell m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劉海／刘海 (zh) (liúhǎi), 劉海兒／刘海儿 (liúhǎir)
Czech: ofina f
Danish: pandehår (da)
Dutch: pony (nl) m, froefroe m
Esperanto: franĝo (eo), fruntharoj pl
Faroese: fruntur m
Finnish: otsatukka (fi)
French: frange (fr) f
Galician: guedelleira f, liceira f, zarrallas f, cerras f, milfeira f
Georgian: შუბლზე შეჭრილი თმა (šublze šeč̣rili tma)
German: Pony (de) m
Greek: αφέλειες (el) f pl (aféleies), αφέλεια (el) f (aféleia), φράντζα (el) f (frántza)
Hebrew: פוני‎ (he) m (póni)
Hungarian: frufru (hu)
Icelandic: toppur m
Irish: frainse m, glib f
Italian: frangia (it) f, frangetta f
Japanese: 前髪 (maegami, まえがみ)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 앞머리 (ko) (ammeori)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پەرچەم‎ (ku) (perçem)
Northern Kurdish: pirç (ku) f, perçem (ku) f, kakul (ku) f
Latvian: čolka f, ponijs m
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: шишка f (šiška)
Maori: tope, puahau
Norwegian: pannelugg m, lugg (no) m
Persian: کاکل‎ (fa) (kâkol)
Polish: grzywka (pl) f
Portuguese: franja (pt) f
Romanian: breton (ro) n
Russian: чёлка (ru) f (čólka), чу́бчик (ru) m (čúbčik), чуб (ru) m (čub)
Serbo-Croatian: šiške (sh)
Spanish: flequillo (es) m, (Colombia) capul m, (Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay) cerquillo m, (Chile) chasquilla f, (Colombian Caribbean Coast) china (es) f, (Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) fleco (es) m, (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) pava (es) f, (Northwestern Spain) perrera f, (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) pollina (es) f
Swedish: lugg (sv) c
Thai: หน้าม้า (th) (nâa-máa)
Turkish: kâkül (tr), perçem (tr)
Ukrainian: гри́вка f (hrývka)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: eddi gwallt pl, bargod f
Westrobothnian: luv m
Yiddish: גריווקע‎ f (grivke)

Verb

bangs

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bang

Etymology 2

Shortened from Bang's disease.

Noun

bangs (uncountable)

Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English bangs, plural of bang, from Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian, *bangan or Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bang- (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: bangs

Noun

bangs

bang; a fringe of hair cut across the forehead

French

Noun

bangs m

plural of bang