sideburns

English

Etymology

Reformed from burnside, named after American Army general Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881), noted for his unusual facial hair.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪd.bɜː(ɹ)nz/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪd.bɚnz/

Noun

sideburns pl (normally plural, singular sideburn)

Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.
Synonyms: burnside, (chiefly Britain) sideboards, (dated) side whiskers

Hyponyms

muttonchop, mutton-chop whiskers

Translations

facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin

Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
Afrikaans: bakkebaarde
Albanian: baseta
Arabic: سَوَالِف m pl (sawālif), سَالِف اَلشَّعْر m (sālif aš-šaʕr)
Egyptian Arabic: سالف m (salef), سوالف f pl (sawalef)
Armenian: այտամորուք (aytamorukʻ)
Assamese: খত (khot)
Avar: бакенбардал (bakenbardal)
Azerbaijani:
Abjad: يان سقال (yān saqqāl)

Roman: yarımsaqqal, yan saqqal
Bengali: জুলফি (bn) (zulfi)
Bikol Central: pispis (bcl)
Bulgarian: бакенбарди (bg) (bakenbardi)
Catalan: patilles (ca) f pl, garrofes (ca) f pl
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 連鬢鬍子／连鬓胡子 (zh) (lián bìn húzi); 鬢腳／鬓脚 (zh) (bìn jiǎo)
Czech: kotlety f pl, licousy m pl
Danish: bakkenbarter pl
Dutch: tochtlatten (nl), bakkebaarden (nl) m pl
Esperanto: vangharoj f
Estonian: põskhabe
Faroese: kjálkaskegg n, vangaskegg n
Finnish: poskiparta (fi), pulisongit (fi)
French: favoris (fr) m pl, rouflaquettes (fr) f pl (slang)
Georgian: ქილვაში (kilvaši), ბაკენბარდები (baḳenbardebi)
German: Koteletten (de) n pl, Backenbart (de) m, Seitenhaare n pl
Greek: φαβορίτες (el) f pl (favorítes)
Hebrew: פאה (he)
Hungarian: barkó (hu), oldalszakáll (hu), pofaszakáll (hu), császárszakáll (hu), pajesz (hu), pakompart (hu)
Icelandic: bartar m pl
Irish: féasóg leicinn f
Italian: basette (it) f pl, basettoni m pl, scopettoni m pl
Japanese: 揉み上げ (もみあげ, momiage), 頬髭 (ほおひげ, hoohige)
Karelian: korviparta
Korean: 구레나룻 (ko) (gurenarut)
Latin: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: vaigu bārda f
Lithuanian: žandenos f pl
Macedonian: бакенбарди m pl (bakenbardi)
Malay: jambang (ms)
Maori: hurupāpāringa
Mongolian: хууз (mn) (xuuz)
Navajo: bítłʼah chʼíntłʼo
Norwegian: kinnskjegg (no) n
Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
Ottoman Turkish: یان صقال (yân saqâl)
Persian: خط ریش (xatt-e riš), ساج (fa) (sâj) (archaic, dialectal, Gorgan)
Plautdietsch: Bakenboat m
Polish: baki, bokobrody (pl)
Portuguese: patilhas f pl, costeletas f pl
Romanian: favoriți m pl, cotleți n pl
Russian: бакенба́рды (ru) pl (bakenbárdy), бачки (ru) (bački), ба́ки (ru) m pl (báki)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зулуфи m pl, залисци m pl

Roman: zulufi m pl, zalisci m pl, zaliske
Spanish: patillas (es) f pl
Swedish: polisong (sv) c
Tagalog: patilya
Thai: จอน (th) (jɔɔn)
Turkish: favori (tr), duluk (tr)

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