earmuff

English

A couple wearing earmuffs

Alternative forms

ear muffs

Etymology

ear +‎ muff

Noun

earmuff (plural earmuffs)

A garment to keep the ears warm.
A garment or part worn over a single ear.
A sound-deadening cup or a pair of such cups worn over the ear or ears.
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)

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