Meanings
plural beanies · alternative beenie
- uncommonbusinessA cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.
Enrique Iglesias is often seen wearing a beanie.
1 more example
The sensation was curious. The bullet passed through her thigh, cleanly, severing the dust-bones and making the second self stumble for a moment before knitting the injury back together. It didn't hurt — she'd have needed an entire quarry's worth of sand for nociception — but she still felt the hole appear, still felt the tiny slug passing through, still felt the quivering impact and the explosive exit. She felt the next three as well, and then she was standing over a cowering woman in a black leather jacket and beanie with a look of complete and total bafflement on her face.
2023 September 22, HarryBlank, “Off Track”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024 - uncommonA head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides.
Synonyms & antonyms
cap
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰabʰ-?
- Proto-Germanic*babnōder.?
- Proto-Germanic*baunō
- Proto-West Germanic*baunu
- Old Englishbēan
- Middle Englishbene
- Englishbean
- Englishbeanie
From bean (“the head”) + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans mus, beanie
- muscap that fits the head closely
- beaniecap that fits the head closely
Arabic طَاقِيَّة
- طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya)cap that fits the head closely
Basque txano
- txanocap that fits the head closely
Bulgarian пле́тена ша́пка
- пле́тена ша́пка (plétena šápka)cap that fits the head closely
Catalan barret de punt
- barret de puntcap that fits the head closely
Chinese Mandarin 小圓帽 /小圆帽
- 小圓帽 /小圆帽 (xiǎoyuánmào)cap that fits the head closely
Danish hue
- huecap that fits the head closely
Dutch muts
- mutscap that fits the head closely
Finnish pipo
- pipocap that fits the head closely
French bonnet, tuque
- bonnetcap that fits the head closely
- tuquecap that fits the head closely
German Beanie, Haube
- Beaniecap that fits the head closely
- Haubecap that fits the head closely
- Mützecap that fits the head closely
- Strickhaubecap that fits the head closely
- Strickmützecap that fits the head closely
Hungarian téli/kötött sapka
- téli/kötött sapkacap that fits the head closely
Irish bairéidín
- bairéidíncap that fits the head closely
Italian berretto
- berrettocap that fits the head closely
Korean 비니
- 비니 (bini)cap that fits the head closely
Malay serkup
- serkupcap that fits the head closely
Norwegian Bokmål lue
- luecap that fits the head closely
Polish czapka ściśle przylegająca do głowy
- czapka ściśle przylegająca do głowycap that fits the head closely
Portuguese touca, gorro
- toucacap that fits the head closely
- gorrocap that fits the head closely
Russian шапка
- шапка (šapka)cap that fits the head closely
Spanish gorro, capillo
- gorrocap that fits the head closely
- capillocap that fits the head closely
Swedish mössa
- mössacap that fits the head closely
Turkish bere
- berecap that fits the head closely
Vietnamese nón len, mũ len
- nón lencap that fits the head closely
- mũ lencap that fits the head closely
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with beanie
Cite this entry
beanie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beanie
“beanie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beanie. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beanie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beanie.
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