body hair

/ˈbɒ.diˌhɛː(ɹ)/

noun

Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.

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Meanings

nounbody hair (countable and uncountable, plural body hairs)

plural body hairs

  1. countableuncountableanatomyHair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.
  2. countableuncountableAn individual strand of such hair.

    If I were the water of your bath/I would send part of me to gather/in the recess of your navel.../and there my temperature would rise to match yours/and I would move your body hairs like plants of the sea/in and out with the tide/created by your movement.

    1984 February 11, James R. Wetter, “The Water of Your Bath”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 29, page 8

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
androgenic hair

Translations

Bengali লোম
  • লোম (lōm)androgenic hair
Chinese Mandarin 體毛 /体毛
  • 體毛 /体毛 (tǐmáo)androgenic hair
Danish kropsbehåring, kropshår
  • kropsbehåringandrogenic hair
  • kropshårandrogenic hair
Finnish ihokarvat, ihokarvoitus
  • ihokarvatandrogenic hair
  • ihokarvoitusandrogenic hair
  • ihokarvaindividual strand of body hair
French poils du corps, poils androgéniques
  • poils du corpsandrogenic hair
  • poils androgéniquesandrogenic hair
German Körperhaare, Körperbehaarung
  • Körperhaareandrogenic hair
  • Körperbehaarungandrogenic hair
Greek τρίχες
  • τρίχες (tríches)androgenic hair
Hungarian szőr, szőrzet
  • szőrandrogenic hair
  • szőrzetandrogenic hair
  • testszőrzetandrogenic hair
  • szőrszálindividual strand of body hair
Irish clúmh
  • clúmhandrogenic hair
Italian pelo
  • peloandrogenic hair
Japanese 体毛
  • 体毛 (taimō)androgenic hair
Korean 체모
  • 체모 (chemo)androgenic hair
Norwegian Bokmål kroppshår
  • kroppshårandrogenic hair
Polish owłosienie, uwłosienie
  • owłosienieandrogenic hair
  • uwłosienieandrogenic hair
  • włosindividual strand of body hair
Portuguese pelo, pelo androgênico
  • peloandrogenic hair
  • pelo androgênicoandrogenic hair
  • pelo corporalandrogenic hair
  • peloindividual strand of body hair
Romanian păr de pe corp
  • păr de pe corpandrogenic hair
Russian во́лосы на те́ле, во́лос на те́ле
  • во́лосы на те́ле (vólosy na téle)androgenic hair
  • во́лос на те́ле (vólos na téle)individual strand of body hair
  • волосо́к на те́ле (volosók na téle)individual strand of body hair
Spanish vello androgénico, vello corporal
  • vello androgénicoandrogenic hair
  • vello corporalandrogenic hair
  • velloindividual strand of body hair
Swedish kroppshår, kroppsbehåring
  • kroppshårandrogenic hair
  • kroppsbehåringandrogenic hair
Thai ขน
  • ขน (kǒn)androgenic hair
Turkish vücut kılı
  • vücut kılıandrogenic hair
Cite this entry
APA

body hair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20hair

MLA

“body hair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20hair. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “body hair,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/body%20hair.

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