Meanings
nounhairdryer (plural hairdryers)
plural hairdryers · alternative hair drier · alternative hair-drier · alternative hairdrier · alternative hair dryer · alternative hair-dryer
- UKA small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.
Synonyms: blow-dryer, blow dryer, blowdryer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans haardroër
- haardroërelectrical appliance for drying hair
Arabic مُجَفِّف شَعْر
- مُجَفِّف شَعْر (mujaffif šaʕr)electrical appliance for drying hair
Bulgarian сешоа́р
- сешоа́р (sešoár)electrical appliance for drying hair
Catalan eixugacabells, eixugador
- eixugacabellselectrical appliance for drying hair
- eixugadorelectrical appliance for drying hair
- assecadorelectrical appliance for drying hair
Chinese Cantonese 風筒 /风筒
- 風筒 /风筒electrical appliance for drying hair
Chinese Mandarin 電吹風 /电吹风, 吹風機 /吹风机
- 電吹風 /电吹风 (diànchuīfēng)electrical appliance for drying hair
- 吹風機 /吹风机 (chuīfēngjī)electrical appliance for drying hair
Czech fén
- fénelectrical appliance for drying hair
Danish hårtørrer, føntørrer
- hårtørrerelectrical appliance for drying hair
- føntørrerelectrical appliance for drying hair
Dutch haardroger, föhn
- haardrogerelectrical appliance for drying hair
- föhnelectrical appliance for drying hair
Esperanto hararsekigilo
- hararsekigiloelectrical appliance for drying hair
Estonian föön
- föönelectrical appliance for drying hair
Finnish hiustenkuivaaja, hiustenkuivain
- hiustenkuivaajaelectrical appliance for drying hair
- hiustenkuivainelectrical appliance for drying hair
- föönielectrical appliance for drying hair
French sèche-cheveux, séchoir
- sèche-cheveuxelectrical appliance for drying hair
- séchoirelectrical appliance for drying hair
- séchoir à cheveuxelectrical appliance for drying hair
- foehnelectrical appliance for drying hair
German Föhn, Haartrockner
- Föhnelectrical appliance for drying hair
- Haartrocknerelectrical appliance for drying hair
Greek πιστολάκι, σεσουάρ
- πιστολάκι (pistoláki)electrical appliance for drying hair
- σεσουάρ (sesouár)electrical appliance for drying hair
Hebrew מייבש שיער, מְיַבֵּשׁ שֵׂעָר
- מייבש שיערelectrical appliance for drying hair
- מְיַבֵּשׁ שֵׂעָר (meybésh seár)electrical appliance for drying hair
Hindi हेयर ड्रायर
- हेयर ड्रायर (heyar ḍrāyar)electrical appliance for drying hair
Hungarian hajszárító
- hajszárítóelectrical appliance for drying hair
Icelandic hárþurrka, hárblásari
- hárþurrkaelectrical appliance for drying hair
- hárblásarielectrical appliance for drying hair
Indonesian pengering rambut
- pengering rambutelectrical appliance for drying hair
Irish triomadóir gruaige
- triomadóir gruaigeelectrical appliance for drying hair
Italian asciugacapelli, fon
- asciugacapellielectrical appliance for drying hair
- fonelectrical appliance for drying hair
Japanese ヘアドライヤー, ブロードライヤー
- ヘアドライヤー (headoraiyā)electrical appliance for drying hair
- ブロードライヤー (burōdoraiyā)electrical appliance for drying hair
- ドライヤー (doraiyā)electrical appliance for drying hair
Korean 드라이기, 헤어드라이어
- 드라이기 (deuraigi)electrical appliance for drying hair
- 헤어드라이어 (heeodeuraieo)electrical appliance for drying hair
- 건발기 (geonbalgi)electrical appliance for drying hair
Latvian fēns
- fēnselectrical appliance for drying hair
Lithuanian plaukų džiovintuvas
- plaukų džiovintuvaselectrical appliance for drying hair
Malay pengering rambut
- pengering rambutelectrical appliance for drying hair
Norwegian Bokmål føner, hårføner
- fønerelectrical appliance for drying hair
- hårfønerelectrical appliance for drying hair
- hårtørkerelectrical appliance for drying hair
Polish suszarka, suszarka do włosów
- suszarkaelectrical appliance for drying hair
- suszarka do włosówelectrical appliance for drying hair
Portuguese secador de cabelo, secador
- secador de cabeloelectrical appliance for drying hair
- secadorelectrical appliance for drying hair
Romanian foehn, uscător de păr
- foehnelectrical appliance for drying hair
- uscător de părelectrical appliance for drying hair
Russian фен
- фен (fen)electrical appliance for drying hair
Slovak sušič, fön
- sušičelectrical appliance for drying hair
- fönelectrical appliance for drying hair
- fénelectrical appliance for drying hair
- föhnelectrical appliance for drying hair
Spanish secador, secador de pelo
- secadorelectrical appliance for drying hair
- secador de peloelectrical appliance for drying hair
- secadora pilosaelectrical appliance for drying hair
- secador capilarelectrical appliance for drying hair
- secapeloselectrical appliance for drying hair
Swedish hårtork, fön
- hårtorkelectrical appliance for drying hair
- fönelectrical appliance for drying hair
- hårfönelectrical appliance for drying hair
Thai ไดร์, เครื่องเป่าผม
- ไดร์ (dai)electrical appliance for drying hair
- เครื่องเป่าผม (krʉ̂ʉang-bpào-pǒm)electrical appliance for drying hair
Turkish saç kurutma makinesi, fön makinesi
- saç kurutma makinesielectrical appliance for drying hair
- fön makinesielectrical appliance for drying hair
Ukrainian фен
- фен (fen)electrical appliance for drying hair
Urdu ہَیر ڈْرائیر
- ہَیر ڈْرائیر (hair ḍrāer)electrical appliance for drying hair
Vietnamese máy sấy tóc
- máy sấy tócelectrical appliance for drying hair
Welsh sychwr gwallt
- sychwr gwalltelectrical appliance for drying hair
Cite this entry
APA
hairdryer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairdryer
MLA
“hairdryer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairdryer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hairdryer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairdryer.
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