Meanings
nounpillowcase (plural pillowcases)
plural pillowcases · alternative pillow case
- A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.
Synonyms: pillowslip
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.
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Translations
Bulgarian калъфка
- калъфка (kalăfka)sheet for covering a pillow
Catalan coixinera
- coixinerasheet for covering a pillow
Chinese Cantonese 枕頭套 /枕头套
- 枕頭套 /枕头套 (zam² tau⁴ tou³)sheet for covering a pillow
Chinese Mandarin 枕套, 枕頭套 /枕头套
- 枕套 (zhěntào)sheet for covering a pillow
- 枕頭套 /枕头套 (zhěntoutào)sheet for covering a pillow
Czech povlak na polštář
- povlak na polštářsheet for covering a pillow
Danish pudebetræk, pudevår
- pudebetræksheet for covering a pillow
- pudevårsheet for covering a pillow
Dutch kussensloop
- kussensloopsheet for covering a pillow
Esperanto kapkusentego
- kapkusentegosheet for covering a pillow
Estonian padjapüür
- padjapüürsheet for covering a pillow
Finnish tyynynpäällinen, tyynyliina
- tyynynpäällinensheet for covering a pillow
- tyynyliinasheet for covering a pillow
French taie d'oreiller
- taie d'oreillersheet for covering a pillow
German Kopfkissenbezug
- Kopfkissenbezugsheet for covering a pillow
Greek μαξιλαροθήκη
- μαξιλαροθήκη (maxilarothíki)sheet for covering a pillow
Hungarian párnahuzat
- párnahuzatsheet for covering a pillow
Icelandic koddaver
- koddaversheet for covering a pillow
Irish clúdach piliúir
- clúdach piliúirsheet for covering a pillow
Italian federa
- federasheet for covering a pillow
Japanese 枕カバー
- 枕カバー (makura kabā)sheet for covering a pillow
Korean 베갯잇
- 베갯잇 (begaennit)sheet for covering a pillow
Latvian spilvena pārvalks, spilvendrāna
- spilvena pārvalkssheet for covering a pillow
- spilvendrānasheet for covering a pillow
Lithuanian priegalvio užvalkalas
- priegalvio užvalkalassheet for covering a pillow
Norwegian Bokmål putetrekk, putevar
- putetrekksheet for covering a pillow
- putevarsheet for covering a pillow
Polish poszewka, powłoczka
- poszewkasheet for covering a pillow
- powłoczkasheet for covering a pillow
Portuguese fronha
- fronhasheet for covering a pillow
Romanian față de pernă
- față de pernăsheet for covering a pillow
Russian на́волочка
- на́волочка (návoločka)sheet for covering a pillow
Spanish funda (de almohada)
- funda (de almohada)sheet for covering a pillow
Swahili foronya
- foronyasheet for covering a pillow
Swedish örngott, kuddvar
- örngottsheet for covering a pillow
- kuddvarsheet for covering a pillow
- dynvarsheet for covering a pillow
Tagalog punda
- pundasheet for covering a pillow
Thai ปลอกหมอน
- ปลอกหมอน (bplɔ̀ɔk-mɔ̌ɔn)sheet for covering a pillow
Turkish yastık kılıfı
- yastık kılıfısheet for covering a pillow
Ukrainian наволочка
- наволочка (navoločka)sheet for covering a pillow
Welsh gorchudd gobennydd, cas clustog
- gorchudd gobennyddsheet for covering a pillow
- cas clustogsheet for covering a pillow
Cite this entry
APA
pillowcase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pillowcase
MLA
“pillowcase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pillowcase. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pillowcase,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pillowcase.
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