Meanings
plural ponytails · alternative pony tail · alternative pony-tail
- A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.
The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.
2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154
present singular third person ponytails · participle present ponytailing · participle past ponytailed · past ponytailed · alternative pony tail · alternative pony-tail
- transitiveTo form (the hair) into a ponytail.
“Don't mention it,” she said, ponytailing her hair and then sockbunning it with amazing speed.
2017, A. W. Hartoin, Brain Trust
Origin
Translations
Arabic ذَيْل الْحِصَان
- ذَيْل الْحِصَان (ḏayl al-ḥiṣān)hairstyle
Bulgarian конска опашка
- конска опашка (konska opaška)hairstyle
Catalan cua
- cuahairstyle
Chinese Mandarin 馬尾辮 /马尾辫, 馬尾 /马尾
- 馬尾辮 /马尾辫 (mǎwěibiàn)hairstyle
- 馬尾 /马尾 (mǎwěi)hairstyle
Czech culík
- culíkhairstyle
Danish hestehale
- hestehalehairstyle
Dutch paardenstaart
- paardenstaarthairstyle
Esperanto ponevosto
- ponevostohairstyle
Finnish poninhäntä
- poninhäntähairstyle
French queue-de-cheval
- queue-de-chevalhairstyle
German Pferdeschwanz, Rossschwanz
- Pferdeschwanzhairstyle
- Rossschwanzhairstyle
Greek αλογοουρά
- αλογοουρά (alogoourá)hairstyle
Hebrew קוּקוּ, זנב סוס
- קוּקוּ (kúku)hairstyle
- זנב סוס (znáv-sús)hairstyle
Hungarian lófarok
- lófarokhairstyle
Icelandic tagl, stertur
- taglhairstyle
- sterturhairstyle
Indonesian kuncir kuda
- kuncir kudahairstyle
Irish pónaí
- pónaíhairstyle
Italian coda di cavallo
- coda di cavallohairstyle
Japanese ポニーテール
- ポニーテール (ponītēru)hairstyle
Korean 포니테일
- 포니테일 (poniteil)hairstyle
Norwegian Bokmål hestehale
- hestehalehairstyle
Polish kucyk
- kucykhairstyle
Portuguese rabo de cavalo
- rabo de cavalohairstyle
Romanian coadă
- coadăhairstyle
Russian ко́нский хвост, хво́стик
- ко́нский хвост (kónskij xvost)hairstyle
- хво́стик (xvóstik)hairstyle
Spanish coleta, coletilla
- coletahairstyle
- coletillahairstyle
- cola de caballohairstyle
- hopohairstyle
- kikihairstyle
- quiquihairstyle
Swedish hästsvans
- hästsvanshairstyle
Tagalog puyod
- puyodhairstyle
Thai หางม้า
- หางม้า (hǎang-máa)hairstyle
Turkish atkuyruğu
- atkuyruğuhairstyle
Welsh cynffon merlen
- cynffon merlenhairstyle
Cite this entry
ponytail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponytail
“ponytail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponytail. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ponytail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponytail.
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