Meaning

3 senses
  1. A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize mourning or protest.

    Armbinde, Trauerflor

    нарука́вная повя́зкаnarukávnaja povjázka

    a band worn around the upper arm

  2. A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

    Kapitänsbinde

    worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning

  3. One of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim.

    Schwimmflügel

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The soldier was wearing a swastika armband.

    ruУ солдата на руке была повязка со свастикой.

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  2. Only a captain should wear an armband on the field.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
band worn around the arm:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
band worn around the arm:
band worn around the arm of the captain of a team:
one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands to help the wearer float in water and learn to swim:

Origin

From arm + band.

From arm + band.

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Forms

plural: armbands
Singulararmband
Pluralarmbands

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedarmbanded

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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