Meaning

15 senses
  1. A type of hat, once widely worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin; now uncommonly worn except in certain religious sects.

    Haube, Schute, Schutenhut

    ка́порkápor, чепе́цčepéc, че́пчикčépčik

    ка́порkápor, чепе́цьčepécʹ, чіпе́цьčipécʹ

    a hat tied under the chin

  2. A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.

  3. A mushroom-shaped satin cap with an elastic headband used to protect kinky hair, especially while sleeping.

  4. (broadly)The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.

  5. (Commonwealth)The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.

    Motorhaube, Haube

    капо́тkapót

    капо́тkapót

  6. A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.

  7. The second stomach of a ruminant.

  8. (historical)A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.

  9. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

    A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.

  10. A metallic canopy over an opening, such as chimney or fireplace, used to increase draught.

  11. A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.

  12. A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. How do I open the bonnet?

    ruКак мне открыть капот?

    deWie kann ich die Motorhaube öffnen?

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  2. Please can you open the bonnet.

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  3. The bonnet was cool to the touch.

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  4. He's got a bee in his bonnet.

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  5. In olden times, women often went out bonneted.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
type of women's and children's hat:
cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood:
Русский
By meaning 2
type of women's and children's hat:
cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
type of women's and children's hat:
cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood:

Origin

From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old Frenc

From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).

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