Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, countable, uncountable)A small bag used chiefly by women for carrying various small personal items, sometimes considered as a fashion accessory.

    a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

  2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job.

    Handtasche

    су́мочкаsúmočka, ридикю́льridikjúlʹ, су́мкаsúmka

    су́мочкаsúmočka, то́рбочкаtórbočka, торби́нкаtorbýnka

Examples

105 sentences
  1. Whose handbag is this?

    Чия це сумочка? — Anjy

    ruЧья это сумочка? — odexed

    deWessen Handtasche ist das? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. This is her handbag.

    Це її сумочка. — deniko

    ruЭто её сумочка. — Selena777

    deDas ist ihre Handtasche. — Yorwba

  3. She had her handbag stolen.

    У неї вкрали сумочку. — deniko

    ruУ неё украли сумочку. — marafon

    deMan hat ihr die Handtasche geklaut. — Yorwba

  4. Mary had her handbag stolen.

    У Мері поцупили сумочку. — deniko

    ruУ Мэри украли сумочку. — marafon

  5. Have you looked in your handbag?

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small bag carried in the hand:
Русский
By meaning 1
small bag carried in the hand:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small bag carried in the hand:

Origin

From hand + bag. The music genre is named from women dancing around a pile of their handba

From hand + bag. The music genre is named from women dancing around a pile of their handbags in nightclubs. The verb is a reference to Margaret Thatcher's handbag.

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Forms

plural: handbags
Singularhandbag
Pluralhandbags

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women):bagpocketbookpurse

Word family

9 related words

See also

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