Meaning

9 senses
  1. (literally)The tail of a pig.

    Schweineschwanz

  2. Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.

  3. A braided plait of hair; queue.

    a plait of braided hair

  4. A braided plait of hair; queue.

    (especially)Either of a pair of braids or tails worn on the sides of the head.

    Haarzopf, Zöpfchen

    коси́чкаkosíčka

  5. (in the plural)A hairstyle with a pair of pigtails.

  6. (colloquial, in the plural)A person who wears pigtails.

  7. A short length of twisted electrical wire.

    Anschlussdraht, Anschlussfaser

  8. The flamingo flower (anthurium)

  9. Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Mary often wears her hair in pigtails.

    ruМэри часто носит косички.

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  2. Mary usually wears her long hair in pigtails.

    ruМэри обычно заплетает свои длинные волосы в косы.

    deMaria trägt ihr langes Haar gewöhnlich zu Zöpfen geflochten.

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  3. Do you know that girl over there with pigtails?

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  4. You always wear a ponytail. Why not try pigtails every now and then?

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  5. You always wear a ponytail. Why not try pigtails once in a while?

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
braided plait of hair:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
braided plait of hair:
tail of a pig:
either of two braids or ponytails:
twisted electrical wire:

Origin

From pig + tail.

From pig + tail.

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Forms

plural: pigtails

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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