dreadlock

English

Etymology

From dreadlocks.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɛdlɒk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɛdˌlɑk/
• Hyphenation: dread‧lock

Noun

dreadlock (plural dreadlocks)

1. A single strand of dreadlocks.

Translations

single strand of dreadlocks

• Dutch: dreadlock m
• Finnish: rasta (fi)
• French: dread (fr) f, cadenette (fr) f
• Macedonian: суканица f (sukanica)
• Maori: kōrinorino, uru mange
• Swahili: rasta (sw)

Verb

dreadlock (third-person singular simple present dreadlocks, present participle dreadlocking, simple past and past participle dreadlocked)

1. (transitive) To put (hair) into dreadlocks.

   Synonym: dread

   • 2004, David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories‎^[1], →ISBN, page 86:

     I paced the avenues, mane dreadlocked by city dirt.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dreadlock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɛd.lɔk/, /ˈdrɛt.lɔk/
• Hyphenation: dread‧lock

Noun

dreadlock m (plural dreadlocks, diminutive dreadlockje n)

1. dreadlock

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dreadlocks

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdɾɛˈdlɔ.ki/, /ˌdɾɛˈdlɔk/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdɾɛˈdlɔ.ki/, /ˌdɾɛˈdlɔk/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdɾɛˈdlɔk/, /ˌdɾɛˈdlɔ.ki/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌdɾɛˈdlɔk/ [ˌdɾɛˈðlɔk]

Noun

dreadlock m (plural dreadlocks)

1. dreadlocks (hair left to grow into long matted strings)

   Synonyms: dread, rastas