earmuff

English

A couple wearing earmuffs

Alternative forms

• ear muff

Etymology

ear +‎ muff

Noun

earmuff (plural earmuffs)

1. A garment to keep the ears warm.
2. A garment or part worn over a single ear.
3. A sound-deadening cup or a pair of such cups worn over the ear or ears.
4. attributive form of earmuffs.

Translations

garment to keep the ears warm

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳套 (zh) (ěrtào), 耳罩 (ěrzhào), 耳包子 (zh) (ěrbāozi)

• Czech: klapka f
• Dutch: oorwarmers (nl) pl
• Esperanto: orelumo (eo)
• Finnish: korvaläpät pl
• French: cache-oreilles (fr) pl
• German: Ohrenschützer (de) m pl
• Gujarati: કાનની ટોપી f (kānnī ṭopī)
• Icelandic: eyrnaskjól n
• Japanese: 耳当て (みみあて, mimiate)
• Polish: nausznik (pl) m inan, nauszniki m inan pl
• Russian: (тё́плые) нау́шники m pl ((tjóplyje) naúšniki)
• Serbo-Croatian: naušnjak m
• Spanish: orejera (es) f
• Swedish: öronmuff c, öronskydd n

sound-deadening cup or cups

• Finnish: kuulosuojain
• French: casque anti-bruit, casque antibruit
• Georgian: ხმაურდამცავი ყურსაცვამი (xmaurdamcavi q̇ursacvami), ხმაურდამცავი ყურსასმენები (xmaurdamcavi q̇ursasmenebi), ხმაურდამცავი საყურისები (xmaurdamcavi saq̇urisebi)
• Maori: kōpani taringa
• Portuguese: abafador (pt) m
• Russian: (защитные (ru) (zaščitnyje)) наушники (ru) (naušniki)
• Serbo-Croatian: naušnjak m
• Swedish: hörselkåpa c