beanie

See also: Beanie

English

A beanie hat

Alternative forms

• beenie

Etymology

From bean (“the head”) +‎ -ie (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ni/

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• Rhymes: -iːni

Noun

beanie (plural beanies) (uncommon in Canada)

1. A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.

   Enrique Iglesias is often seen wearing a beanie.

2. A head-hugging brimless cap, with or without a visor, made from triangular sections of cloth, leather, or silk joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides.
3. (informal) A Beanie Baby, a small soft toy filled with beans or similar stuffing.

Synonyms

• (cap): knit cap, knit hat, skull cap, skullie, skully, snow cap, snow hat, ski cap, ski hat, sock cap, stocking cap, toque (Canada), watch cap, woolly hat (UK), wooly hat

Translations

cap that fits the head closely

• Afrikaans: mus, beanie
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: txano
• Catalan: barret de punt
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛線帽／毛线帽 (máoxiànmào)

• Danish: hue (da) c
• Dutch: muts (nl) m or f
• Finnish: pipo (fi)
• French: bonnet (fr) m; tuque (fr) f (Canada)
• German: Beanie (de) f, Mütze (de) f
• Hungarian: téli/kötött sapka
• Irish: bairéidín
• Italian: berretto (it) m
• Korean: 비니 (bini)
• Ladin: cazina f
• Malay: serkup
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lue (no)

  Nynorsk: lue, luve

• Polish: czapka (pl) f
• Portuguese: touca (pt) f (Brazil), gorro (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: шапка (ru) (šapka)
• Spanish: gorro (es) m
• Swedish: mössa (sv) c
• Turkish: bere (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: nón len; mũ len

See also

• beanie-weenies
• propeller head