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.

   Coordinate term: cornrow (not to be confused)

Translations

single strand of dreadlocks

• Dutch: dreadlock (nl) 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

   Coordinate term: cornrow (not to be confused)

   • 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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English dreadlocks.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdɾɛ.d͡ʒiˈlɔ.ki/, /ˌdɾɛd͡ʒˈlɔk/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdɾɛ.d͡ʒiˈlɔ.ki/, /ˌdɾɛd͡ʒˈlɔk/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌdɾɛd͡ʒˈlɔk/, /ˌdɾɛ.d͡ʒiˈlɔ.ki/

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

• Rhymes: -ɔki, -ɔk
• Hyphenation: dread‧lock

Noun

dreadlock m (plural dreadlocks)

1. (usually uncountable) dreadlocks (hair grown or styled into long matted strings)

   Synonyms: dreadlocks, dread, rastas