handkerchief
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The meaning (definition) of the word handkerchief
a small square of cloth for wiping your nose
The word handkerchief used in a sentence
“I wiped my nose with a handkerchief.”
Words that mean the same as handkerchief (synonyms)
tissue
How the word handkerchief is said around the world
| French | mouchoir (moo-SHWAHR) |
| Spanish | pañuelo (pah-NWEH-loh) |
| Mandarin | 手帕 (shoh pah) |
| Hindi | रूमाल (roo-MAHL) |
| Arabic | مِنْدِيل قُماش (min-DEEL ku-MAASH) |
| Russian | носовой платок (nuh-suh-VOY pluh-TOHK) |
| Portuguese (EU) | lenço de pano (LEN-soo de PAH-noo) |
| Portuguese (BR) | lenço (LEHN-soh) |
| Japanese | ハンカチ (hahn-KAH-chee) |
| German | Taschentuch (TAH-shen-tookh) |
| Urdu | رومال (roo-MAAL) |
| Punjabi | ਰੁਮਾਲ (roo-MAAL) |
| Korean | 손수건 (SOHN-soo-guhn) |
| Hebrew | מִטְפַּחַת אַף (meet-pah-KHAHT af) |
| Greek | μαντίλι (mahn-DEE-lee) |
| Dutch | zakdoek (ZAHK-dook) |
| Tagalog | panyo (PAHN-yoh) |
| Vietnamese | khăn tay (khahn TAY) |
| Turkish | mendil (men-DEEL) |
| Persian | دستمال پارچهای (dast-MAHL pahr-che-EE) |
| Polish | chusteczka do nosa (khoos-TECH-kah doh NOH-sah) |
| Ukrainian | носовичок (no-so-vy-CHOK) |
| Bengali | রুমাল (ROO-mahl) |
| Swedish | näsduk (NAIRS-dewk) |
| Italian | fazzoletto (faht-tsoh-LET-toh) |
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