neckerchief

English

Alternative forms

• neck kerchief, neck-kerchief, neckkerchief

Etymology

From Middle English nekkyrchefe, neckercheve, equivalent to neck +‎ kerchief.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛkə(ɹ)tʃɪf/, /ˈnɛkə(ɹ)tʃiːf/

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Noun

neckerchief (plural neckerchiefs or neckerchieves)

1. A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.

   The Boy Scout wore a red neckerchief, the ends clasped with a sliding knot ornament.

   • 2019 March 18, Jason Farago, “Okwui Enwezor, Curator Who Remapped Art World, Dies at 55”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Self-assured, peripatetic and unfailingly dapper — he favored dark double-breasted suits and the occasional neckerchief, and once made the cover of Men’s Vogue in Italy — Mr. Enwezor never doubted that an African had every right to take the lead at Western art institutions.

Synonyms

• handkerchief, necker

Translations

type of scarf

• Bulgarian: шалче (bg) n (šalče), кърпа за врата f (kǎrpa za vrata)
• Catalan: mocador (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頸巾／颈巾 (zh) (jǐngjīn)

• Dutch: halsdoek (nl) m
• Esperanto: koltuko
• Finnish: kaulahuivi (fi), huivi (fi)
• French: foulard (fr) m
• German: Halstuch (de) n, (silk) Seidenhalstuch n, Nickituch n
• Hungarian: nyaksál (hu), nyakba való kendő
• Irish: ciarsúr brád m, brat brád m
• Italian: cravatta (it) f, fazzoletto da collo m, foulard (it) m, fazzoletto (it) m
• Japanese: ネッカチーフ (nekkāchīfu)
• Ojibwe: moshwe
• Polish: apaszka (pl) f
• Romanian: fular (ro) n
• Russian: ше́йный плато́к m (šéjnyj platók), га́лстук (ru) m (gálstuk), косы́нка (ru) f (kosýnka) (kerchief)
• Spanish: pañuelo (es) m, fular (es) m
• Swedish: snusnäsduk (sv) c, sjal (sv) c, halsduk (sv) c
• Turkish: fular (tr)
• Ukrainian: коси́нка f (kosýnka)
• Volapük: tanod (vo)

See also

• bolo
• cravat
• handkerchief