pillowcase

See also: pillow-case and pillow case

English

Alternative forms

pillow case

Etymology

pillow +‎ case

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪləʊˌkeɪs/, /ˈpɪləˌkeɪs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪloʊˌkeɪs/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpɘlɐʉˌkæes/, /ˈpɘlɘˌkæes/
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Noun

pillowcase (plural pillowcases)

A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.

Synonyms

pillowslip

Derived terms

housewife pillowcase
Oxford pillowcase

Translations

sheet for covering a pillow

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: balışüzü
Belarusian: навалачка f (navalačka)
Bulgarian: калъфка f (kalǎfka)
Catalan: coixinera (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 枕頭套／枕头套 (zam² tau⁴ tou³)

Mandarin: 枕套 (zh) (zhěntào), 枕頭套／枕头套 (zh) (zhěntoutào)
Czech: povlak na polštář m
Danish: pudebetræk (da) n, pudevår (da) n
Dutch: kussensloop (nl)
Esperanto: kapkusentego
Finnish: tyynynpäällinen (fi), tyynyliina (fi)
French: taie d’oreiller f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Kopfkissenbezug (de) m
Greek: μαξιλαροθήκη (el) f (maxilarothíki)
Hungarian: párnahuzat (hu)
Hunsrik: Koppziegh f
Icelandic: koddaver (is) n
Ingrian: naulocka
Irish: clúdach piliúir m
Italian: federa (it) f
Japanese: 枕カバー (ja) (makura kabā)
Kalmyk: дерин һадр (derin ğadr)
Korean: 베갯잇 (begaedit)
Ladino: froña
Latvian: spilvena pārvalks m, spilvendrāna f
Luxembourgish: Kappzich f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дэрний уут (dernii uut), дэрний дугтуй (dernii dugtuj) (China)

Mongolian: ᠳᠡᠷᠡᠨ ᠦ
ᠤᠭᠤᠲᠠ (deren-ü uɣuta), ᠳᠡᠷᠡᠨ ᠦ
ᠳᠤᠭᠲᠤᠢ (deren-ü duɣtui)
Nepali: सिरानी-छोप्ने (sirānī-chopne)
Norman: ântchie f (Jersey), entchaeure f (Guernsey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: putetrekk n, putevar n

Nynorsk: putetrekk n, putevar n
Plautdietsch: Bia f, Scheddinj f
Polish: poszewka (pl) f, powłoczka f
Portuguese: fronha (pt) f
Romanian: față de pernă (ro) f
Russian: на́волочка (ru) f (návoločka)
Spanish: funda (de almohada) f
Swahili: foronya
Swedish: örngott (sv) n, kuddvar (sv) n, dynvar (sv) n
Tagalog: punda
Thai: ปลอกหมอน (bplɔ̀ɔk-mɔ̌ɔn)
Tupinambá: akangupapuku aoba
Turkish: yastık kılıfı (tr)
Ukrainian: наволочка f (navoločka)
Welsh: gorchudd gobennydd m, cas clustog m

pillowcase

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