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"BONNETS" is a plural of: bonnet. |
Date "BONNETS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | A female head trouble, which is contracted the latter part of Lent and breaks out on Easter. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
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Synonyms: BONNETSSynonyms: Poke bonnets, Sunbonnets. (additional references) |
Crosswords: BONNETS |
| English words defined with "BONNETS": Foundation muslin ♦ Millinet ♦ Ruche ♦ Straw plait, Straw plat. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BONNETS": Blue Bonnets, Blue Caps, Bonnet ♦ Orange-tawny ♦ SILK SNATCHERS. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Bugs' Bonnets (1956) Bunnies and Bonnets (1933) Fru Bonnets felsteg (1917) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | New York shop-girls buying Easter bonnets on Division Street / drawn by W.A. Rogers. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Two young women wearing bonnets. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fashion show at the Wells Shop, a store specializing in corsets, brassieres, hats, and bonnets, at 1331 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius could see in the twilight their livid faces, their frightful bonnets, their tattered skirts, and their naked feet. |
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| "BONNETS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BONNETS" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 60 | 43,597 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "BONNETS": granny's bonnets. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "BONNETS": war-bonnets. | |
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| Language | Translations for "BONNETS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Hauben (caps, hoods). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | onnetsbay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 3, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai thn sunqesin tou kosmou thV doxhV kai touV clidwnaV kai ta yelia kai to emplokion kai ta peridexia kai touV daktuliouV kai ta enwtia |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Discriminalia et periscelidas et murenulas et olfactoriola et inaures |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And ribanes, and `reuerses at the hemmis, and `oynement boxes, and ere ringus, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the head-bands, and the tablets, and the ear-rings, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The head-bands, and the arm-chains, and the worked bands, and the perfume-boxes, and the jewels with secret powers, |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 3, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Ang mga kalo nga panapton, ug ang ligas, ug ang mga laso sa ulo, ug ang mga kahon-kahon sa pahumot, ug mga anting-anting; |
| Croatian | poveze, lanèiæe, pojaseve, boèice s miomirisima i privjese, |
| Danish | Hovedsmykker, Ankelkæder, Bælter, Lugtedåser, Trylleringe, |
| Dutch | De hoofdkroning, en de armversierselen, en de bindselen, en de reukballetjes, en de oorringen, |
| Finnish | juhlapäähineet, jalkakäädyt, koruvyöt, hajupullot, taikahelyt, |
| French | Les diadèmes, les chaînettes des pieds et les ceintures, Les boîtes de senteur et les amulettes; |
| German | die Flitter, die Gebräme, die Schnürlein, die Bisamäpfel, die Ohrenspangen, |
| Hungarian | A fülönfüggõket, a karpereczeket és a fátyolokat, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | tudung kepala, jimat-jimat di lengan dan pinggang, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan segala perhiasan kepala dan segala gelang dan segala ikat pinggang dan segala selepa dan segala anting-anting, |
| Italian | bende, catenine ai piedi, cinture, boccette di profumi, amuleti, |
| Maori | Nga potae, nga whakapaipai o nga waewae, nga pakawe, nga pouaka hongihongi me nga whakakai, |
| Norwegian | hodeprydelsene og fotkjedene og beltene og lukteflaskene og tryllesmykkene, |
| Portuguese | os diademas, as cadeias dos artelhos, os cintos, as caixinhas de perfumes e os amuletos; |
| Rumanian | legqturile de pe cap, lqnyiwoarele dela picioare wi brkele, cutiile cu mirosuri wi bqierele desckntate; |
| Russian | РЕТУФОЙ Й ЛПМШÐ"Б Ч ОПУХ, |
| Spanish | los adornos de la cabeza, los adornos de los pies, las cintas, los frasquitos de perfume, los amuletos, |
| Swedish | huvudprydnader, fotstegskedjor, gördlar, luktflaskor och amuletter, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "BONNETS": bluebonnets, dubonnets, sunbonnets, unbonnets, warbonnets. (additional references) | |
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"BONNETS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bannets, bennes, bennets, bennites, binet, bionauts, bobnet, bonet, Bonitz, bonna, Bonnensia, bonnes, Bonnett, Bonneys, bonnut, Bronnaya, Bunnens, bunnet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-n-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: betons, bonnes, bonnet, nonets, sonnet, tenons, tonnes. | |
-2 letters: bents, besot, beton, bones, bonne, ebons, neons, nones, nonet, notes, onset, seton, steno, stone, tenon, tones, tonne. | |
-3 letters: bens, bent, best, bets, bone, bots, ebon, eons, nebs, neon, nest, nets, nobs, noes, none, nose, note, obes, ones, sent, snob, snot, sone, stob, tens, toes, tone. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-n-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: bonniest. | |
+2 letters: banknotes, bisontine, bondstone, butanones, dubonnets, sanbenito, sunbonnet, unbonnets. | |
+3 letters: abstention, bentonites, bondstones, brownstone, nonsubject, sanbenitos, subvention, sunbonnets, warbonnets. | |
+4 letters: abnegations, abstentions, bluebonnets, brownstones, embonpoints, entombments, inobservant, mountebanks, noncabinets, nonsubjects, nontaxables, notableness, obtainments, subventions, unabsorbent, unbeknownst, unobservant. | |
+5 letters: abandonments, benedictions, benefactions, boutonnieres, cybernations, endosymbiont, ennoblements, fibronectins, hibernations, inebriations, interrobangs, nonabsorbent, nondiabetics, nonobservant, recombinants, sanctionable, stubbornness, subcomponent, subcontinent, tenebrionids. | |
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