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Definition: Babushka |
BabushkaNoun1. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine; worn by Russian peasant women. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Headdress, headgear; chapeau, crush hat, opera hat; kaffiyeh; sombrero, jam, tam-o-shanter, tarboosh, topi, sola topi, pagri, puggaree; cap, hat, beaver hat, coonskin cap; castor, bonnet, tile, wideawake, wimple; nightcap, mobcap, skullcap; hood, coif; capote, calash; kerchief, snood, babushka; head, coiffure; crown; (circle); chignon, pelt, wig, front, peruke, periwig, caftan, turban, fez, shako, csako, busby; kepi, forage cap, bearskin; baseball cap; fishing hat; helmet; mask, domino. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Babushka |
| Non-English Usage: "Babushka" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (Babushka). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pyati tysyach vnukov Babushka (1967) Babushka! Ostorozhno (1960) Taggart: Babushka (1997) Babushka (1996) | |
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Books | |
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| "Babushka" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 84.00% of the time. "Babushka" is used about 25 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 (proper) | 84% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (singular) | 16% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
babushka | 44 |
babushka doll | 5 |
babushka bar vodka | 3 |
babushka lady | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "babushka"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Shami (Belcher, handkerchief, wrap), Plakë (Gammer, Goody, grannie, granny, old woman). (various references) | |
Arabic | غطاء للرأس يشبه الببشك, الببشك منديل للرأس. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Забрадка. (various references) | |
French | Babushka, Mouchoir De Tête. (various references) | |
German | Großmutter, Oma. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מטפחת ראש (kerchief). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Nagymama (grandma, Grandmamma, grandmother, grannie, granny). (various references) | |
Italian | fazzoletto per la testa. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abushkabay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | avó, vovó. (various references) | |
Russian | Косынка (Tucker), "оловной Платок, Бабушка (Grandmamma), платок (handkerchief, kerchief). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | babuška, trouglasta marama. (various references) | |
Spanish | la babushka. (various references) | |
Turkish | Eşarp (cravat, kerchief, scarf, shawl, wrapper). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "babushka": babushkas. (additional references) | |
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"Babushka" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anushka, Babaoshan, babbushka, Babinski, babooshka, babsha, Babubhai, babuska. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-h-k-s-u" | |
-2 letters: babkas, kababs, kasbah. | |
-3 letters: abash, abbas, babas, babka, babus, habus, kabab, kasha, subah. | |
-4 letters: aahs, abas, abba, auks, baas, baba, babu, bash, bask, bubs, bush, busk, habu, hubs, husk, kaas, kabs, skua, suba. | |
-5 letters: aah, aas, aba, abs, aha, ash, ask, auk, baa, bah, bas, bub, bus, has, hub, kab, kas, sab, sau, sha. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-h-k-s-u" | |
+1 letter: babushkas. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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