pillowcase

See also: pillow-case and pillow case

English

Alternative forms

• pillow case

Etymology

From pillow +‎ case.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Noun

pillowcase (plural pillowcases)

1. 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
• Estonian: padjapüür
• 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

Further reading

• “pillowcase”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• pillowcase, pillow case, pillowslip at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.