dandruff
/ˈdændɹʌf/US/ˈdændɹəf/
dandruff noun: scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis.
Noun
dandruff (usually uncountable, plural dandruffs)
Verb
dandruff (third-person singular simple present dandruffs, present participle dandruffing, simple past and past participle dandruffed)
- To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
- The toaster is broken and salt is dandruffing my wool sweater.2014, Kaethe Schwehn, Tailings: A Memoir, page 82
dandruff meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
dandruff in Hindi
- dead skin flakes
- रूसी rūsī, रुसी rusī
dandruff in Tamil
- dead skin flakes
- பொடுகு poṭuku
dandruff in Urdu
- dead skin flakes
- دیوار devār, روسی rūsī
dandruff in Bengali
- dead skin flakes
- খুশকি khuśoki, মরামাস moramaś
More languagesFewer languages
- dandruff in Telugu
- చుండ్రు cuṇḍru
- dandruff in Kannada
- ಅಗರು agaru
- dandruff in Punjabi
- ਕਰ੍ਹ karh, ਸਿੱਕਰੀ sikkarī
- dandruff in Gujarati
- રૂસી rūsī
- dandruff in Sanskrit
- दारुणा dāruṇā
- dandruff in Sinhala
- ඉස්හොරි ishori
- dandruff in Assamese
- উফি uphi
- dandruff in Nepali
- चाया cāyā
- dandruff in Pashto
- دسر پخه
- dandruff in Tagalog
- balakubak, kulisap, dalikdik
- dandruff in Arabic
- قِشْرَة الرَّأْس
- dandruff in Malay
- kelemumur
- dandruff in Indonesian
- kětombé, běrkětombé, kělěmumur
- dandruff in Persian
- شوره سر šure-ye sar, شوره šure
- dandruff in Thai
- ขี้รังแค kîi-rang-kɛɛ, รังแค rang-kɛɛ
- dandruff in Vietnamese
- gàu, gầu
- dandruff in Myanmar
- ဒက် dak, ဗောက် bauk
Synonyms of dandruff
Forms of dandruff
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dandruffs |
| alternative form (archaic) | dandriff |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dandruffs |
| present participle | dandruffing |
| past participle | dandruffed |
| past | dandruffed |
Origin of dandruff
The word is first attested in 1545; the first element is obscure, but compare dander. The second element derives from a Northumbrian or East Anglian Middle English hurf (“scab”), from Old Norse hrufa. Compare Dutch roof, Luxembourgish Roff. Related with Proto-Germanic *hreubaz, *hreufaz (“rough, scabby”), source of Old English hrēofla (“leprosy, leper”). More at reef (etymology 3).
Words formed from dandruff
Questions about dandruff
- What does dandruff mean?
- Dandruff means scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis.
- What is dandruff in Hindi?
- Dandruff in Hindi is रूसी (rūsī), रुसी (rusī). See Dandruff meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dandruff?
- Dandruff can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce dandruff?
- Dandruff is pronounced /ˈdændɹʌf/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dandruff?
- The plural of dandruff is dandruffs.
Words near dandruff in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dandruff (page history and authors); ಅಗರು (Kannada) (page history and authors); રૂસી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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