sideburns
/ˈsaɪd.bɜː(ɹ)nz/US/ˈsaɪd.bɚnz/
sideburns noun: facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.
Noun
sideburns pl (normally plural, singular sideburn)
- Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.
- Synonyms:
- burnside, sideboards, side whiskers
sideburns meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Assamese
sideburns in Tamil
- கிருதா, முக முடித்தூண், கன்ன மீசை
sideburns in Bengali
- facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
- জুলফি zulfi
sideburns in Malayalam
- sideburns, whiskers
- കൃതാവ് kr̥tāvŭ
sideburns in Assamese
- facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin
- খত khot
More languagesFewer languages
- sideburns in Tagalog
- patilya
- sideburns in Arabic
- سَوَالِف sawālif, سَالِف اَلشَّعْر sālif aš-šaʕr
- sideburns in Malay
- jambang
- sideburns in Indonesian
- cambang
- sideburns in Persian
- خط ریش xatt-e riš, ساج sâj
- sideburns in Thai
- จอน jɔɔn
Examples of sideburns in a sentence
- His left sideburn was longer than the other one.
- They all looked dirty and unkempt, the girls with long greasy hair, theboys ditto, two with sideburns.
- He had thick black glasses and sideburns and curly red hair.”
Synonyms of sideburns
Forms of sideburns
| singular | sideburn |
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Origin of sideburns
Reformed from burnside, named after American Army general Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881), noted for his unusual facial hair.
Questions about sideburns
- What does sideburns mean?
- Sideburns means facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.
- What is sideburns in Tamil?
- Sideburns in Tamil is கிருதா, முக முடித்தூண், கன்ன மீசை. See Sideburns meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sideburns?
- Sideburns is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sideburns?
- Sideburns is pronounced /ˈsaɪd.bɜː(ɹ)nz/ (UK).
Words near sideburns in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sideburns (page history and authors); sideburns (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കൃതാവ് (Malayalam) (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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