ponytail

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ponytail

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Alternative forms

• pony tail, pony-tail

Etymology

From pony +‎ tail.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊniˌteɪl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ponytail (plural ponytails)

2. A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.
   • 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:

     The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.

Derived terms

• ponytail palm

Translations

hairstyle

Arabic: ذَيْل الْحِصَان m (ḏayl al-ḥiṣān) Egyptian Arabic: ديل حصان m (dél ḥuṣan) Gulf Arabic: عنقوص m (ʕangūṣ) Bulgarian: конска опашка f (konska opaška) Catalan: cua (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 馬尾辮 / 马尾辫 (zh) (mǎwěibiàn), 馬尾 / 马尾 (zh) (mǎwěi) Czech: culík m Danish: hestehale (da) c Esperanto: ponevosto Finnish: poninhäntä (fi) French: queue-de-cheval (fr) f German: Pferdeschwanz (de) m, Rossschwanz m (Swiss German) Greek: αλογοουρά (el) f (alogoourá) Hebrew: קוּקוּ (he) m (kúku), זנב סוס (znáv-sús) Hungarian: lófarok (hu) Icelandic: tagl (is) n, stertur m Indonesian: kuncir kuda Irish: pónaí m Italian: coda di cavallo f Japanese: ポニーテール (ja) (ponītēru) Korean: 포니테일 (poniteil) Macedonian: ко́њска о́пашка f (kónjska ópaška), о́павче n (ópavče) Norman: coue d'ponîn f Norwegian: Bokmål: hestehale m Nynorsk: hestehale m Polish: kucyk (pl) m Portuguese: rabo de cavalo (pt) m Romanian: coadă (ro) Russian: ко́нский хвост m (kónskij xvost), хво́стик (ru) m (xvóstik) Spanish: coleta (es) f, coletilla (es) f, cola de caballo (es) f rabo capilar / capital / piloso / caballuno / caballar m, hopo (es) m, kiki / quiqui m (colloquial) Swedish: hästsvans (sv) c Tagalog: puyod Thai: หางม้า (hǎang-máa) Turkish: atkuyruğu (tr) Welsh: cynffon merlen f

Verb

ponytail (third-person singular simple present ponytails, present participle ponytailing, simple past and past participle ponytailed)

1. (transitive) To form (the hair) into a ponytail.
   • 2017, A. W. Hartoin, Brain Trust:

     “Don't mention it,” she said, ponytailing her hair and then sockbunning it with amazing speed.

See also

• pigtail