bowtie
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bowtie
- /bəʊˈtaɪ/ UK
- /ˈboʊˌtaɪ/ Canada, US
- /boʊˈtaɪ/ Canada, US, dated
Where it comes from
From bow + tie.
noun bowties · bow tie · bow-tie
- A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
- A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).
adjective bow tie · bow-tie
- Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied. The corkscrew pasta holds the cheese sauce better, but all I had in the cupboard was bowtie pasta.
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noun necktie shaped like a bow
| Español | corbata de humita, corbata de lacito, corbata de moño, corbata de pajarito, corbata gato, corbata michi |
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| 한국어 | 보타이 botai, 나비넥타이 nabinektai |
| 日本語 | ボウタイ bōtai |
| 中文 | 領結 /领结 lǐngjié |
| Português | gravata de laço, gravata borboleta |
| Français | nœud papillon, nœud pap' |
| Deutsch | Fliege |
| Italiano | cravattino, cravatta a farfalla |
| Ελληνικά | παπιγιόν papigión |
| Română | papion |
| Русский | га́лстук-ба́бочка gálstuk-bábočka, ба́бочка bábočka |
| Tiếng Việt | ca vát nơ bướm |
| العربية | رَبْطَة عُنُق كَفَرَاشَة rabṭat ʕunuq ka-farāša |
| עברית | עניבת פרפר anivat parpar |
adj shaped like a bow-tie
| Français | en nœud papillon |
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@misc{bowtie_2026,
title = {bowtie},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bowtie},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
