English

Alternative spellings
dandriff italbrac|rare

Etymology

The word is first attested in 1545; the first element is obscure, the second element derives from Northumbrian or E. Anglian dialect huff, hurf "scab," from O.N. hrufa, from P.Gmc. *hreufaz, source of O.E. hreofla "leper."

Noun
dandruff uncountable

1. scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp

#: Dandruff is on my collar again.

Translations
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trans-top|skin flakes
Chinese: 头�� (tóupíxiè)
Finnish: hilse
French: pellicule f
German: Schuppen
Italian: forfora f
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Japanese: �� (��, fuke)
Latin: porrīg� f
Portuguese: caspa f italbrac|Brazil
Russian: пе��о�� (pérhot') f
Spanish: caspa f
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