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actor Steve Carell wearing an awareness **ribbon**

The emoji for ribbon: see the entry at 🎀.

A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
- 1648, Robert Herrick, “Delight in Disorder”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 29:
  A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: / […] / A Cuffe neglectfull, and thereby / Ribbands to flovv confuſedly: / […] / Do more bevvitch me, than vvhen Art / Is too preciſe in every part.
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An awareness ribbon.
- 2018 October 1, Olivia B. Waxman, “Wearing a Pink Ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness? Here's How Awareness Ribbons Became a Thing”, in Time‎:
  With Monday marking the beginning of October’s annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month observance, supporters will be donning their pink ribbons as a show of support for ongoing research for a cure.
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An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
- 1989, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Song for Whoever”, performed by The Beautiful South:
  Late at night, in the typewriter light / Ripped his ribbon to shreds
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- 2018, Mark J. P. Wolf, The Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence:
  They were single-shift, frontstroke, typebar typewriters with four-bank QWERTY keyboards, inked by a ribbon.
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A narrow strip or shred.
a steel or magnesium ribbonCategory:English terms with usage examples#RIBBON

sails torn to ribbonsCategory:English terms with usage examples#RIBBON
1. (cooking Category:en:Cooking#RIBBON) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
(shipbuilding) Alternative form of ribband.
(nautical Category:en:Nautical#RIBBON) A painted moulding on the side of a ship.
A watchspring.
A bandsaw.
(slang Category:English slang#RIBBON, dated Category:English dated terms#RIBBON, in the plural) Reins for a horse.
- 1887, James Inglis, Our New Zealand Cousins:
  "Here, sir, hold the ribbons." This to me, throwing me the reins. Jack got down from his perch, and after a little search in the bush was rewarded by the capture of the poor dazed pigeon, who was consigned to safe custody in the boot.
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(heraldry Category:en:Heraldry#RIBBON) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
(spinning Category:en:Spinning#RIBBON) A sliver.
(journalism Category:en:Mass media#RIBBON) A subheadline presented above its parent headline.
(graphical user interface Category:en:Graphical user interface#RIBBON) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
- 2007, Chris Grover, Matthew MacDonald, E. A. Vander Veer, Office 2007: The Missing Manual, page 586:
  Office programs are drowning in features—and they're crammed into so many different nooks and crannies that even pros don't know where to look. That's where the new ribbon fits in.
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(rhythmic gymnastics Category:en:Rhythmic gymnastics#RIBBON, countable Category:English countable nouns#RIBBON) An apparatus with a handle and a long narrow strip of fabric.
1. (rhythmic gymnastics Category:en:Rhythmic gymnastics#RIBBON, metonymic Category:English metonyms#RIBBON) An apparatus program with a ribbon.

Alternative forms

ribband (obsolete)

Descendants

→ Japanese: リボン (ribon)
→ Korean: 리본 (ribon)
→ Telugu: రిబ్బను (ribbanu)
→ Thai: ริบบิ้น (ríp-bîn) (semi-learned)

Translations

long, narrow strip of material

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Afrikaans: lintCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#RIBBON, band (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#RIBBON
Albanian: ngatërr (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#RIBBON, rrip (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#RIBBON, fjongo (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#RIBBON
Arabic: شَرِيط m (šarīṭ)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#RIBBON
Armenian: ժապավեն (hy) (žapaven)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#RIBBON
Azerbaijani: lent (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#RIBBON
Bashkir: таҫма (taśma)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#RIBBON
Belarusian: сту́жка f (stúžka)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#RIBBON, ле́нта f (ljénta)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#RIBBON
Bengali: পটি (bn) (pṭi)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#RIBBON, ফিতা (bn) (phita)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#RIBBON
Bulgarian: ле́нта (bg) f (lénta)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#RIBBON, па́нделка (bg) f (pándelka)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#RIBBON
Burmese: ဖဲကြိုး (my) (hpai:krui:)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#RIBBON
Catalan: cinta (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#RIBBON, llaç (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#RIBBON
Cherokee: ᎠᏇᎷᏍᏗ (aquelusdi)Category:Terms with Cherokee translations#RIBBON
Chinese:
Mandarin: 絲帶 / 丝带 (zh) (sīdài)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#RIBBON Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#RIBBON, 緞帶 / 缎带 (zh) (duàndài)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#RIBBON Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#RIBBON
Cornish: snod mCategory:Terms with Cornish translations#RIBBON
Czech: stuha (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#RIBBON
Danish: bånd (da) nCategory:Terms with Danish translations#RIBBON
Dusun:
Central Dusun: ribinCategory:Terms with Central Dusun translations#RIBBON
Dutch: lint (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#RIBBON
Esperanto: rubandoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#RIBBON
Estonian: lint (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#RIBBON, paelCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#RIBBON, riba (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#RIBBON
Finnish: nauha (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#RIBBON
French: ruban (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#RIBBON
Galician: fita (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#RIBBON, cinta (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#RIBBON
Georgian: ლენტი (lenṭi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#RIBBON
German: Band (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#RIBBON
Greek: ταινία (el) f (tainía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#RIBBON, κορδέλα (el) f (kordéla)Category:Terms with Greek translations#RIBBON
Ancient Greek: ταινία f (tainía)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#RIBBON
Haitian Creole: tepCategory:Terms with Haitian Creole translations#RIBBON, ribanCategory:Terms with Haitian Creole translations#RIBBON
Hebrew: סֶרֶט (he) m (séret)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#RIBBON
Hindi: फ़ीता m (fītā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#RIBBON, फीता (hi) m (phītā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#RIBBON, रिबन (hi) (riban)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#RIBBON
Hungarian: szalag (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#RIBBON
Icelandic: borði (is) mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#RIBBON
Indonesian: pita (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#RIBBON
Ingrian: nauhaCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#RIBBON
Irish: ribín mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#RIBBON
Italian: nastro (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#RIBBON, fettuccia (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#RIBBON
Japanese: リボン (ja) (ribon)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#RIBBON
Kazakh: таспа (taspa)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#RIBBON
Khmer: បដ្ដិកា (patdekaa)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#RIBBON, បូ (km) (bou)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#RIBBON
Korean: 리본 (ko) (ribon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#RIBBON
Kyrgyz: лента (ky) (lenta)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#RIBBON, тасма (ky) (tasma)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#RIBBON, сызма (ky) (sızma)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#RIBBON
Ladino: kordela fCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#RIBBON, sherit mCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#RIBBON, fiongo mCategory:Terms with Ladino translations#RIBBON
Lao: ໂບ (lo) (bō)Category:Terms with Lao translations#RIBBON
Latin: clipeum fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#RIBBON, taenia fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#RIBBON, taeniola fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#RIBBON
Latvian: lente fCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#RIBBON
Lithuanian: juosta (lt) fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#RIBBON, kaspinas mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#RIBBON
Macedonian: ле́нта f (lénta)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#RIBBON, тра́ка f (tráka)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#RIBBON
Malay: pita (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#RIBBON
Māori: rīpeneCategory:Terms with Māori translations#RIBBON
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тууз (mn) (tuuz)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#RIBBON
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bånd (no) nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#RIBBON, band (no) nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#RIBBON

Nynorsk: band nCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#RIBBON
Occitan: riban (oc) mCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#RIBBON
Old English: þwǣle fCategory:Terms with Old English translations#RIBBON
Persian:
Iranian Persian: روبان (fa) (rubân)Category:Terms with Iranian Persian translations#RIBBON Category:Terms with Persian translations#RIBBON
Polish: wstążka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#RIBBON, wstęga (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#RIBBON, tasiemka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#RIBBON, taśma (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#RIBBON
Portuguese: fita (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#RIBBON
Romanian: fundă (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#RIBBON
Russian: ле́нта (ru) f (lénta)Category:Terms with Russian translations#RIBBON, бант (ru) m (bant)Category:Terms with Russian translations#RIBBON, тесьма́ (ru) f (tesʹmá)Category:Terms with Russian translations#RIBBON, ба́нтик (ru) m (bántik)Category:Terms with Russian translations#RIBBON
Samogitian: štončka fCategory:Terms with Samogitian translations#RIBBON
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вр̀пца fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#RIBBON, тра̏ка fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#RIBBON

Latin: vr̀pca (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#RIBBON, trȁka (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#RIBBON
Sicilian: nocca (scn) fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#RIBBON, nzagareḍḍa fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#RIBBON
Slovak: stuha fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#RIBBON
Slovene: trak mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#RIBBON
Spanish: cinta (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#RIBBON, moño (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#RIBBON, lazo (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#RIBBON, galón (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#RIBBON, lacito mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#RIBBON
Swedish: band (sv) nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#RIBBON
Tagalog: ribonCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#RIBBON
Tajik: тасма (tg) (tasma)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#RIBBON, бант (bant)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#RIBBON
Thai: ริบบิ้น (th) (ríp-bîn)Category:Terms with Thai translations#RIBBON, โบ (th) (boo)Category:Terms with Thai translations#RIBBON
Turkish: kurdele (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#RIBBON, şerit (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#RIBBON
Ottoman Turkish: قوردله (kordela)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#RIBBON, شریت (şerit)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#RIBBON
Turkmen: lentaCategory:Terms with Turkmen translations#RIBBON
Ukrainian: стрі́чка f (stríčka)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#RIBBON
Unami: sìlkCategory:Terms with Unami translations#RIBBON
Urdu: فِیتَہ m (fīta)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#RIBBON, فِیتا m (fītā)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#RIBBON
Uyghur: لېنتا (lënta)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#RIBBON, ئۇقا (uqa)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#RIBBON
Uzbek: lenta (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#RIBBON, tasma (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#RIBBON
Vietnamese: ruy-băngCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#RIBBON
Welsh: rhuban (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#RIBBON, ruban (cy) fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#RIBBON

inked ribbon

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Albanian: fjongo (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#RIBBON, rrip (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#RIBBON
Bashkir: таҫма (taśma)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#RIBBON
Catalan: cinta (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#RIBBON
Czech: páska (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#RIBBON
Dutch: lint (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#RIBBON
Finnish: värinauhaCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#RIBBON
French: ruban (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#RIBBON
German: Farbband nCategory:Terms with German translations#RIBBON
Greek: ταινία (el) f (tainía)Category:Terms with Greek translations#RIBBON
Hebrew: סֶרֶט דְּיוֹ m (séret dyo)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#RIBBON
Indonesian: pita (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#RIBBON, ban (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#RIBBON
Italian: nastro (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#RIBBON, fettuccia (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#RIBBON
Japanese: リボン (ja) (ribon)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#RIBBON
Korean: 리본 (ko) (ribon)Category:Terms with Korean translations#RIBBON
Malay: pita (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#RIBBON
Polish: wstążka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#RIBBON
Portuguese: fita (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#RIBBON
Russian: ле́нта (ru) f (lénta)Category:Terms with Russian translations#RIBBON
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: па̀нтљика fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#RIBBON

Latin: pàntljika (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#RIBBON
Sicilian: nocca (scn) fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#RIBBON, nzagareḍḍa fCategory:Terms with Sicilian translations#RIBBON
Spanish: cinta (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#RIBBON
Turkish: şerit (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#RIBBON

rhythmic gymnastics: apparatus

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Bulgarian: лента (bg) f (lenta)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#RIBBON

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