headset

English

An audio headset (1).

The headset on a bicycle (2).

From head +‎ set.

headset (plural headsets)

A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
Any electronic device worn on the head.
- 2014 June 29, Adam Sherwin, “UK cinemas ban Google glasses over piracy risk”, in The Independent‎:
  If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies. UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters.
(cycling) On a bicycle, the system of bearings that connects the fork to the frame.

pair of headphones or earphones

electronic device worn on the head

Finnish: kuulokkeet pl, lasit (fi) pl, kypärä (fi), panta (fi), päähine (fi) (etc., according to the type of headgear)

on a bicycle, the system of bearings that connects the fork to the frame

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