crinkle

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
2. (intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

Noun

1. A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
2. The act of crinkling.

Sinonieme

wrinkle

crease

crumple

pucker

furrow

crimp

rumple

crisp

ruck

rustle

line

curl

ruckle

seam

crimple

fold

scrunch up

scrunch

frizz

ruffle

twist

wave

👋

wimple

make a rustling sound

rimple

bend

wrinkle crease

cockle

contract

corrugate

corrugation

cower

crackle

cringe

crouch

curve

gather

knit

muss

plait

ply

ripple

shrink

shrinkage

shrivel

tuck

Vertalings

arruga

knittern

froisser

enrugar

zerknittern

chiffonner

raggrinzire

ride

ruga

ζαρώνω

pli

grinza

raggrinzare

τσαλακώνω

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkɹɪŋkəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: crenclen

Geërf van Old English: *crinclian

Geërf van Old English: crincan

Verwante met Noord-Fries: krenge

Verwante met Nederlands: krinkelen

In summary

From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe.