ringlet

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A small ring.
2. A lock, tress.
3. Any of various butterflies with small rings on the wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.

Verb

1. (transitive) To form into ringlets.
2. (transitive) To surround or encircle like a ringlet.

Sinonieme

curl

lock

🔒

whorl

coil

ringlet butterfly

tress

curly hair

lock of hair

curlicue

annulet

gyre

roll

scroll

📜

frizz

frizzly

curl of hair

curly

lovelock

morsel

plait

ring

💍

band

sausage curl

spiral

curling

circlet

braid

boycott

tress of hair

wavy hair

curt

forelock

fringe

Vertalings

boucle

➿

Schornsteinfeger

rizo

riccio

bucle

boccolo

tristan

sortija

💍

βόστρυχος

brauner Waldvogel

μπούκλα

ciocca

🔒

Locke

Aphantopus hyperantus

Haarlocke

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Middle English: ryngyl

In summary

From ring + -let. Compare Middle English ryngyl, ryngyll, rengel (“ringlet”).