wreath

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
2. An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
3. A defect in glass.
4. An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.

Verb

Alternative spelling of wreathe.

Concepts

couronne

👑

guirlande

touche

air de

tortil

chapelet

lei

gerbe

Synonymes

garland

chaplet

crown

👑

coronal

flower arrangement

lei

coronet

festoon

headband

laurels

ring

💍

sprig

swirl

torse

tortile

twist

wisp

touch of

tinge of

bouquet

💐

funeral flowers

circlet

contort

corolla

curl

diadem

eddy

Traductions

corona

👑

Kranz

στεφάνι

ghirlanda

krans

corona

👑

slinger

grinalda

guirlande

slingerkrans

guirnalda

guirlanda

Krone

👑

çelenk

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹiːθ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wreth

Hérité de ancien anglais: wrǣd

In summary

From Middle English wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; chaplet, crown; ring”, noun), from Old English wrǣd, wrǣþ, wriþa (“bandage”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). Doublet of wreathe and writhe.