floss

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
2. (countable, uncountable) Raw silk fibres.
3. (countable, uncountable) The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.
4. (countable, uncountable) Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.
5. (British, countable, uncountable) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
6. (countable, uncountable) A body feather of an ostrich.
7. (countable, uncountable) A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To clean the area between (the teeth) using floss.
2. (slang) To show off, especially by exhibiting one's wealth or talent.
3. (intransitive) To perform the floss dance move.

Concetti

filo interdentale

filo sottile

zucchero filato

fio interdentale

sinonimi

dental floss

fluff

fuzz

kapok

nap

pile

scruff

scum

silk cotton

silk thread

epistasis

fine down

mockmain

scummings

vegetable silk

floss silk oak

vegetable down

bombax cotton

Ceiba fibre

down

Traduzioni

fil dentaire

Zahnseide

hilo dental

floş

fio dental

Seidenfaser

seda floja

pelussa

pelusa

Maiskolbenfaser

Rohseide

νήμα μετάξης

μεταξωτή κλωστή

νήμα μεταξιού

fil dental

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/flɒs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: *flos

Affine inglese medio: Flosmonger

Affine inglese: fleece

Affine tedesco antico alto: flocko

Affine olandese medio: vlocke

Affine norvegese: -

Affine olandese: flos

Ereditato da inglese medio: flosche

Affine tedesco: Floss

Affine norvegese: flos

In summary

Unclear:
* Possibly from French floche (“tuft of wool”), from floc, from Old French flosche (“down, velvet”), from Latin floccus (“piece of wool”), probably from Frankish *flokkō (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkô (“down, piece of wool, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”).
* Or, from Middle English *flos (attested in Middle English Flosmonger (a surname)), from Proto-West Germanic *fleus, related to English fleece.
Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”), Dutch flos (“plush”) (tr=17c.).