guirnalda

Meaning

1. (feminine) garland
2. (feminine) wreath
3. (feminine) worm (something helical, especially the thread of a screw)
4. (feminine) globe amaranth, Gomphrena globosa

Concepts

garland

festoon

wreath

crown

👑

bouquet

💐

swag

worm

🪱

Synonyms

corona

👑

festón

Translations

Girlande

guirlande

ghirlanda

grinalda

Kranz

garlanda

serto

corona

👑

festone

slinger

Gewinde

🧵

corōna

couronne

👑

Feston

feston

Hyphenated as

guir‧nal‧da

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡiɾˈnalda/

Etymology

Cognate with French: guirlande

Cognate with Frankish: *wierlōn

Cognate with Frankish: *wierōn

Cognate with Old High German: wieren

Cognate with English: wire

In summary

Metathetic form of guirlanda, from Old French garlande, garlaunde, gerlande, guerlande (compare French guirlande), from Frankish *wierlōn, *wieralōn, a frequentative form of Frankish *wierōn (“to adorn, bedeck”), from *wiera (“a gold thread”), akin to Old High German wieren (“to adorn”), wiara (“gold thread”). More at English wire.