crinis

Meaning

1. (declension-3) hair of the head, lock of hair, plume
2. (declension-3) tail of a comet

Concepts

hair

forehead

head hair

rays of sun

tail of comet

Synonyms

capillus

coma

crines

pilus

Translations

Haar

cabello

pelo

haar

cheveu

cabelo

cheveux

poil

capelli

capello

pelo

capìju

pel

peu

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkriː.nɪs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kriznis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Latin crista, crispus (“curly”) and Albanian krip.