"filigree" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪl.ɪ.ɡɹiː/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-filigree.ogg [US] Forms: filigrees [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From French filigrane, from Italian filigrana, from Latin fīlum (“thread”) + grānum (“grain”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|filigrane}} French filigrane, {{der|en|it|filigrana}} Italian filigrana, {{der|en|la|fīlum|gloss=thread}} Latin fīlum (“thread”), {{m|la|grānum|gloss=grain}} grānum (“grain”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} filigree (countable and uncountable, plural filigrees)
  1. (chiefly jewelry) A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Jewelry Translations (a delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire): filigran [masculine] (Albanian), ֆիլիգրան (filigran) (Armenian), filigrana (Basque), филигран (filigran) [masculine] (Bulgarian), filigrana [feminine] (Catalan), 纍絲 (Chinese Mandarin), 累丝 (léisī) (Chinese Mandarin), filigrán [neuter] (Czech), filigran [neuter] (Danish), filigraan [neuter] (Dutch), filigrano (Esperanto), filigraani (Finnish), filigrane [masculine] (French), Filigran [neuter] (German), Filigranarbeit [feminine] (German), filigrán (Hungarian), filigrano (Ido), filigran (Indonesian), filigrana [feminine] (Italian), филигрань (filigran) (Kyrgyz), filigranas [masculine] (Lithuanian), филигран (filigran) [masculine] (Macedonian), filigran [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), filigran [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), filigran [masculine] (Polish), filigran [neuter] (Romanian), филигра́нь (filigránʹ) [feminine] (Russian), филѝгра̄н [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), filìgrān [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), filigrán [neuter] (Slovak), filigran [neuter] (Slovene), filigrana [feminine] (Spanish), filigran [neuter] (Swedish), telkârî (Turkish), філігрань (filihranʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-filigree-en-noun-jjYMBOnW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 23 38 Topics: jewelry, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'a delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire': 81 19
  2. (by extension) Anything resembling such intricate ornamentation. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Translations (anything resembling such intricate ornamentation): filigrana [feminine] (Catalan), filigran [neuter] (Danish), filigraanikuvio (Finnish), filigrane [masculine] (French), filigrana [feminine] (Italian), филигра́нная рабо́та (filigránnaja rabóta) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-filigree-en-noun-pREMnLrV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 23 38 Disambiguation of 'anything resembling such intricate ornamentation': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: filagree, fillagree, filligree [archaic]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪl.ɪ.ɡɹiː/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-filigree.ogg [US] Forms: filigrees [present, singular, third-person], filigreeing [participle, present], filigreed [participle, past], filigreed [past]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From French filigrane, from Italian filigrana, from Latin fīlum (“thread”) + grānum (“grain”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|filigrane}} French filigrane, {{der|en|it|filigrana}} Italian filigrana, {{der|en|la|fīlum|gloss=thread}} Latin fīlum (“thread”), {{m|la|grānum|gloss=grain}} grānum (“grain”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} filigree (third-person singular simple present filigrees, present participle filigreeing, simple past and past participle filigreed)
  1. (transitive) To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire. Tags: transitive Translations (to decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire): filigranar (Catalan), filigraner (French), afiligranar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-filigree-en-verb-4QzGUfHb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 23 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: filagree, fillagree, filligree [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ֆիլիգրան"
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      "word": "纍絲"
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      "sense": "a delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire",
      "word": "累丝"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "филигра́нь"
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      "sense": "a delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire",
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      "sense": "a delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire",
      "word": "telkârî"
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      "word": "філігрань"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "anything resembling such intricate ornamentation",
      "word": "filigraanikuvio"
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      "sense": "anything resembling such intricate ornamentation",
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      "word": "filigrana"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "filigránnaja rabóta",
      "sense": "anything resembling such intricate ornamentation",
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      "word": "филигра́нная рабо́та"
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      "word": "filigranar"
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