"frill" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fɹɪl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frill.wav Forms: frills [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{uncertain|en|nocap=1}} uncertain Head templates: {{en-noun}} frill (plural frills)
  1. A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim. Synonyms: flounce, furbelow, ruffle Translations (pleated material used as decoration): набор (nabor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), волан (volan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), nabírání [neuter] (Czech), kanýr [masculine] (Czech), volánek [masculine] (Czech), zřasení [masculine] (Czech), röyhelö (Finnish), froufrou [masculine] (French), ruche [feminine] (French), volant (French), Rüsche [feminine] (German), Krause [feminine] (German), fodor (Hungarian), balza [feminine] (Italian), gala [feminine] (Italian), フリル (furiru) (Japanese), pōtete (Maori), pōtētete (Maori), falbanka [feminine] (Polish), babado (Portuguese), folho [masculine] (Portuguese), обо́рка (obórka) [feminine] (Russian), жабо́ (žabó) [neuter] (Russian), volante [masculine] (Spanish), volang [common-gender] (Swedish), rynk [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-frill-en-noun-KPtM4tBf Disambiguation of 'pleated material used as decoration': 78 16 3 1 2
  2. (figurative) A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-frill-en-noun-f~ND8~YJ
  3. (photography) A wrinkled edge to a film. Categories (topical): Photography Translations (wrinkled edge): kihara (Finnish), arricciamento (Italian)
    Sense id: en-frill-en-noun-gmsM5wiZ Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 5 11 3 15 28 4 27 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography Disambiguation of 'wrinkled edge': 2 9 83 1 5
  4. (figurative) Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury. Tags: figuratively Translations (luxury): ylellisyys (Finnish), hienous (Finnish), fronzolo [masculine] (Italian), ninnolo [masculine] (Italian), ро́скошь (róskošʹ) [feminine] (Russian), perifollo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-frill-en-noun-s3bdrzmn Disambiguation of 'luxury': 2 1 2 92 3
  5. (zoology) The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one. Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: neck frill Translations (zoology): kaulus (Finnish), kauluri (Finnish), collerette [feminine] (French), kryza (Polish)
    Sense id: en-frill-en-noun-Ahu5oeqY Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 5 11 3 15 28 4 27 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'zoology': 21 3 1 8 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jabot

Verb [English]

IPA: /fɹɪl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frill.wav Forms: frills [present, singular, third-person], frilling [participle, present], frilled [participle, past], frilled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{uncertain|en|nocap=1}} uncertain Head templates: {{en-verb}} frill (third-person singular simple present frills, present participle frilling, simple past and past participle frilled)
  1. (transitive) To make into a frill. Tags: transitive Translations (to make into a frill): надиплям (nadipljam) (Bulgarian), röyheltää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-frill-en-verb-IPRPGzay Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 8 3 14 32 1 17 9 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 9 2 13 40 5 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 7 2 11 38 2 16 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 8 1 13 39 2 16 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 6 17 3 16 29 5 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 5 12 9 18 27 4 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 5 13 4 17 30 5 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 6 13 2 11 35 6 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 5 12 4 13 34 6 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 11 9 10 7 19 25 4 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 4 11 2 13 38 4 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 4 11 2 13 38 4 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 6 5 13 4 17 30 5 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 8 11 3 16 28 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 5 11 3 15 28 4 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 4 11 2 13 38 4 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 4 10 2 13 41 5 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 5 13 3 17 32 5 19 Disambiguation of 'to make into a frill': 90 3 8
  2. (intransitive) To become wrinkled. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become wrinkled): rypistyä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-frill-en-verb-n-s1Lyyc Disambiguation of 'to become wrinkled': 3 95 2
  3. (transitive) To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-frill-en-verb-5dH9n~LF Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 5 11 3 15 28 4 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: friller
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /fɹɪl/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frill.wav Forms: frills [present, singular, third-person], frilling [participle, present], frilled [participle, past], frilled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪl Etymology: From Old French friller. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|friller}} Old French friller Head templates: {{en-verb}} frill (third-person singular simple present frills, present participle frilling, simple past and past participle frilled)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete, falconry) To shake or shiver as with cold (with reference to a hawk). Tags: intransitive, obsolete Categories (topical): Falconry
    Sense id: en-frill-en-verb-vSkrvU8b Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  2. (intransitive, obsolete, falconry) To cry (with reference to a bird of prey). Tags: intransitive, obsolete Categories (topical): Falconry
    Sense id: en-frill-en-verb-PvEYirCm Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1918 June, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Prelude”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, chapter 6, pages 25–26:",
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          "ref": "1985, Margaret Atwood, “Jezebel’s”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, part 12, page 237:",
          "text": "Falling in love, I said. Falling into it, we all did then, one way or another. How could he have made such light of it? Sneered even. As if it was trivial for us, a frill, a whim.",
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          "text": "Torontonians clutter their brick and stone houses with too much trim, or with window trim and shutters—and they also carve their shutters with hearts or maple leaves—but the snow conceals these frills;",
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        "(figurative) Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury."
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          "ref": "1943, Xavier Herbert, chapter 14, in Capricornia, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton-Century, page 227:",
          "text": "A large admiral lizard leapt up on a rail, stood on hind legs with fore legs raised like hands and watched for a moment […], then loped down the cess-path with arms swinging and iridescent frill flying out like a cape […]",
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          "ref": "1997, Richard Flanagan, chapter 54, in The Sound of One Hand Clapping, New York: Grove Press:",
          "text": "She reminded Bojan of a desert lizard throwing up its frill to frighten predators.",
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        "(zoology) The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "nabor",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
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      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
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      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "word": "röyhelö"
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      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
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      "word": "froufrou"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
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      "word": "ruche"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "word": "volant"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rüsche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Krause"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "word": "fodor"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gala"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "furiru",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "word": "フリル"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "word": "pōtete"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
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      "word": "falbanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "word": "babado"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "folho"
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      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "обо́рка"
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      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
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      "word": "жабо́"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "pleated material used as decoration",
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      "word": "volante"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "rynk"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wrinkled edge",
      "word": "kihara"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wrinkled edge",
      "word": "arricciamento"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "luxury",
      "word": "ylellisyys"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "luxury",
      "word": "hienous"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "ninnolo"
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      "word": "perifollo"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "zoology",
      "word": "kaulus"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "zoology",
      "word": "kauluri"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "zoology",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "collerette"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "zoology",
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        "To make into a frill."
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        "(transitive) To make into a frill."
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          "text": "And I will be bold to ſay my two girls have had a pretty good education, and capacity, [...] they underſtand their needle, breadſtitch, croſs and change, and all manner of plain-work; they can pink, point, and frill; [...]",
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        "(transitive) To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits."
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