"frisure" meaning in English

See frisure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: frisures [plural]
Etymology: From French frisure. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|frisure}} French frisure Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frisure (countable and uncountable, plural frisures)
  1. The dressing of the hair by curling. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-frisure-en-noun-NSCvXrT~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries

Inflected forms

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