See tendril in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tendril perversion"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "tendrillon",
"4": "",
"5": "bud, shoot, cartilage"
},
"expansion": "Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "tendre",
"4": "",
"5": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Old French tendre (“soft”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "tendere",
"4": "",
"5": "to stretch, extend"
},
"expansion": "Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adj.)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (v.)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tendrils",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "tendril (plural tendrils)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Botany",
"orig": "en:Botany",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1708, [John Philips], “Book I”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 17:",
"text": "The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support."
],
"id": "en-tendril-en-noun-5gseRurp",
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"spirally",
"spirally"
],
[
"coiling",
"coiling"
],
[
"stem",
"stem"
],
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"support",
"support"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "filiz",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "филиз"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lastar",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ластар"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "circell"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úponek"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rank"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "ĉiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "kärhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vrille"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gabián"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ulvaša",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "ულვაშა"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ranke"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "óstlinx",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ὄστλιγξ"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "inda"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "kuriwawet"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teannóg"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deonggulson",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "덩굴손"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deongguljulgi",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "덩굴줄기"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pampinus"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vitica",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "витица"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "tōihi"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "kawekawe"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "hihi"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "ihi"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rank"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wąs"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gavinha"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cârcel"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "úsik",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "у́сик"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ògan"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vitica"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zarcillo"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manecilla"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "klänge"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "ranka"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "śkwarya"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tendril"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Zoology",
"orig": "en:Zoology",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "29 29 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 24 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 25 49",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 25 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 25 48",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 25 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 23 55",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 23 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 23 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Galician translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 24 49",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ilocano translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 23 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 23 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Latin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Maori translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 80",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 20 61",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 26 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 23 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 22 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Slovene translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 20 61",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 21 58",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 80",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Tocharian B translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "21 23 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 33 60",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Plant anatomy",
"orig": "en:Plant anatomy",
"parents": [
"Anatomy",
"Botany",
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"Sciences",
"Healthcare",
"All topics",
"Health",
"Fundamental",
"Body"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A hair-like tentacle."
],
"id": "en-tendril-en-noun-8AZGt2lt",
"links": [
[
"zoology",
"zoology"
],
[
"hair",
"hair"
],
[
"tentacle",
"tentacle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(zoology) A hair-like tentacle."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hair-like tentacle",
"word": "korkkiruuvi"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hair-like tentacle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirre"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hair-like tentacle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 94",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hair-like tentacle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kosmyk"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɛn.dɹəl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tendril.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "tendril"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "tendrillon",
"4": "",
"5": "bud, shoot, cartilage"
},
"expansion": "Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "tendre",
"4": "",
"5": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Old French tendre (“soft”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "tendere",
"4": "",
"5": "to stretch, extend"
},
"expansion": "Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adj.)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (v.)).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "tendril (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 275:",
"text": "Kissing the tendril fingers - at first because Mina, its mother, did not - but later with a rapture begot by its breath on her breast.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Having the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining."
],
"id": "en-tendril-en-adj-9akX9yv0",
"links": [
[
"entwining",
"entwining"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɛn.dɹəl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tendril.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "tendril"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English undefined derivations",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Ilocano translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
"Terms with Slovene translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tocharian B translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"en:Plant anatomy"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "tendril perversion"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "tendrillon",
"4": "",
"5": "bud, shoot, cartilage"
},
"expansion": "Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "tendre",
"4": "",
"5": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Old French tendre (“soft”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "tendere",
"4": "",
"5": "to stretch, extend"
},
"expansion": "Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adj.)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (v.)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tendrils",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "tendril (plural tendrils)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Botany"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1708, [John Philips], “Book I”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 17:",
"text": "The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support."
],
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"spirally",
"spirally"
],
[
"coiling",
"coiling"
],
[
"stem",
"stem"
],
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"support",
"support"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Zoology"
],
"glosses": [
"A hair-like tentacle."
],
"links": [
[
"zoology",
"zoology"
],
[
"hair",
"hair"
],
[
"tentacle",
"tentacle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(zoology) A hair-like tentacle."
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"natural-sciences",
"zoology"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɛn.dɹəl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tendril.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "filiz",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "филиз"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lastar",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ластар"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "circell"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úponek"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rank"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "ĉiro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "kärhi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vrille"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gabián"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ulvaša",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "ულვაშა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ranke"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "óstlinx",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ὄστλιγξ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "inda"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "kuriwawet"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teannóg"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deonggulson",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "덩굴손"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deongguljulgi",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "덩굴줄기"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pampinus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vitica",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "витица"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "tōihi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "kawekawe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "hihi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "ihi"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rank"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wąs"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gavinha"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cârcel"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "úsik",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "у́сик"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ògan"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vitica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zarcillo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "manecilla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "klänge"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "ranka"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"word": "śkwarya"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "thin, spirally coiling stem",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tendril"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hair-like tentacle",
"word": "korkkiruuvi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hair-like tentacle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hair-like tentacle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cirro"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hair-like tentacle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kosmyk"
}
],
"word": "tendril"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English undefined derivations",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Ilocano translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
"Terms with Slovene translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tocharian B translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"en:Plant anatomy"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "tendrillon",
"4": "",
"5": "bud, shoot, cartilage"
},
"expansion": "Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "tendre",
"4": "",
"5": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Old French tendre (“soft”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "tendere",
"4": "",
"5": "to stretch, extend"
},
"expansion": "Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adj.)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (v.)).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "tendril (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 275:",
"text": "Kissing the tendril fingers - at first because Mina, its mother, did not - but later with a rapture begot by its breath on her breast.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Having the shape or properties of a tendril; thin and coiling; entwining."
],
"links": [
[
"entwining",
"entwining"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɛn.dɹəl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tendril.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/68/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tendril.wav.ogg"
}
],
"word": "tendril"
}
Download raw JSONL data for tendril meaning in English (11.9kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.