"tress" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tress.wav Forms: tresses [plural]
enPR: trĕs Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: From Middle English tresse, from Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia, from Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tresse}} Middle English tresse, {{der|en|fro|tresce}} Old French tresce, {{der|en|VL.|*trichia}} Vulgar Latin *trichia, {{der|en|grc|τριχία|t=rope}} Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), {{cog|fr|tresse}} French tresse, {{cog|it|treccia}} Italian treccia Head templates: {{en-noun}} tress (plural tresses)
  1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. Categories (topical): Hair Translations (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet): خُصْلَة (ḵuṣla) [feminine] (Arabic), ضَفِيرَة (ḍafīra) [feminine] (Arabic), խոպոպ (xopop) (Armenian), հյուս (hyus) (Armenian), ծամ (cam) (Armenian), толом (tolom) (english: braid/plait) (Bashkir), бөҙрә (böźrə) (english: curl) (Bashkir), плитка (plitka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), кичур (kičur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tresse [feminine] (French), Haarsträhne [feminine] (German), Haarlocke [feminine] (German), Zopf [masculine] (German), dlaoi [feminine] (Irish), dual [masculine] (Irish), cuach [feminine] (Irish), trilseán [masculine] (Irish), 髪の房 (kami no fusa) (Japanese), urumawhatu (Maori), tresse (Middle English), hårlokk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), flette [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), krølle [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), گیسو (gisu) (Persian), زلف (zolf) (Persian), Schleif [feminine] (Plautdietsch), trança [feminine] (Portuguese), коса́ (kosá) [feminine] (Russian), прядь (prjadʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ло́кон (lókon) [masculine] (Russian), cuach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), trizza [feminine] (Sicilian), trenzada [feminine] (Spanish), trenza [feminine] (Spanish), hårlock (Swedish), briger [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tress-en-noun-CMDOIv2Z Disambiguation of Hair: 35 17 31 17 Disambiguation of 'A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet': 93 4 3
  2. A long lock of hair Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-tress-en-noun-vrBuV4gp Disambiguation of Hair: 35 17 31 17
  3. (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-tress-en-noun-yZuDTHKW Disambiguation of Hair: 35 17 31 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 6 55 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 7 55 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 7 60 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 6 70 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 12 7 68 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 13 8 67 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 13 8 67 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 8 67 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 5 63 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 8 67 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 13 8 67 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 6 70 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 13 8 67 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 14 6 61 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 14 8 64 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 12 7 69 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 5 3 86 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 7 68 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 6 70 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 13 8 66 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 13 8 67 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 3 74 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 6 70 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 13 5 63 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mermaid's tresses, tressful, tressy

Verb

IPA: /tɹɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tress.wav Forms: tresses [present, singular, third-person], tressing [participle, present], tressed [participle, past], tressed [past]
enPR: trĕs Rhymes: -ɛs Etymology: From Middle English tresse, from Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia, from Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tresse}} Middle English tresse, {{der|en|fro|tresce}} Old French tresce, {{der|en|VL.|*trichia}} Vulgar Latin *trichia, {{der|en|grc|τριχία|t=rope}} Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), {{cog|fr|tresse}} French tresse, {{cog|it|treccia}} Italian treccia Head templates: {{en-verb}} tress (third-person singular simple present tresses, present participle tressing, simple past and past participle tressed)
  1. To braid or knot hair. Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-tress-en-verb-v5b-abXx Disambiguation of Hair: 35 17 31 17

Inflected forms

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tress.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-tress.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tress"
}

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