filigree
A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver twisted wireA delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
» The old necklace was decorated with delicate filigree.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
Filigran, Filigranarbeit
филигра́ньfiligránʹ
філіграньfilihranʹ
delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Anything resembling such intricate ornamentation.
филигра́нная рабо́таfiligránnaja rabóta
Examples
5 sentencesThe old necklace was decorated with delicate filigree.
Tom shaped the copper wire into intricate filigree.
Silver filigree curled around the edges of the antique mirror.
The lamp cast shadows like black filigree across the wall.
How beautiful are your cheeks between earrings, your neck with necklaces! We will make you gold earrings with silver filigrees.
Translations
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Origin
From French filigrane, from Italian filigrana, from Latin fīlum (“thread”) + grānum (“graiFrom French filigrane, from Italian filigrana, from Latin fīlum (“thread”) + grānum (“grain”).
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Forms
plural: filigreesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable