filigree
To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wireTo decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.
» The old necklace was decorated with delicate filigree.
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1 sensesTo decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.
- make filigree, as with a precious metal
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
2 languagesOrigin
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
filigrees, filigreeing, filigreed, filigreedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.