wreath
Something twisted, intertwined, or curledSomething twisted, intertwined, or curled.
» We hung a Christmas wreath on the front door.
Meaning
4 sensesSomething twisted, intertwined, or curled.
a wreath of smoke a wreath of clouds
вито́кvitók, завито́кzavitók
An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
Kranz, Gebinde
вено́кvenók, гирля́ндаgirljánda, вене́цvenéc
віно́кvinók, віне́цьvinécʹ
flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
A defect in glass.
An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.
Helmwulst, Wulst
гирля́ндаgirljánda
Examples
22 sentencesWe hung a Christmas wreath on the front door.
The prize was an olive wreath.
A wreath was bound around his head.
The young girls twined wreaths of flowers.
deDie kleinen Mädchen flochten Blumenkränze. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The girls weaved the flowers into wreaths.
deDie Mädchen flochten Kränze aus den Blumen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; cFrom Middle English wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; chaplet, crown; ring”, noun), from Old English *wreoþa, wriþa (“band, coil, ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *wriþō, from Proto-Germanic *wriþô, from *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). Doublet of wreathe and writhe.
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