filigree

WOTD – 9 March 2010    

English

Wikipedia

A sterling dish, in filigree.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈfɪl.ɪ.ɡriː/

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Alternative forms

• filagree

Noun

filigree (plural filigrees)

1. A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
2. A design resembling such intricate ornamentation.

Translations

a delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire

• Bulgarian: филигран (bg) (filigran) m
• Catalan: filigrana (ca) f
• Danish: filigran (da) n
• Esperanto: filigrano (eo)
• Finnish: filigraani (fi)

• French: filigrane (fr)
• Italian: filigrana (it)
• Romanian: filigran (ro) n
• Russian: филигрань (ru) (filigrán') f
• Spanish: filigrana (es)

a design resembling such intricate ornamentation

• Catalan: filigrana (ca) f
• Danish: filigran (da) n
• Finnish: filigraanikuvio (fi)

• French: filigrane (fr) m
• Italian: filigrana (it) f
• Russian: филигранная работа (ru) (filigránnaja rabóta) f

Verb

filigree (third-person singular simple present filigrees, present participle filigreeing, simple past and past participle filigreed)

1. (transitive) To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.

Translations

to decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire

• Catalan: filigranar (ca)
• French: filigraner (fr)

• Spanish: afiligranar (es)