frill

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɹɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

frill (plural frills)

1. A strip of pleated material used as decoration or trim; a ruffle.
2. (photography) A wrinkled edge to a film.
3. A luxury.

Translations

pleated material used as decoration

• Finnish: röyhelö (fi)
• French: froufrou (fr) m, ruche (fr) f

• Italian: balza (it) f
• Russian: оборка (ru) (obórka) f, жабо (ru) (žabó) n

wrinkled edge

• Finnish: kihara (fi)

• Italian: arricciamento (it)

luxury

• Finnish: ylellisyys (fi), hienous (fi)
• Italian: fronzolo (it) m, ninnolo (it) m

• Russian: роскошь (ru) (róskošʹ) f

See also

• jabot

Verb

frill (third-person singular simple present frills, present participle frilling, simple past and past participle frilled)

1. To make something into a frill.
2. To become wrinkled.
3. To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.

   to frill a cap

Translations

to make into a frill

• Finnish: röyheltää

to become wrinkled

• Finnish: rypistyä

Derived terms

• frilly
• no frills
• turkey frills