wreath

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /riːθ/

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• Rhymes: -iːθ

Noun

Wikipedia wreath (plural wreaths)

1. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

   a wreath of smoke

   a wreath of clouds

2. An ornamental circular band made e.g. of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland; a chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
3. (heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest. 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.

Translations

something twisted and curled

Finnish: kiehkura (fi) Italian: spirale (it) f., voluta (it) f.

Russian: виток (ru) (vitók) m., завиток (ru) (zavitók) m.

ornamental circular band

Armenian: պսակ (hy) (psak) Chinese: Mandarin: 花圈 (zh) (huāquān) Czech: věnec (cs) Danish: krans (da) c. Dutch: krans (nl) Finnish: seppele (fi), kranssi (fi) French: couronne (fr) f. German: Kranz (de) m. Greek: στεφάνι (el) (stefáni) Hungarian: koszorú (hu) Italian: ghirlanda (it) f., corona (it) f. Japanese: 花輪 (ja) (はなわ, hanawa)

Korean: 화환 (ko) (hwahwan) Latvian: vainags (lv) m. Lithuanian: vainikas (lt) m. Polish: wianek Portuguese: grinalda (pt) f. Romanian: cunună (ro), coroană (ro) Russian: венок (ru) (venók) m. (especially of flowers), гирлянда (ru) (girljánda) f. Serbian: venac (sr) Spanish: guirnalda (es) f. Swahili: taji la maua (sw) Swedish: krans (sv) c. Turkish: çelenk (tr) Volapük: kronül (vo)

heraldry: support of a crest

Dutch: wrong (nl) m. Finnish: lakipunos (fi) French: guirlande (fr)

Italian: ghirlanda (it) f. Russian: гирлянда (ru) (girljánda) f.

Verb

wreath (third-person singular simple present wreaths, present participle wreathing, simple past and past participle wreathed)

1. To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something.
2. To wrap around something in a circle.

   At the funeral, a circle of comrades wreath the grave of the honored deceased.

Translations

to place a wreath around something

Finnish: seppelöidä (fi)

to wrap around something in a circle

Finnish: ympäröidä (fi)

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