wrinkle

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Alternative forms

• wrincle (obsolete)

Etymology

Probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋkəl

Noun

wrinkle (plural wrinkles)

1. A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
2. A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.

   Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.

3. A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.

   Three months later, we're still discovering new wrinkles.

Translations

a furrow in a smooth surface

• Arabic: جعدة (ar) (jaʕda) f
• Azeri: qırış (az)
• Finnish: ryppy (fi), juonne (fi)
• French: aspérité (fr) f
• Greek: πτυχή (el) (ptychí) f, ζάρα (el) (zára) f
• Hungarian: egyenetlenség (hu), gyűrődés (hu)
• Italian: crepa (it) f, asperità (it) f, irregolarità (it) f

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: چرج

• Russian: складка (ru) (skládka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: набор (sh) m, nabor (sh) m
• Spanish: arruga (es) f, aspereza (es) f
• Turkish: kırışıklık (tr)

a line or crease in the skin

• Albanian: rrudhë (sq) f
• Arabic: تجعد (ar) (tajáʿʿud) m, جعدة (ar) (jaʕda) f

  Egyptian Arabic: تجاعيد (tagaʕiid) f pl, رينكلز (renkelz) f pl

• Armenian: կնճիռ (hy) (knč̣iṙ)
• Azeri: qırış (az)
• Belarusian: маршчына (be) (marščýna) f
• Chamicuro: ishama che'na'ti
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皺紋 (cmn), 皱纹 (cmn) (zhòuwén)

• Coptic: ϣⲱⲣϣ (šōrš) m, ⲭⲱⲣϣ (kōrš) m
• Czech: vráska (cs) f
• Dutch: rimpel (nl) m
• Estonian: korts (et), kortsud (et) pl
• Finnish: ryppy (fi)
• French: ride (fr) f
• German: Falte (de) f, Runzel (de) f

• Greek: ρυτίδα (el) (rytída) f, ζάρα (el) (zára) f
• Hungarian: ránc (hu), redő (hu), barázda (hu)
• Icelandic: hrukka (is) f, (regional) korpa (is) f
• Italian: ruga (it) f
• Japanese: 皺 (ja) (しわ, shiwa),  (ja) (shiwa)
• Latin: ruga (la) f
• Maori: rehe (mi), rehenga (mi), ngene (mi)
• Polish: zmarszczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: ruga (pt) f
• Russian: морщина (ru) (morščína) f
• Serbo-Croatian: бора (sh) f, bora (sh) f
• Slovene: guba (sl) f
• Spanish: arruga (es) f
• Turkish: buruşukluk (tr), kırışıklık (tr)
• Ukrainian: зморшка (uk) (zmórška) f

a fault, imperfection or bug

• Finnish: vika (fi), virhe (fi)
• German: (small) Problem (de) n
• Greek: ζάρα (el) (zára) f

• Italian: imperfezione (it) f
• Spanish: imperfección (es) f
• Turkish: küçük problem (tr), küçük sorun (tr)

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• Bulgarian: бръчка f
• Catalan: arruga f
• German: Runzel f
• Romanian: rid m, zbârcitură f, incretitură f
• Telugu: ముడుతలు (muDutalu)

Verb

wrinkle (third-person singular simple present wrinkles, present participle wrinkling, simple past and past participle wrinkled)

1. (transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.

   Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.

2. (intransitive) To pucker or become uneven or irregular.

   An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.

Translations

to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皺 (cmn), 皱 (cmn) (zhòu)

• Danish: krølle (da)
• Dutch: kreuken (nl)
• Finnish: rypistää (fi)
• French: froisser (fr), rider (fr), plisser (fr)
• German: zerknittern (de)
• Greek: ζαρώνω (el) (zaróno)
• Italian: raggrinzire (it), spiegazzare (it)
• Japanese: しわが寄る (ja) (しわがよる, shiwa ga yoru) (intransitive), 皺ばむ (ja) (しわばむ, shiwabamu)
• Korean: 주름지다 (ko) (jureumjida)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: چرچ کردن

• Polish: pomarszczyć (pl)
• Portuguese: enrugar (pt) (of people), amassar (pt) (of clothing)
• Quechua: hawch'ay (qu)
• Romanian: cuta (ro), rida (ro), încreți (ro), zbârci (ro), (of clothing) plisa (ro)
• Russian: мять (ru) (mjatʹ) impf., сминать (ru) (sminátʹ) impf., смять (ru) (smjatʹ) pf.
• Sardinian:

  Gallurese Sardinian: aggruciuppí

  Logudorese Sardinian: aggruncipire, aprichizonare

• Sassarese Sardinian: incrippì
• Serbo-Croatian: борати (sh), borati (sh), набирати (sh), nabirati (sh)
• Spanish: arrugar (es)

to pucker or become uneven or irregular

• Greek: ζαρώνω (el) (zaróno)
• Russian: морщить (ru) (mórščitʹ) impf., сморщить (ru) (smórščitʹ) pf. (transitive), морщиться (ru) (mórščitʹsja) impf., сморщиться (ru) (smórščitʹsja) pf. (intransitive)

• Serbo-Croatian: борати се (sh), borati se (sh), набирати се (sh), nabirati se (sh)

Related terms

• Wrinkley - an older person (not necessarily pejorative)
• unwrinkled
• wrinkle-free

References

• “wrinkle” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).