tendril

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adj.)), or else from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (v.)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.dɹəl/

Noun

tendril (plural tendrils)

1. (botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.
2. (zoology) A hair-like tentacle.

Translations

thin, spirally coiling stem

• Catalan: circell m
• Dutch: rank (nl) f
• Finnish: kärhi (fi)
• French: vrille (fr) f
• Georgian: ულვაშა (ulvaša)
• German: Ranke (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὄστλιγξ f (óstlinx)

• Hungarian: inda (hu)
• Ilocano: kuriwawet
• Irish: teannóg f
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• Italian: cirro (it) m
• Korean: 덩굴손 (deonggulson), 덩굴줄기 (deongguljulgi)
• Latin: pampinus m or f
• Maori: tōihi, kawekawe, hihi, ihi
• Polish: wąs (pl) m
• Portuguese: gavinha (pt) f
• Russian: у́сик (ru) m (úsik)
• Scottish Gaelic: ògan m
• Spanish: zarcillo (es) m
• Swedish: klänge (sv), ranka (sv)
• Welsh: tendril m

hair-like tentacle

• Finnish: korkkiruuvi (fi)
• French: cirre (fr) m
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• Italian: cirro (it) m
• Polish: kosmyk (pl) m

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