tress

English

Etymology

From Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia, from Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia.

Pronunciation

• enPR: trĕs, IPA^(key): /tɹɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

tress (plural tresses)

1. A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
2. (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

Derived terms

• mermaid's tresses
• tressful
• tressy

Translations

A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet

• Arabic: خُصْلَة f (ḵuṣla), ضَفِيرَة f (ḍafīra)
• Bashkir: толом (tolom) (braid/plait); бөҙрә (böźrə) (curl)
• French: tresse (fr) f
• Interlingue:
• Irish: dlaoi f, dual m, cuach f
• Japanese: 髪の房 (kami no fusa)
• Maori: urumawhatu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hårlokk m, flette (no) m or f, krølle m or f

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• Persian: گیسو (fa) (gisu), زلف (fa) (zolf)
• Portuguese: trança (pt) f
• Russian: коса́ (ru) f (kosá), прядь (ru) f (prjadʹ), ло́кон (ru) m (lókon)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuach f
• Spanish: trenzada (es) f, trenza (es) f
• Swedish: hårlock

Verb

1. To braid or knot hair.

Anagrams

• RTSes, SERTs, TRSes, rests