English Etymology 1 Probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod
Alternative forms Pronunciation Noun wrinkle (plural wrinkles
A small furrow , ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface .
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.
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 .
A twist on something existing; a novel difference.
2015 Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars :There were now a grab bag of southern country-rock units with a new wrinkle —Black Oak Arkansas, for one, combined psychedelia, fifties rock, Hindu spiritualism, and gospel into “psycho-boogie,” or “raunch 'n' roll.”
Translations furrow in a smooth surface
line or crease in the skin
Albanian: rrudhë (sq) f
Arabic: تَجَعُّد m ( tajaʕʕud ) , جَعْدَة f ( jaʕda )
Egyptian Arabic: تجاعيد f pl ( tagaʕiid ) , رينكلز f pl ( renkelz )
Armenian: կնճիռ (hy) ( knčiṙ )
Azerbaijani: qırış (az)
Belarusian: маршчы́на f ( marščýna )
Bulgarian: бръ̀чка (bg) f ( brǎ̀čka )
Chamicuro: ishama che'na'ti
Chinese:
Cantonese: 皺紋 ／ 皱纹 ( zau3 man4 ) , 皱纹 ( zau3 man4 )
Mandarin: 皺紋 ／ 皱纹 (zh) ( zhòuwén ) , 皱纹 (zh) ( zhòuwén )
Min Nan: 皺痕 ／ 皱痕 皱痕 ( jiâu-hûn, liâu-hûn )
Coptic: ϣⲱⲣϣ m ( šōrš ) , ⲭⲱⲣϣ m ( khōrš )
Czech: vráska (cs) f
Danish: rynke (da) c
Dutch: rimpel (nl) m
Esperanto: falto (eo) , haŭtsulketo
Estonian: korts kortsud pl
Finnish: ryppy (fi)
French: ride (fr) f
Galician: engurra f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Falte (de) f Runzel (de) f
Greek: ρυτίδα (el) f ( rytída ) , ζάρα (el) f ( zára )
Ancient: ῤυτίς f ( rutís ) , φαρκίς f ( pharkís )
Hungarian: ránc (hu) , redő (hu) , barázda (hu)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Icelandic: hrukka (is) f korpa f ( regional )
Italian: ruga (it) f grinza (it) f
Japanese: 皺 (ja) ( しわ , shiwa)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Latin: rūga f
Macedonian: брчка f ( brčka )
Maori: rehe rehenga ngene hākorukoru
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: rynke (no)
Persian: چروک (fa) ( čoruk )
Polish: zmarszczka (pl) f
Portuguese: ruga (pt) f
Russian: морщи́на (ru) f ( morščína )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бо́ра f
Roman: bóra (sh) f
Slovak: vráska
Slovene: guba (sl) f
Southern Altai: чырыш ( čïrïš )
Spanish: arruga (es) f
Swedish: rynka (sv) c
Tagalog: kulubot
Thai: ริ้วรอย ( ríu-rɔɔi ) , รอยย่น
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: buruşukluk (tr) , kırışıklık (tr)
Ukrainian: змо́ршка f ( zmórška )
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: nyaeuq
fault, imperfection or bug
Translations to be checked
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( transitive ) Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive. (Can we date this quote by Alexander Pope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
her wrinkled form in black and white arrayed ( intransitive ) pucker or become uneven or irregular .
An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle . ( intransitive , of skin) age .
The skin is the substance that wrinkles , shows age, stretches, scars and cuts. ( intransitive , obsolete ) sneer (at ).
(Can we find and add a quotation of Marston to this entry?) Related terms Translations to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
Chinese:
Mandarin: 皺 ／ 皱 (zh) ( zhòu ) , 皱 (zh) ( zhòu )
Danish: krølle
Dutch: kreuken (nl)
Esperanto: faltigi
Finnish: rypistää kurtistaa (fi)
French: froisser (fr) , rider (fr) , plisser (fr)
Galician: engurrar (gl) , chafar
Gallurese: aggruciuppí
German: zerknittern (de) , runzeln (de)
Greek: ζαρώνω (el) ( zaróno )
Icelandic: krumpa (is)
Italian: raggrinzire (it) , spiegazzare (it)
Japanese: しわが寄る ( しわがよる, shiwa ga yoru ) ( intransitive ) , 皺ばむ ( しわばむ, shiwabamu )
Korean: 주름지다 ( jureumjida )
Kurdish:
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(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Polish: pomarszczyć (pl)
Portuguese: enrugar (pt) ( of people ) , amassar (pt) ( of clothing )
Quechua: hawch'ay
Romanian: cuta (ro) , rida (ro) , încreți (ro) , zbârci (ro) , ( of clothing ) plisa (ro)
Russian: мять (ru) impf ( mjatʹ ) , смина́ть (ru) impf ( sminátʹ ) , смять (ru) pf ( smjatʹ )
Sardinian:
Logudorese: aggruncipire aprichizonare
Sassarese: incrippì
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бо́рати на̀бирати
Roman: bórati (sh) , nàbirati (sh)
Slovak: pokrčiť krčiť
Spanish: arrugar (es)
Swedish: skrynkla (sv)
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to pucker or become uneven or irregular
to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
Etymology 2 Noun wrinkle (plural wrinkles
( US , dialect ) winkle References Anagrams 