noun
Meaning 1
A small ring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ringlet
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/ˈɹɪŋ.lət/
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rhymes with -ɪŋlət
noun
Meaning 2
A lock, tress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Her hair was in ringlets.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any of various butterflies with small rings on the wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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verb
Meaning 4
To form into ringlets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To surround or encircle like a ringlet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 6
any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ringlet butterfly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: butterfly
noun
Meaning 7
a small ring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ring, band
noun
Meaning 8
a strand or cluster of hair
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lock, curl, whorl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hair
Narrower terms: sausage curl, forelock, crimp, dreadlock
noun
Meaning 9
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, gyre, scroll
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: round shape
Narrower terms: corolla, calyx, verticil
History
Etymology
From ring + -let. Compare Middle English ryngyl, ryngyll, rengel (“ringlet”).
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bashkir: бөҙрә (böźrə) — lock, tress
- Bulgarian: къдри́ца (kǎdríca) — lock, tress
- Bulgarian: бу́кла (búkla) — lock, tress
- Dutch: pijpenkrul — lock, tress
- Esperanto: buklo — lock, tress
- Finnish: kihara — lock, tress
- French: boucle — lock, tress
- Hungarian: lokni — lock, tress
- Irish: bachall — lock, tress
- Irish: búcla — lock, tress
- Irish: drol — lock, tress
- Irish: lúibín — lock, tress
- Irish: caschiabh — lock, tress
- Irish: fáinne — lock, tress
- Irish: fáinneog — lock, tress
- Irish: iodh — lock, tress
- Irish: lúb — lock, tress
- Italian: ricciolo — lock, tress
- Japanese: 巻き毛 (makige) — lock, tress
- Manx: cassag — lock, tress
- Manx: kiog — lock, tress
- Manx: skiog — lock, tress
- Māori: urumāwhatu — lock, tress
- Māori: makawe — lock, tress
- Persian: مرغول (marġul) — lock, tress
- Plautdietsch: Kroll — lock, tress
- Russian: ло́кон (lókon) — lock, tress
- Scottish Gaelic: cuach — lock, tress
- Scottish Gaelic: snìomh — lock, tress
- Scottish Gaelic: cleachd — lock, tress
- Scottish Gaelic: camalag — lock, tress
- Scottish Gaelic: dual — lock, tress
- Scottish Gaelic: camag — lock, tress
- Scottish Gaelic: bachlag — lock, tress
- Scottish Gaelic: glib — lock, tress
- Ottoman Turkish: پورچك (pürçek) — lock, tress
- Ottoman Turkish: مار (mar) — lock, tress
- Ukrainian: ку́чер (kúčer) — lock, tress
- Ukrainian: ло́кон (lókon) — lock, tress
- Finnish: heinäperhonen — butterfly
- Hungarian: ökörszemlepke — butterfly
- Russian: глазо́к цвето́чный (glazók cvetóčnyj) — butterfly
- Russian: глазо́к чёрно-бу́рый (glazók čórno-búryj) — butterfly
- Welsh: iâr fach y glaw — butterfly