shrivel

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• shrĭ'vəl
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• /ˈʃɹɪvəl/
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First recorded as shriveled (“shrivelled”), probably of North Germanic origin related to dialectal Swedish skryvla (“to wrinkle, shrivel”); perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną (“to shrivel, shrink”) or *skrimpaną (“to shrink”).

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изсъхвам (izsǎhvam) — collapse inward
• Catalan: marcir-se — collapse inward
• Catalan: assecar-se — collapse inward
• Chinese Mandarin: 向內捲曲 /向内卷曲 — collapse inward
• Czech: scvrknout se — collapse inward
• Czech: zhroutit se — collapse inward
• Dutch: verschrompelen — collapse inward
• Finnish: romahtaa — collapse inward
• French: se flétrir — collapse inward
• Galician: murchar — collapse inward
• Italian: afflosciarsi — collapse inward
• Italian: avvizzire — collapse inward
• Latin: marceō — collapse inward
• Māori: tingongo — collapse inward
• Māori: menge — collapse inward
• Māori: memenge — collapse inward
• Portuguese: murchar — collapse inward
• Serbo-Croatian: zgrčiti se — collapse inward
• Spanish: arrugarse — collapse inward
• Swedish: krympa — collapse inward
• Swedish: sjunka ihop — collapse inward
• Tocharian B: klaiks- — collapse inward
• Tocharian B: stāl- — collapse inward
• Ottoman Turkish: قورومق (kurumak) — collapse inward
• Uzbek: quvramoq — collapse inward
• Bulgarian: сбръчквам се (sbrǎčkvam se) — become wrinkled
• Catalan: arrugar-se — become wrinkled
• Chinese Mandarin: 起皺 /起皱 (qǐzhòu) — become wrinkled
• Czech: svraštit se — become wrinkled
• Finnish: kurtistua — become wrinkled
• French: se rider — become wrinkled
• Galician: enrugar — become wrinkled
• German: schrumpeln — become wrinkled
• German: verschrumpeln — become wrinkled
• Italian: raggrinzire — become wrinkled
• Italian: corrugarsi — become wrinkled
• Māori: whakatārehe — become wrinkled
• Persian: ترنجیدن (toronjidan) — become wrinkled
• Portuguese: enrugar — become wrinkled
• Serbo-Croatian: smežurati se — become wrinkled
• Serbo-Croatian: sparušiti se — become wrinkled
• Spanish: arrugarse — become wrinkled
• Swedish: skrumpna — become wrinkled
• Catalan: arrugar — draw into wrinkles
• Chinese Mandarin: 弄皺 /弄皱 (nòngzhòu) — draw into wrinkles
• French: rider — draw into wrinkles
• Galician: enrugar — draw into wrinkles
• Portuguese: enrugar — draw into wrinkles
• Spanish: arrugar — draw into wrinkles
• Spanish: enrugar — draw into wrinkles