name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wimple
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
/ˈwɪmpəl/
-
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
rhymes with -ɪmpəl
noun
Meaning 2
A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A fold or pleat in cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A ripple, as on the surface of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A curve or bend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A flag or streamer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To cover with a wimple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To draw down; to lower, like a veil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The wind wimples the surface of water.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To flutter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: headdress, headgear
History
Etymology
From wimple, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of wimples.
From Middle English wympel, wimpel, from Old English wimpel (“veil, an article of women's dress; a covering for the neck, a cloak, a hood”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz (“wimple, scarf, veil”). Cognate with Scots wympill (“wimple”), Dutch wimpel (“streamer, pennant”), German Wimpel (“pennant”), Swedish vimpel (“pennant, banner”), Icelandic vimpill (“hood, cowl”).
From Middle English wimplen (“to cover, conceal; to fold, drape”).
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: nonnenkap — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Hungarian: fityula — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Ido: vimplo — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Italian: soggolo — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Latin: calautica — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Norwegian Bokmål: hakelin — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Polish: podwika — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Polish: podwijka — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Romanian: văl — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Romanian: broboadă — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Ukrainian: намітка (namitka) — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Ukrainian: апостольник (apostolʹnyk) — Headdress that covers the chin and neck
- Dutch: plooi — Fold or pleat
- Polish: fałda — Fold or pleat
- Ukrainian: складка (skladka) — Fold or pleat
- Dutch: rimpel — Ripple
- Norwegian Bokmål: rifle — Ripple
- Polish: fala — Ripple
- Ukrainian: брижі (bryži) — Ripple
- Ukrainian: хвильки (xvylʹky) — Ripple
- Dutch: kromming — Curve or bend
- Dutch: bocht — Curve or bend
- Polish: łuk — Curve or bend
- Polish: wygięcie — Curve or bend
- Polish: zakręt — Curve or bend
- Romanian: curbură — Curve or bend
- Romanian: meandră — Curve or bend
- Romanian: cotitură — Curve or bend
- Ottoman Turkish: اكری (eğri) — Curve or bend
- Ukrainian: згин (zhyn) — Curve or bend