noun
Meaning 1
Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a wreath of smoke a wreath of clouds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wreath
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
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rēth
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹiːθ/
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General-American: /ɹiθ/
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rhymes with -iːθ
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Received-Pronunciation: rēth
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹiːð/
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General-American: /ɹið/
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rhymes with -iːð
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CMU ARPABET: R IY1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An ornamental circular band made, for example, of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland or chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
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 defect in glass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: orle, torse
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
Alternative spelling of wreathe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: garland, coronal, chaplet, lei
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flower arrangement, floral arrangement
Narrower terms: crown, laurel, laurel wreath, bay wreath
History
Etymology
From Middle English wreth, wrethe (“coiled or rounded shape; decorative garland, wreath; chaplet, crown; ring”, noun), from Old English *wreoþa, wriþa (“band, coil, ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *wriþō, from Proto-Germanic *wriþô, from *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”). Doublet of wreathe and writhe.
See wreathe.
Across languages
Translations
124 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kiehkura — something twisted and curled
- Galician: torgallo — something twisted and curled
- Galician: cambelo — something twisted and curled
- Galician: cambieito — something twisted and curled
- Italian: spirale — something twisted and curled
- Italian: voluta — something twisted and curled
- Middle English: wrethe — something twisted and curled
- Iranian Persian: حَلْقِه (halġe) — something twisted and curled
- Polish: kłąb — something twisted and curled
- Russian: вито́к (vitók) — something twisted and curled
- Russian: завито́к (zavitók) — something twisted and curled
- Welsh: torch — something twisted and curled
- Arabic: إِكْلِيل (ʔiklīl) — ornamental circular band
- Armenian: պսակ (psak) — ornamental circular band
- Azerbaijani: əklil — ornamental circular band
- Azerbaijani: əkil — ornamental circular band
- Azerbaijani: çələng — ornamental circular band
- Bashkir: таж (taj) — ornamental circular band
- Belarusian: вяно́к (vjanók) — ornamental circular band
- Belarusian: вяне́ц (vjanjéc) — ornamental circular band
- Bulgarian: вене́ц (venéc) — ornamental circular band
- Catalan: corona — ornamental circular band
- Chinese Mandarin: 花圈 (huāquān) — ornamental circular band
- Chinese Mandarin: 花環 /花环 (huāhuán) — ornamental circular band
- Cornish: garlont — ornamental circular band
- Czech: věnec — ornamental circular band
- Danish: krans — ornamental circular band
- Dutch: krans — ornamental circular band
- Esperanto: krono — ornamental circular band
- Esperanto: girlando — ornamental circular band
- Estonian: pärg — ornamental circular band
- Faroese: kransur — ornamental circular band
- Finnish: seppele — ornamental circular band
- Finnish: kranssi — ornamental circular band
- French: couronne — ornamental circular band
- Galician: grilanda — ornamental circular band
- Georgian: გვირგვინი (gvirgvini) — ornamental circular band
- German: Kranz — ornamental circular band
- German: Gebinde — ornamental circular band
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍀𐍃 (waips) — ornamental circular band
- Greek: στεφάνι (stefáni) — ornamental circular band
- Ancient Greek: στέμμα (stémma) — ornamental circular band
- Hebrew: עֲטָרָה (atará) — ornamental circular band
- Hebrew: זֵר (zer) — ornamental circular band
- Hungarian: koszorú — ornamental circular band
- Icelandic: krans — ornamental circular band
- Indonesian: bumban — ornamental circular band
- Ingrian: venokka — ornamental circular band
- Irish: fleasc — ornamental circular band
- Italian: ghirlanda — ornamental circular band
- Italian: corona — ornamental circular band
- Japanese: 花輪 (hanawa) — ornamental circular band
- Japanese: リース (rīsu) — ornamental circular band
- Kazakh: гүлдесте (güldeste) — ornamental circular band
- Kazakh: гүлшеңбер (gülşeñber) — ornamental circular band
- Korean: 화환 (hwahwan) — ornamental circular band
- Korean: 화륜 (hwaryun) — ornamental circular band
- Kyrgyz: гүлчамбар (gülcambar) — ornamental circular band
- Latgalian: vaiņuks — ornamental circular band
- Latin: serta — ornamental circular band
- Latin: corōna — ornamental circular band
- Latvian: vainags — ornamental circular band
- Lithuanian: vainikas — ornamental circular band
- Macedonian: ве́нец (vénec) — ornamental circular band
- Māori: puapua — ornamental circular band
- Māori: puapua whakamahara — ornamental circular band
- Middle English: wrethe — ornamental circular band
- Mongolian: цэцгийн хэлхээ (cecgiin xelxee) — ornamental circular band
- Norwegian Bokmål: krans — ornamental circular band
- Norwegian Nynorsk: krans — ornamental circular band
- Church Slavic: вѣньць (věnĭcĭ) — ornamental circular band
- Iranian Persian: بَساک (basâk) — ornamental circular band
- Iranian Persian: حَلْقِهٔ گُل (halġe-ye gol) — ornamental circular band
- Iranian Persian: تاجِ گُل (tâj-e gol) — ornamental circular band
- Plautdietsch: Krauns — ornamental circular band
- Polish: wianek — ornamental circular band
- Polish: wieniec — ornamental circular band
- Portuguese: grinalda — ornamental circular band
- Portuguese: guirlanda — ornamental circular band
- Romanian: cunună — ornamental circular band
- Romanian: coroană — ornamental circular band
- Russian: вено́к (venók) — ornamental circular band
- Russian: гирля́нда (girljánda) — ornamental circular band
- Russian: вене́ц (venéc) — ornamental circular band
- Serbo-Croatian: ве́нац — ornamental circular band
- Serbo-Croatian: вије́нац — ornamental circular band
- Serbo-Croatian: vénac — ornamental circular band
- Serbo-Croatian: vijénac — ornamental circular band
- Slovak: veniec — ornamental circular band
- Slovene: venec — ornamental circular band
- Lower Sorbian: wěnc — ornamental circular band
- Swahili: taji la maua — ornamental circular band
- Swedish: krans — ornamental circular band
- Tajik: гулчанбар (gulčanbar) — ornamental circular band
- Thai: หรีด (rìit) — ornamental circular band
- Thai: มาลา (maa-laa) — ornamental circular band
- Turkish: çelenk — ornamental circular band
- Ukrainian: віно́к (vinók) — ornamental circular band
- Ukrainian: віне́ць (vinécʹ) — ornamental circular band
- Uyghur: گۈلچەمبەر (gülchember) — ornamental circular band
- Uzbek: gulchambar — ornamental circular band
- Vietnamese: vòng hoa — ornamental circular band
- Volapük: kronül — ornamental circular band
- Welsh: torch — ornamental circular band
- Welsh: plethdorch — ornamental circular band
- Yiddish: קראַנץ (krants) — ornamental circular band
- Danish: vulst — heraldry: support of a crest
- Dutch: wrong — heraldry: support of a crest
- Finnish: lakipunos — heraldry: support of a crest
- French: guirlande — heraldry: support of a crest
- French: tortil — heraldry: support of a crest
- Galician: burela — heraldry: support of a crest
- German: Helmwulst — heraldry: support of a crest
- German: Wulst — heraldry: support of a crest
- Italian: ghirlanda — heraldry: support of a crest
- Macedonian: ве́нец (vénec) — heraldry: support of a crest
- Polish: zawój — heraldry: support of a crest
- Portuguese: virol — heraldry: support of a crest
- Russian: гирля́нда (girljánda) — heraldry: support of a crest
- Spanish: burelete — heraldry: support of a crest
- Swedish: hjälmbindel — heraldry: support of a crest
- Swedish: bindel — heraldry: support of a crest
- Swedish: hjälmkrans — heraldry: support of a crest
- Swedish: vulst — heraldry: support of a crest
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