wreathe

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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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From Middle English wrethen (“to twist”), partly: * from wrethen (“twisted, wreathed”) (whence modern English wreathen (“(obsolete) made into a wreath; twisted”, adjective)), the past participle of writhen, wrythen (“to twist into a braid, coil, or wreath; to twist out of position or shape, deform; to twist together, intertwine; to twist about, writhe; to bend; to swathe, wrap; etc.”), from Old English wrīþan (“to twist; to bind; to wrap”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist; to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”); and * from 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 (see further above).

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: kiertää — to coil, curl, or twist (something); to shape (something) into circles or coils
• Finnish: kääriä — to coil, curl, or twist (something); to shape (something) into circles or coils
• Finnish: keriä — to coil, curl, or twist (something); to shape (something) into circles or coils
• Bulgarian: увенчавам (uvenčavam) — to adorn (someone or something) with a garland or wreath
• Erzya: каштазомс (kaštazoms) — to adorn (someone or something) with a garland or wreath
• Finnish: seppelöidä — to adorn (someone or something) with a garland or wreath
• Japanese: 纏う (matou) — to adorn (someone or something) with a garland or wreath
• Macedonian: ове́нчува (ovénčuva) — to adorn (someone or something) with a garland or wreath
• Polish: wieńczyć — to adorn (someone or something) with a garland or wreath
• Spanish: rodear — to adorn (someone or something) with a garland or wreath
• Finnish: tehdä seppele — of flowers, leaves, etc.: to form the shape of a wreath around (something)
• Bulgarian: увивам (uvivam) — to coil or spiral around, or encircle, (someone or something) — see also encircle
• Finnish: ympäröidä — to coil or spiral around, or encircle, (someone or something) — see also encircle
• Finnish: kääriä — (transitive) to coil, twist, or wind (oneself or something) around a person or thing; to cause (oneself or something) to cover or encircle a person or thing; (intransitive) to coil, twist, or wind around a person or thing
• Finnish: kääriytyä — (transitive) to coil, twist, or wind (oneself or something) around a person or thing; to cause (oneself or something) to cover or encircle a person or thing; (intransitive) to coil, twist, or wind around a person or thing
• Ottoman Turkish: چوركلنمك (çöreklenmek) — (transitive) to coil, twist, or wind (oneself or something) around a person or thing; to cause (oneself or something) to cover or encircle a person or thing; (intransitive) to coil, twist, or wind around a person or thing
• Bulgarian: вия (vija) — to form (a crown, garland, wreath, etc.) by entwining or twisting flowers, leaves, etc., together; to entwine or twist (flowers, leaves, etc.) together to form a crown, garland, wreath, etc.
• Bulgarian: свивам (svivam) — to form (a crown, garland, wreath, etc.) by entwining or twisting flowers, leaves, etc., together; to entwine or twist (flowers, leaves, etc.) together to form a crown, garland, wreath, etc.
• Esperanto: plekti — to form (a crown, garland, wreath, etc.) by entwining or twisting flowers, leaves, etc., together; to entwine or twist (flowers, leaves, etc.) together to form a crown, garland, wreath, etc.
• Finnish: tehdä seppele — to form (a crown, garland, wreath, etc.) by entwining or twisting flowers, leaves, etc., together; to entwine or twist (flowers, leaves, etc.) together to form a crown, garland, wreath, etc.
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (weipan) — to form (a crown, garland, wreath, etc.) by entwining or twisting flowers, leaves, etc., together; to entwine or twist (flowers, leaves, etc.) together to form a crown, garland, wreath, etc.
• Finnish: vahvistaa punoksin — to strengthen (an earthen embankment) with hurdles of wattle
• Finnish: kieppua — of mist, smoke, etc.: to move with a coiling, spiralling, or twisting motion
• Finnish: vääntää — to arrange (one’s expression, face, etc.) into a smile; of the lips, mouth, etc.: to arrange (itself or themselves) into a smile
• Finnish: vääntyä — to arrange (one’s expression, face, etc.) into a smile; of the lips, mouth, etc.: to arrange (itself or themselves) into a smile