wrinkle

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• /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/
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From Middle English wrinkle, wrynkel (“crease, fold, wrinkle”), from the verb (see below). Cognate with Dutch wrinkel (“wrinkle, crease”). Compare also Middle English runkel (“wrinkle”), from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkwǭ (“wrinkle, crease”), whence also French fronce (“crooked smile, scowl, frown”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Danish rynke (“wrinkle”), Swedish rynka and rynkla (“wrinkle”).

From Middle English wrynklen, wrinklen (“to wrinkle”), from Old English *wrinclian (attested in past participle ġewrinclod (“wrinkled, crooked, winding”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch wronckelen, wrinckelen (“to wind, wrap, meander”), modern dialectal Dutch wrinkelen (“to wrinkle”). Compare also Middle English runklen (“to wrinkle, become wrinkled”).

274 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَعْدَة (jaʕda) — furrow in a smooth surface
• Azerbaijani: qırış — furrow in a smooth surface
• Azerbaijani: büküm — furrow in a smooth surface
• Bulgarian: гъ́нка (gǎ́nka) — furrow in a smooth surface
• Catalan: arruga — furrow in a smooth surface
• Catalan: solc — furrow in a smooth surface
• Catalan: clivella — furrow in a smooth surface
• Danish: krølle — furrow in a smooth surface
• Finnish: ryppy — furrow in a smooth surface
• Finnish: juonne — furrow in a smooth surface
• French: aspérité — furrow in a smooth surface
• Galician: engurra — furrow in a smooth surface
• Galician: brecadura — furrow in a smooth surface
• Galician: ruga — furrow in a smooth surface
• Galician: arregaño — furrow in a smooth surface
• Galician: saragulla — furrow in a smooth surface
• German: Falte — furrow in a smooth surface
• Greek: πτυχή (ptychí) — furrow in a smooth surface
• Greek: ζάρα (zára) — furrow in a smooth surface
• Hungarian: egyenetlenség — furrow in a smooth surface
• Hungarian: gyűrődés — furrow in a smooth surface
• Ingrian: poime — furrow in a smooth surface
• Ingrian: poimu — furrow in a smooth surface
• Italian: crepa — furrow in a smooth surface
• Italian: asperità — furrow in a smooth surface
• Italian: irregolarità — furrow in a smooth surface
• Central Kurdish: چرج (çirc) — furrow in a smooth surface
• Latin: rūga — furrow in a smooth surface
• Malayalam: ചുളുക്ക് (cuḷukkŭ) — furrow in a smooth surface
• Malayalam: ചുളിവ് (cuḷivŭ) — furrow in a smooth surface
• Manx: craplag — furrow in a smooth surface
• Māori: hākorukoru — furrow in a smooth surface
• Māori: kurehe — furrow in a smooth surface
• Persian: آژنگ (âžang) — furrow in a smooth surface
• Polish: zmarszczka — furrow in a smooth surface
• Portuguese: ruga — furrow in a smooth surface
• Russian: скла́дка (skládka) — furrow in a smooth surface
• Serbo-Croatian: на́бор — furrow in a smooth surface
• Serbo-Croatian: nábor — furrow in a smooth surface
• Slovak: záhyb — furrow in a smooth surface
• Spanish: arruga f ruga — furrow in a smooth surface
• Spanish: enruga — furrow in a smooth surface
• Spanish: engurra — furrow in a smooth surface
• Swedish: skrynkla — furrow in a smooth surface
• Tamil: சுருக்கு (curukku) — furrow in a smooth surface
• Turkish: kırışıklık — furrow in a smooth surface
• Welsh: crych — furrow in a smooth surface
• Welsh: tolc — furrow in a smooth surface
• Zazaki: çırç — furrow in a smooth surface
• Abkhaz: акҷыра (akʼčʼəra) — line or crease in the skin
• Afrikaans: plooi — line or crease in the skin
• Afrikaans: rimpel — line or crease in the skin
• Albanian: rrudhë — line or crease in the skin
• Southern Altai: чырыш (čïrïš) — line or crease in the skin
• Arabic: تَجَعُّد (tajaʕʕud) — line or crease in the skin
• Arabic: جَعْدَة (jaʕda) — line or crease in the skin
• Arabic: تجاعيد (tagaʕiid) — line or crease in the skin
• Arabic: رينكلز (renkelz) — line or crease in the skin
• Armenian: կնճիռ (knčiṙ) — line or crease in the skin
• Azerbaijani: qırış — line or crease in the skin
• Azerbaijani: qırışıq — line or crease in the skin
• Azerbaijani: büküm — line or crease in the skin
• Belarusian: маршчы́на (marščýna) — line or crease in the skin
• Bulgarian: бръ́чка (brǎ́čka) — line or crease in the skin
• Catalan: arruga — line or crease in the skin
• Chamicuro: ishama che'na'ti — line or crease in the skin
• Chinese Cantonese: 皺紋 /皱纹 (zau3 man4) — line or crease in the skin
• Chinese: 皺痕 /皱痕 (jiâu-hûn, liâu-hûn) — line or crease in the skin
• Chinese Mandarin: 皺紋 /皱纹 (zhòuwén) — line or crease in the skin
• West Circassian: зэлъа (zɛlsa) — line or crease in the skin
• Coptic: ϣⲱⲣϣ (šōrš) — line or crease in the skin
• Coptic: ⲭⲱⲣϣ (khōrš) — line or crease in the skin
• Czech: vráska — line or crease in the skin
• Danish: rynke — line or crease in the skin
• Dutch: rimpel — line or crease in the skin
• Esperanto: falto — line or crease in the skin
• Esperanto: haŭtsulketo — line or crease in the skin
• Estonian: korts — line or crease in the skin
• Estonian: kortsud — line or crease in the skin
• Faroese: rukka — line or crease in the skin
• Finnish: ryppy — line or crease in the skin
• French: ride — line or crease in the skin
• Galician: engurra — line or crease in the skin
• Galician: ruga — line or crease in the skin
• Galician: saragulla — line or crease in the skin
• Galician: engurrifa — line or crease in the skin
• Georgian: ნაოჭი (naoč̣i) — line or crease in the skin
• German: Falte — line or crease in the skin
• German: Runzel — line or crease in the skin
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 — line or crease in the skin
• Greek: ρυτίδα (rytída) — line or crease in the skin
• Greek: ζάρα (zára) — line or crease in the skin
• Ancient Greek: ῥυτίς (rhutís) — line or crease in the skin
• Ancient Greek: φαρκίς (pharkís) — line or crease in the skin
• Hungarian: ránc — line or crease in the skin
• Hungarian: redő — line or crease in the skin
• Hungarian: barázda — line or crease in the skin
• Icelandic: hrukka — line or crease in the skin
• Icelandic: korpa — line or crease in the skin
• Indonesian: kedut — line or crease in the skin
• Italian: ruga — line or crease in the skin
• Italian: grinza — line or crease in the skin
• Japanese: 皺 (shiwa) — line or crease in the skin
• Kazakh: әжім (äjım) — line or crease in the skin
• Khmer: ស្នាមជ្រីវជ្រូញ (snaamcriiwcruuñ) — line or crease in the skin
• Northern Kurdish: qermîçok — line or crease in the skin
• Kyrgyz: бырыш (bırış) — line or crease in the skin
• Latin: rūga — line or crease in the skin
• Lithuanian: raukšlė — line or crease in the skin
• Macedonian: брчка (brčka) — line or crease in the skin
• Malayalam: ചുളിവ് (cuḷivŭ) — line or crease in the skin
• Malayalam: ചുളുക്ക് (cuḷukkŭ) — line or crease in the skin
• Māori: rehe — line or crease in the skin
• Māori: rehenga — line or crease in the skin
• Māori: ngene — line or crease in the skin
• Māori: hākorukoru — line or crease in the skin
• Norwegian: rynke — line or crease in the skin
• Persian: چروک (čoruk) — line or crease in the skin
• Polish: zmarszczka — line or crease in the skin
• Portuguese: ruga — line or crease in the skin
• Russian: морщи́на (morščína) — line or crease in the skin
• Salar: buruş — line or crease in the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: бо́ра — line or crease in the skin
• Serbo-Croatian: bóra — line or crease in the skin
• Slovak: vráska — line or crease in the skin
• Slovene: guba — line or crease in the skin
• Spanish: arruga — line or crease in the skin
• Spanish: enruga — line or crease in the skin
• Swedish: rynka — line or crease in the skin
• Tagalog: kulubot — line or crease in the skin
• Tamil: சுருக்கு (curukku) — line or crease in the skin
• Thai: ริ้วรอย (ríu-rɔɔi) — line or crease in the skin
• Thai: รอยย่น — line or crease in the skin
• Turkish: buruşukluk — line or crease in the skin
• Turkish: kırışıklık — line or crease in the skin
• Ottoman Turkish: آژنگ (ajeng) — line or crease in the skin
• Ukrainian: змо́ршка (zmórška) — line or crease in the skin
• Uyghur: قورۇق (qoruq) — line or crease in the skin
• Uzbek: ajin — line or crease in the skin
• Vietnamese: nếp nhăn — line or crease in the skin
• Welsh: crych — line or crease in the skin
• Woiwurrung: nanborrjerin — line or crease in the skin
• Zazaki: çermıqyayış — line or crease in the skin
• Zhuang: nyaeuq — line or crease in the skin
• Catalan: imperfecció — fault, imperfection or bug
• Catalan: defecte — fault, imperfection or bug
• Catalan: tara — fault, imperfection or bug
• Esperanto: difekteto — fault, imperfection or bug
• Finnish: vika — fault, imperfection or bug
• Finnish: virhe — fault, imperfection or bug
• Finnish: bugi — fault, imperfection or bug
• Finnish: lastentauti — fault, imperfection or bug
• Galician: aquela — fault, imperfection or bug
• Galician: fozallada — fault, imperfection or bug
• Galician: eiva — fault, imperfection or bug
• Galician: chafaldrada — fault, imperfection or bug
• German: Problem — fault, imperfection or bug
• Greek: ζάρα (zára) — fault, imperfection or bug
• Italian: imperfezione — fault, imperfection or bug
• Turkish: küçük problem — fault, imperfection or bug
• Turkish: küçük sorun — fault, imperfection or bug
• Azerbaijani: əzmək — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Bulgarian: смачквам (smačkvam) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Catalan: arrugar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Chinese Mandarin: 皺 /皱 (zhòu) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Danish: krølle — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Dutch: kreuken — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Esperanto: faltigi — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Finnish: rypistää — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Finnish: kurtistaa — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• French: froisser — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• French: rider — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• French: plisser — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Galician: engurrar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Galician: amorfallar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Galician: marlotar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Galician: enxovallar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Galician: carruzar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Galician: avincar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Galician: engruñar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Galician: estrochar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Gallurese: aggruciuppí — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• German: zerknittern — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• German: runzeln — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• German: verschrumpeln — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• German: schrumpeln — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Greek: ζαρώνω (zaróno) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Hungarian: ráncol — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Icelandic: krumpa — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Ingrian: murjata — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Italian: raggrinzire — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Italian: spiegazzare — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Japanese: しわが寄る (shiwa ga yoru) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Japanese: 皺ばむ (shiwabamu) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Korean: 주름지다 (jureumjida) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Central Kurdish: چرچ کردن (çirç kirdin) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Latin: caperrō — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Malayalam: ചുളുക്കുക (cuḷukkuka) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Manx: craplee — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Manx: cungee — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Polish: pomarszczyć — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Polish: marszczyć — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Polish: zmarszczyć — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Portuguese: enrugar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Portuguese: amassar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Quechua: hawch'ay — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Romanian: cuta — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Romanian: rida — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Romanian: încreți — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Romanian: zbârci — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Romanian: plisa — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Russian: мять (mjatʹ) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Russian: смина́ть (sminátʹ) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Russian: смять (smjatʹ) — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Sardinian: aggruncipire — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Sardinian: aprichizonare — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Sassarese: incrippì — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Serbo-Croatian: бо́рати — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Serbo-Croatian: на̀бирати — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Serbo-Croatian: bórati — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Serbo-Croatian: nàbirati — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Slovak: pokrčiť — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Slovak: krčiť — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Spanish: arrugar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Spanish: rugar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Spanish: enrugar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Spanish: engurrar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Spanish: ajar — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Swedish: skrynkla — to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
• Bulgarian: нагъвам (nagǎvam) — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Catalan: arrugar-se — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Finnish: rypistyä — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Finnish: kurtistua — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Galician: amarfañar — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Galician: amorgallar — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• German: schrumpeln — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• German: verschrumpeln — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Greek: ζαρώνω (zaróno) — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Ingrian: murjahussa — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Malayalam: ചുളുങ്ങുക (cuḷuṅṅuka) — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Manx: craplee — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Manx: cungee — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Russian: мо́рщить (mórščitʹ) — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Russian: смо́рщить (smórščitʹ) — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Russian: мо́рщиться (mórščitʹsja) — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Russian: смо́рщиться (smórščitʹsja) — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Serbo-Croatian: бо́рати се — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Serbo-Croatian: на̀бирати се — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Serbo-Croatian: bórati se — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Serbo-Croatian: nàbirati se — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Slovak: vráskavieť — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Slovak: zvráskavieť — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Spanish: rugarse — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Spanish: arrugarse — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Swedish: skrynkla sig — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Tamil: சுருங்கு (curuṅku) — to pucker or become uneven or irregular
• Bulgarian: сбръчквам се (sbrǎčkvam se) — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Catalan: sortir arrugues — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Esperanto: faltiĝi — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Galician: engurrifar — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Galician: engarrechar — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• German: runzelig werden — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• German: altern — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Malayalam: ചുളിയുക (cuḷiyuka) — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Polish: marszczyć się — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Polish: zmarszczyć się — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Slovak: vráskavieť — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Slovak: zvráskavieť — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Spanish: rugar — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Spanish: arrugarse — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Spanish: ajarse — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Swedish: rynka — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Tamil: சுருங்கு (curuṅku) — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
• Tamil: சுருக்குவிழு (curukkuviḻu) — to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age