Etymology
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From Middle English tresse, from Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia, from Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia.
Pronunciation
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tress (plural tresses)
- A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
- A long lock of hair
- (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.
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Translations
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A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet
- Arabic: خُصْلَة f (ḵuṣla), ضَفِيرَة f (ḍafīra)
- Armenian: խոպոպ (hy) (xopop), հյուս (hy) (hyus), ծամ (hy) (cam)
- Bashkir: толом (tolom) (braid/plait); бөҙрә (böźrə) (curl)
- Bulgarian: плитка f (plitka), кичур (bg) m (kičur)
- French: tresse (fr) f
- German: Haarsträhne (de) f, Haarlocke f, Zopf (de) m
- Irish: dlaoi f, dual m, cuach f, trilseán m
- Japanese: 髪の房 (kami no fusa)
- Maori: urumawhatu
- Middle English: tresse
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: hårlokk m, flette (no) m or f, krølle m or f
- Persian: گیسو (fa) (gisu), زلف (fa) (zolf)
- Plautdietsch: Schleif f
- Portuguese: trança (pt) f
- Russian: коса́ (ru) f (kosá), прядь (ru) f (prjadʹ), ло́кон (ru) m (lókon)
- Scottish Gaelic: cuach f
- Sicilian: trizza (scn) f
- Spanish: trenzada (es) f, trenza (es) f
- Swedish: hårlock (sv)
- Welsh: briger m pl
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tress (third-person singular simple present tresses, present participle tressing, simple past and past participle tressed)
- To braid or knot hair.
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