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Definition: Crinoline |
CrinolineNoun1. A skirt stiffened with hoops. 2. Full stiff petticoat made of crinoline. 3. A stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crinoline" was first used: 1830. (references) |
Synonym: CrinolineSynonym: hoopskirt (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Acket, vest, jerkin, waistcoat, doublet, camisole, gabardine; farthingale, kilt, jupe, crinoline, bustle, panier, skirt, apron, pinafore; bloomer, bloomers; chaqueta, songtag, tablier. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Crinoline |
| Specialty definitions using "crinoline": ADHESIVE-BANDAGE-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ brim molder ♦ DRAPERY-HEAD FORMER ♦ Farthingalo. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Crinoline" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (crinoline). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Crinoline and Romance (1923) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Julian Eltinge in "The Crinoline Girl". Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Crinoline" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crinoline" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crinoline | 79 |
crinoline slip | 13 |
crinoline petticoat | 13 |
bridal crinoline | 5 |
crinoline skirt | 5 |
wedding crinoline | 4 |
crinoline lady | 3 |
crinoline poodle skirt | 3 |
crinoline make | 3 |
crinoline dress | 3 |
crinoline flower girl | 2 |
cage crinoline | 2 |
crinoline pattern | 2 |
crinoline pantalon | 2 |
crinoline girl slip | 2 |
crinoline plus size | 2 |
crinoline pink | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "crinoline"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | القرينول قماش قطني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кринолин (hoopskirt, pannier), противопожарна мрежа на кораб. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krinolína (hoops). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | krinoliini. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | crinoline. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | krinoline. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κρινολίνο (hoopskirt), τραχύ ύφασμα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | krinolin, szitavászon, organtin (organdie, organdy), lószőrszita, abroncsszoknya. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | crinolina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | クリー 色 (Christian, Christian Dior, Christian name, Christian Science Monitor, Christiania, Christmas, Christmas cake, Christmas card, Christmas carol, Christmas concert, Christmas Eve, Christmas present, Christmas tree, clean, clean energy, clean float, clean heater, clean hit, clean rice, clean room, clean up, cleanup trio, clear, clear lacquer, clearance, clearance sale, cleaver, click, clinic, clinometer, clip, clipper, clipping, clitoris, cream, create, creation, creative, creative agency, creative group, creativity, creator, creole, cricket, critic, critical, criticism, critique, crystal, crystal glass, EDTV, Extended Definition Television, Kripke, Kristiania, vented heater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | クリノリン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inolinecray crinolina. (various references) crinolinã (Farthingale, hoop, pannier), malacof (pannier). (various references) ткань из конского волоса. (various references) krinolina (hoopskirt). (various references) miriñaque (pannier). (various references) torpednät, krinolin. (various references) kabarık etek, çemberli etek. (various references) кринолін (pannier), бортівка (catgut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | crinis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crinoline": crinolined, crinolines. (additional references) | |
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"Crinoline" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: actinolite, Chrysolina, crenoline, crinolene, crinolyne, crynoline, crynolyne. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "crinoline" (pronounced 'Crin"o*line'): Acauline, Acervuline, Aline, Alkaline, Amygdaline, Anticline, Aquiline, Baculine, Bandoline, Benzoline, Berylline, Bowline, Bubaline, Buntline, Caballine, Cappeline, Capreoline, Cauline, Choline, Chrysaniline, Cinnoline, Circuline, Clothesline, Colline, Contline, Corolline, Corrovaline, Cosmoline, Crepusculine, Crotaline, Cryptocrystalline, Flavaniline, Fringilline, Gantline, Ghibelline, Girtline, Glyoxaline, headline, indiscipline, Leucaniline, Leucoline, Limicoline, Lobeline, Lurchline, marteline, masculine, Mauvaniline, Melaniline, Microcline, microcrystalline. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-l-n-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: incliner. | |
-2 letters: cinerin, coniine, incline, oneiric. | |
-3 letters: cineol, cloner, coiler, coiner, conine, conner, cornel, enolic, inlier, irenic, ironic, linier, neroli, oilier, online, orcein, recoil, recoin, ronnel. | |
-4 letters: ceorl, cline, clone, colin, conin, crone, eloin, enrol, icier, inion, inner, ionic, irone, linen, liner, linin, loner, nerol, nicer, nicol, nonce, oiler, oleic, olein, orcin, oriel, recon. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-l-n-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: crinolined, crinolines. | |
+2 letters: reconciling. | |
+3 letters: inclinometer, interlocking, ironicalness, nonempirical, nonrealistic, recolonizing. | |
+4 letters: inclinometers, inconvertible, inconvertibly, interactional, intercalation, intercolonial, nitroglycerin, preganglionic, reinoculating, reinoculation, triamcinolone. | |
+5 letters: antireflection, centralization, countervailing, dechlorinating, dechlorination, electioneering, electrowinning, endocrinologic, inconsiderable, inconsiderably, insurrectional, intercalations, intercessional, interjectional, internucleonic, intersectional, ironicalnesses, nitroglycerine, nitroglycerins, noncelebrities, nondirectional, porcelainizing, recanalization, recolonization, reconciliation, reinoculations, triamcinolones, unidirectional. | |
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