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Definition: Filigree |
FiligreeNoun1. Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "filigree" was first used: 1693. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A. Delicate ornamental work, used chiefly in decorating gold and silver b. Naturally occurring native metals (e.g., gold, silver, or copper) inlacelike form. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FiligreeSynonyms: filagree (n), fillagree (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Crossing | Net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat, matting; plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle; tissue, netting, mokes; rivulation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Filigree |
| English words defined with "filigree": Filigrane, Filigreed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "filigree": Bell of Patrick's Will. (references) |
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| "Filigree" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.28% of the time. "Filigree" is used about 58 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) | 98.28% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.72% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 58 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "filigree": filigree work. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "filigree": filigree-and-rivet, filigree-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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. |
| Language | Translations for "filigree"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | filigran, qëndismë me fije ari ose argjendi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تثقيب تزييني, زركشة مخرمة, صياغة تخريمية, بالغ الدقة (precise, sensitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | филигран (filagree), нежно творение на фантазията, изделие с нежен строеж (filagree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | moderní (advanced, contemporary, fashionable, going, latter day, mod, modern, neoteric, neoterical, new, newfangled, new-fashioned, present day, trendy, up to date, with it). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | filigrane. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | filigran. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κέντημα με χρυσό ή αργυρό νήμα, κεντώ (embroider, goad, jab, nettle, nip, pick, pique, poke, prick, prickle, prod, puncture, spur, stick, twinge, velicate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פילי'רן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | finom fémmunka, áttört ötvösmunka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | filigrana (bits, chequered, hatch-marked, watermark, watermarks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | filigran. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iligreefay filiforme (filamentous, filiform, threadlike, thready). (various references) filigran (water-mark), lucrãturã finã. (various references) филигранная работа (filagree). (various references) filigran (filagree). (various references) filigrana (watermark). (various references) filigran (filagree). (various references) ลว"ลายที่เป็นเส้นสายละเอีย", ประ"ับ"้วยลว"ลายเป็นเส้น, ซึ่งประ"ับ"้วยลว"ลายเป็นเส้น. (various references) filigran desen, filigran (waterline, watermark). (various references) філігрань. (various references) đ" v ng bạc chạm lộng vật sặc sỡ mảnh nhẹ (filagree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | filum. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | filigrane. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "filigree": filigreed, filigreeing, filigrees. (additional references) | |
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"Filigree" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bilagare, Falsgrave, Felbiger, Feldgrau, filagry, filegry, filigre, filigry, filligree, filligry, Flegere, Siligrove. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-g-i-i-l-r" | |
-2 letters: feirie, ferlie, girlie, liefer, refile, relief. | |
-3 letters: filer, fleer, flier, grief, leger, liege, lifer, liger, refel, rifle. | |
-4 letters: eger, feel, fere, file, fire, flee, free, frig, girl, glee, gree, leer, lief, lier, life, lire, liri, reef, reel, reif, riel, rife, rile. | |
-5 letters: eel, elf, ere, erg, fee, fer, fie, fig, fil, fir, gee, gel. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-g-i-i-l-r" | |
+1 letter: filigreed, filigrees. | |
+2 letters: fingerlike. | |
+3 letters: filagreeing, filigreeing, refiltering. | |
+4 letters: electrifying, federalizing, reliquefying, weightlifter. | |
+5 letters: weightlifters. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 69 6C 69 67 72 65 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .. .-.. .. --. .-. . . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101001 01101100 01101001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F i l i g r e e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0069 006C 0069 0067 0072 0065 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4075787573847171 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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