tendril

English

Etymology

From Middle French tendrillon (“bud, shoot, cartilage”), perhaps a diminutive of tendron (“cartilage”), from Old French tendre (“soft”) (see tender (adj.)), or else from Latin tendere (“to stretch, extend”) (see tender (v.)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.dɹəl/

Noun

tendril (plural tendrils)

(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.
(zoology) A hair-like tentacle.

Translations

thin, spirally coiling stem

Dutch: rank (nl) f
Finnish: kärhi (fi)
French: vrille (fr) f
Georgian: ულვაშა (ulvaša)
German: Ranke (de) f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ὄστλιγξ f (óstlinx)
Hungarian: inda (hu)
Ilocano: kuriwawet

Italian: cirro (it) m
Latin: pampinus m or f
Maori: tōihi, kawekawe, hihi, ihi
Polish: wąs (pl) m
Portuguese: gavinha (pt) f
Russian: у́сик (ru) m (úsik)
Scottish Gaelic: ògan m
Spanish: zarcillo (es) m
Swedish: klänge (sv), ranka (sv)

hair-like tentacle

Finnish: korkkiruuvi (fi)
French: cirre (fr) m

Italian: cirro (it) m
Polish: kosmyk (pl) m

Anagrams

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