High on the summit of the Tree was fixed a tinsel star. It was splendid, particularly splendid.
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Tinsel
//ˈtɪns(ə)l//
Synonyms for "tinsel" (170 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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16 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- փայլազարդ noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- փայլփլուք noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сърма noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Catalan
1 entries- oripell noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 彩條 /彩条 noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Dutch
2 entries- engelenhaar noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- guirlande noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
French
3 entries- clinquant noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- guirlande noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- oripeau noun (anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable)
Georgian
1 entries- ფოლგა noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
German
4 entries- Flittergold noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- Lametta noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- Rauschgold noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- Rauschsilber noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Hungarian
4 entries- angyalhaj noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- aranyfüst noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- füzér noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- girland noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Italian
1 entries- orpello noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Japanese
2 entries- ティンセル noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- 金属糸 noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Mongolian
2 entries- саа noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- ᠰᠠ noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Māori
1 entries- kohiko noun (anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- glitter noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قالای noun (anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable)
Polish
2 entries- girlanda noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- łańcuch choinkowy noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Portuguese
1 entries- ouropel noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Romanian
1 entries- beteală noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Russian
2 entries- блёстки noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- мишура́ noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Spanish
3 entries- espumillón noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- oropel noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- oropel noun (anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable)
Swedish
1 entries- glitter noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Tagalog
2 entries- arupel noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- palara noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Tamil
1 entries- ஜிகினா noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Ukrainian
2 entries- дощик noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
- мішура noun (very thin decorative strips of a glittering, metallic material, often strung on to thread)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
When we decorate our Christmas tree, tinsel always gets stuck to our clothes.
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Should we get tinsel or garland for the Christmas tree?
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Hang tinsel from both branches.
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