nor was the doom / of guilty deed, but of a hapless wight / to sudden madness stung, ere ripe to die, / therefore the Queen of Hades had not shorn / the fair tress from her forehead, nor assigned / that soul to Stygian dark.
Source: wiktionary
Tress
//tɹɛs//
Synonyms for "tress" (5 found)
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Translations
42 translations across 23 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- dredhkë noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- nyje noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Arabic
2 entries- خُصْلَة noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- ضَفِيرَة noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Armenian
3 entries- խոպոպ noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- ծամ noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- հյուս noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Bashkir
2 entries- бөҙрә noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- толом noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кичур noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- пли́тка noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Czech
3 entries- kadeř noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- kadeře noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- lokny noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
French
1 entries- tresse noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
German
3 entries- Haarlocke noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- Haarsträhne noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- Zopf noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Irish
4 entries- cuach noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- dlaoi noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- dual noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- trilseán noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Japanese
1 entries- 髪の房 noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Middle English
1 entries- tresse noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Māori
1 entries- urumawhatu noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- flette noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- hårlokk noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- krølle noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Persian
2 entries- زلف noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- گیسو noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schleif noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Portuguese
1 entries- trança noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Russian
3 entries- коса́ noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- ло́кон noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- прядь noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cuach noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Sicilian
1 entries- trizza noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Spanish
2 entries- trenza noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
- trenzada noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Swedish
1 entries- hårlock noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Urdu
1 entries- زُلْف noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Welsh
1 entries- briger noun (A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Even without theatrical shoes on, Erlys was taller than Luca Zombini, and kept her fair hair in a Psyche knot, out of which the less governable tresses continued, with the day, to escape.
Source: wiktionary
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