filigrane

See also: filigrané

English

Alternative forms

Noun

filigrane (countable and uncountable, plural filigranes)

  1. (obsolete) filigree
    • Longfellow
      With her head […] touches the crown of filigrane.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for filigrane in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian filigrana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.li.ɡʁan/

Noun

filigrane m (plural filigranes)

  1. watermark (translucent design impressed on paper)
  2. filigree

Verb

filigrane

  1. first-person singular present indicative of filigraner
  2. third-person singular present indicative of filigraner
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of filigraner
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of filigraner
  5. second-person singular imperative of filigraner

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German

Adjective

filigrane

  1. inflected form of filigran

Italian

Noun

filigrane f

  1. plural of filigrana
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