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Webster 1913 Edition

Filigrane

{

Fil′i-grain

,

Fil′i-grane

}
,
Noun.
[Sp.
filigrana
(cf. It.
filigrana
, E.
filigrane
), fr. L.
filum
a thread +
granum
grain. See
File
a row, and
Grain
, and cf.
Filigree
.]
Filigree.
[Archaic]
With her head . . . touches the crown of
filigrane
.
Longfellow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Filigrane

FIL'IGRANE

,
Noun.
sometimes written filigree. [L. filum, a thread, and granum, a grain.]
A kind of enrichment on gold and silver, wrought delicately in the manner of little threads or grains, or of both intermixed.

Definition 2024

filigrane

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.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian filigrana

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.li.gʁan/

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

Anagrams

German

Adjective

filigrane

  1. inflected form of filigran

Italian

Noun

filigrane f

  1. plural of filigrana

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