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PRONUNCIATION OF FILIGRAIN

filigrain  [ˈfɪlɪˌɡreɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FILIGRAIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Filigrain is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FILIGRAIN


Bahrain
bɑːˈreɪn
brain
breɪn
crane
kreɪn
drain
dreɪn
engrain
ɪnˈɡreɪn
grain
ɡreɪn
graine
ɡreɪn
grosgrain
ˈɡrəʊˌɡreɪn
Igraine
ɪˈɡreɪn
ingrain
ɪnˈɡreɪn
migraine
ˈmiːɡreɪn
multigrain
ˈmʌltɪˌɡreɪn
overgrain
ˌəʊvəˈɡreɪn
rain
reɪn
strain
streɪn
terrain
təˈreɪn
train
treɪn
Ukraine
juːˈkreɪn
wholegrain
ˈhəʊlɡreɪn
woodgrain
ˈwʊdˌɡreɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FILIGRAIN

filiate
filiation
filibeg
filibuster
filibusterer
filibusterism
filibusterous
filicidal
filicide
filicinean
filiform
filigree
filing
filing box
filing cabinet
filing clerk
filings
filiopietistic
filioque
filipendulous

WORDS THAT END LIKE FILIGRAIN

acid rain
all-terrain
brewer´s grain
constrain
distillers´ grain
down the drain
drivetrain
entrain
fine-grain
freight train
Lorrain
metric grain
on the brain
powertrain
quarter grain
refrain
restrain
souterrain
wagon train
water on the brain

Synonyms and antonyms of filigrain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «filigrain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FILIGRAIN

Find out the translation of filigrain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of filigrain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «filigrain» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

filigrain
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

filigrain
570 millions of speakers

English

filigrain
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

filigrain
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

filigrain
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

filigrain
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

filigrain
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

filigrain
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

filigrain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Filigrain
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

filigrain
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

filigrain
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

filigrain
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Filigrain
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

filigrain
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

filigrain
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूत्रपिंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

filigrain
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filigrain
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

filigrain
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

filigrain
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

filigrain
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

filigrain
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

filigrain
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

filigrain
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

filigrain
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of filigrain

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FILIGRAIN»

The term «filigrain» is used very little and occupies the 154.288 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FILIGRAIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about filigrain

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FILIGRAIN»

Discover the use of filigrain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to filigrain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Indian Art at Delhi 1903: Being the Official Catalogue of ...
Centres of Production division 4. observes : " The silver filigrain work, in which the people silver of Cuttack in Orissa have attained such surprising skill and delicacy, is identical in character with that of Arabia, Malta, Genoa, Norway, Sweden ...
Sir George Watt, 1903
2
The Peerage Of Ireland: Or,A Genealogical History Of The ...
ster. with 6 pieces of old gold, all in a purse wherein they now are, and " wherein my said granddaughters name is wrote with my own hand in a ." paper affixed to the said purse, and my filigrain book, my cup of an " ostrich's egg, with a ring with  ...
John Lodge, Mervyn Archdall, 1789
3
Papers of the "Medieval Europe Brugge 1997" Conference
Closer to Antwerp, a small oil/vinegar bottle dated to the late 16th century was found in Grez-Doiceau (Belgium), made 'a-la-facon- de-Venise' and decorated with filigrain (Fontaine 1992). Ultizka (1994) analysed 15th- to 19th-century Venetian ...
Guy de Boe, F. Verhaeghe, 1997
4
Zapotec Elite Ethnohistory: Pictorial Genealogies from ...
The filigrain of the four sheets which compose the two folios is of a shield decorated with a Greek cross. Page 3 is 43 by 51 cms.; page 4 is 41 by 74 cms.; page 5 is 57 by 80 cms. These pages-3, 4, and 5-are made up of six sheets each of ...
Joseph W. Whitecotton, 1990
5
Private Correspondence
... giant virtues, you can find room and time in your heart and occupations for harbouring and exercising what those monkeys of pretensions, the French, invented and called Zes petites morales, which were to supply society with filigrain duties, ...
earl of Orford Walpole (Horace), 1820
6
Correspondence with George Montagu (etc.) New Ed. with ...
... the French, ipvented, and called [as petites morales, which were to supply society with filigrain duties, in the room of all virtues, which 'they; abolished on their road to the adoption ofphflos'ophyand atheism-—Yes, though for ever busied in' ...
Earl of Orford Walpole (Horace), 1837
7
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Du. vrijbuiten, to rob, plunder.—Du. frij, free; buit, booty.SeeFree and Booty. ¶ The exact historyis obscure; but, inany case, the wordis of Du. origin. FILIGREE, fine ornamental work. (F.—Ital.—L.) A corruption of filigrain orfiligrane, the older form  ...
Walter W. Skeat, 2013
8
A Series of Discourses upon Architecture in England from the ...
St. Macloa, church of, carvings like filigrain, 99. Rouen Cathedral, dimensions of, 116. St. ()aen, dimensions of, 116. Sacella, or internal Sepulchral Chapels, 62, 139. Sainte Chapelle, Paris, 69. St. Stephen's, Westminster, 50. 69. ' Saxon style  ...
James DALLAWAY (B.M., Prebendary of Ferring.), 1833
9
The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including ...
... you can find room and time in your heart and occupations for harbouring and exercising what those monkeys of pretensions, the French, invented and called les petites morales, which were to supply society with filigrain duties, in the room of ...
Horace Walpole, John Wright, 1842
10
Private Correspondence: Now First Collected : in Four ...
... you can find room and time in your heart and occupations for harbouring and exercising what those monkeys of pretensions, the French, invented and called les petites morales, which were to supply society with filigrain duties, in the room of ...
Horace Walpole, 1820

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FILIGRAIN»

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Exquisite silver-coated Egyptian pendant lights
The filigrain pendant lights are available in large and small, giving you the possibility of choosing the right size for your rooms. Decorative and functional, the ... «Pursuitist, Aug 11»

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