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Definition: Aigrette |
AigretteNoun1. A long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aigrette" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Aigrette (2 syl.) A lady's headdress, consisting of feathers or flowers. The French call the down of thistles and dandelions, as well as the tuft of birds, aigrette. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AigretteSynonym: aigret (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Tassel, knot; shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog; star, rosette, bow; feather, plume, pompom, panache, aigrette. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aigrette |
| Etymologies containing "aigrette": Egrette, Egriot. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aigrette" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (aigrette, osprey, pappus), Italian (aigrette). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aigrette from photography stock stockpix | 4 |
aigrette | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aigrette"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | xhufkë (crest, plume, pompon, shag, tassel, thrum, topknot, toupee, tuft), pupla mbi kokë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الرأسية حلية للرأس. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тиара (tiara), егрета (egret, plume), плюмаж (crest, panache, plume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | boersteudladning (brush discharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pluim (brush discharge, exhaust plume, feather, pen, plume, praise). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aigrette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Strahlenbüschel (brush discharge), reiherfeder (egret), Büschelentladung (brush discharge), Büschel (brush discharge, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, crest, fascicle, handful, sheaf, tuft, tufts, tussock, tussocks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λοφίο (crest, plume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kócsag (hand-saw, heron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tajuk (crown, ornamental aigrette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aigrette (pile), pennacchio (brush discharge, cooling tower plume, exhaust plume, mist, panache, plume, steam-laden emission, tassel), fiocco (bow, brush discharge, fish eye, flacky crack, flake, floccule, floccus, flock, hair internal crack, hair line crack, jib, knot, snowflake, tassel, tuft), ciuffetto (brush discharge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | coar vane (egret, stork, white stork). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aigretteay tufo de penas ou cabelos, penacho (cone, cooling tower plume, crest, egret, inner cone, inner tip, panache, plume, topknot, tuft). (various references) stârc alb, panaş (crest, panache), fascicul de raze (pencil), egretã (aigret, egret, tuft), creastã (back, brow, comb, coping, crest, edge, height, hogback, knoll, razor edge, ridge, spine, top, tuft). (various references) пучок лучей (cone of rays). (various references) ukras od perja, snop zraka. (various references) penacho (brush discharge, crest, mist, pile, plume, steam-laden emission, tuft). (various references) fjäderbuske, ägrett (osprey). (various references) akbalıkçıl (egret), sorguç (comb, crest, egret, hood, osprey, panache, topknot, tuft). (various references) султан (sultan), егрет, пушок (flue, pubes, pubescence, puff), плюмаж (feather, panache, plume). (various references) thoa dát đá quý, cò ng chùm lông. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aigrette": aigrettes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "aigrette": vinaigrette. (additional references) | |
Words containing "aigrette": vinaigrettes. (additional references) | |
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"Aigrette" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agreste, Giaretto, hangarette, maigrets. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: ariette, iterate, tergite. | |
-2 letters: aigret, attire, ergate, gaiter, getter, ratite, target, triage. | |
-3 letters: aerie, agree, arete, eager, eagre, eater, egret, grate, great, greet, irate, ragee, retag, retia, retie, targe, tater, terai, terga, tetra, tiger, titer, titre, tragi, trait, treat, trite. | |
-4 letters: agee, ager, airt, eger, gait, gate, gear, geta, girt, grat, gree, grit, rage, ragi, rate, rete, rite, tare, tart, tate, tear, teat, tier, tire, tree, tret, trig. | |
-5 letters: age, air, ait, are, art, ate, att, ear, eat, era, ere, erg, eta, gae, gar, gat, gee, get, gie, git, ire, rag, rat, ree, reg, rei, ret, ria, rig, tae, tag, tar, tat, tea, tee, teg, tet, tie, tit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: aigrettes, argentite, cigarette, integrate. | |
+2 letters: argentites, cigarettes, entreating, estreating, integrated, integrates, interstage, retreating, strategies, strategize. | |
+3 letters: anteverting, attempering, betattering, deuterating, integrative, interrogate, penetrating, pretreating, regurgitate, reintegrate, reiterating, renegotiate, retargeting, strategized, strategizes, teratogenic, tetralogies, threatening, vinaigrette. | |
+4 letters: antiestrogen, bespattering, disintegrate, entertaining, entreatingly, exenterating, featherlight, geostrategic, intenerating, intergrafted, interrogated, interrogatee, interrogates, intertillage, lighthearted, overtreating, perpetrating, perpetuating, reattempting, redintegrate, reestimating, regurgitated, regurgitates, reintegrated, reintegrates, renegotiated, renegotiates, repatterning, revegetating, revegetation, straightedge, straightened, straightener, telegraphist, teratologies, tergiversate, theatergoing, unintegrated, vinaigrettes. | |
+5 letters: anticigarette, antiestrogens, argumentative, catheterizing, decrepitating, deteriorating, deuteragonist, disintegrated, disintegrates, expectorating, exterminating, featherweight, gastrectomies, geostrategies, geostrategist, heterogametic, integralities, integumentary, interdigitate, interrelating, interrogatees, interrogative, intertillages, letterspacing, magnetometric, nonintegrated, penetratingly, premeditating, redintegrated, redintegrates, regimentation, reintegrating, reintegration, reintegrative, reinvestigate, renegotiating, renegotiation, reorientating, revegetations, sequestrating, stepparenting, straightedges, straighteners, streetwalking, telegraphists, telemarketing, teratogenesis, tergiversated, tergiversates, tergiversator, theatergoings, threateningly, unthreatening. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 69 67 72 65 74 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .. --. .-. . - - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01110100 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A i g r e t t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0069 0067 0072 0065 0074 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3575738471868671 |
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