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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably from stem of Old English gewrinclod.
Noun
wrinkle (plural wrinkles)
- A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
- A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.
Spending time out in the sun may cause you to develop wrinkles sooner.
- A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out.
Three months later, we're still discovering new wrinkles.
- A twist on something existing; a novel difference.
2015, Mark Ribowsky, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars:There were now a grab bag of southern country-rock units with a new wrinkle—Black Oak Arkansas, for one, combined psychedelia, fifties rock, Hindu spiritualism, and gospel into “psycho-boogie,” or “raunch 'n' roll.”
Translations
furrow in a smooth surface
- Arabic: جَعْدَة f (jaʕda)
- Azerbaijani: qırış (az), büküm (az)
- Bulgarian: гъ́нка (bg) f (gǎ́nka)
- Catalan: arruga (ca) f, solc (ca) m, clivella (ca) f
- Danish: krølle
- Finnish: ryppy (fi), juonne
- French: aspérité (fr) f
- Galician: engurra f, brecadura f, ruga (gl) f, arregaño m, saragulla f
- German: Falte (de) f
- Greek: πτυχή (el) f (ptychí), ζάρα (el) f (zára)
- Hungarian: egyenetlenség (hu), gyűrődés (hu)
- Italian: crepa (it) f, asperità (it) f, irregolarità (it) f
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: چرج (çirc)
- Latin: rūga f
- Malayalam: ചുളുക്ക് (ml) (cuḷukkŭ), ചുളിവ് (ml) (cuḷivŭ)
- Manx: craplag f
- Maori: hākorukoru, kurehe
- Persian: آژنگ (fa) (âžang)
- Polish: zmarszczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: ruga (pt) f
- Russian: скла́дка (ru) f (skládka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: на́бор m
- Roman: nábor (sh) m
- Slovak: záhyb
- Spanish: arruga (es) f, aspereza (es) f
- Swedish: skrynkla (sv) c
- Turkish: kırışıklık (tr)
- Welsh: crych (cy) m, tolc m or f
- Zazaki: çırç
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line or crease in the skin
- Abkhaz: акҷыра (akʼčʼəra)
- Adyghe: зэлъа (zɛlˢa)
- Afrikaans: plooi (af), rimpel
- Aklanon: please add this translation if you can
- Albanian: rrudhë (sq) f
- Arabic: تَجَعُّد m (tajaʕʕud), جَعْدَة f (jaʕda)
- Egyptian Arabic: تجاعيد f pl (tagaʕiid), رينكلز f pl (renkelz)
- Armenian: կնճիռ (hy) (knčiṙ)
- Azerbaijani: qırış (az), qırışıq, büküm (az)
- Belarusian: маршчы́на f (marščýna)
- Bulgarian: бръ́чка (bg) f (brǎ́čka)
- Catalan: arruga (ca) f
- Chamicuro: ishama che'na'ti
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 皺紋／皱纹 (zau3 man4)
- Hokkien: 皺痕／皱痕 (jiâu-hûn, liâu-hûn)
- Mandarin: 皺紋／皱纹 (zh) (zhòuwén)
- Coptic: ϣⲱⲣϣ m (šōrš), ⲭⲱⲣϣ m (khōrš)
- Czech: vráska (cs) f
- Danish: rynke (da) c
- Dutch: rimpel (nl) m
- Esperanto: falto (eo), haŭtsulketo
- Estonian: korts, kortsud pl
- Faroese: rukka f
- Finnish: ryppy (fi)
- French: ride (fr) f
- Galician: engurra f, ruga (gl) f, saragulla f, engurrifa f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Falte (de) f, Runzel (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 n (mail)
- Greek: ρυτίδα (el) f (rytída), ζάρα (el) f (zára)
- Ancient: ῥυτίς f (rhutís), φαρκίς f (pharkís)
- Hungarian: ránc (hu), redő (hu), barázda (hu)
- Icelandic: hrukka (is) f, korpa f (regional)
- Italian: ruga (it) f, grinza (it) f
- Japanese: 皺 (ja) (しわ, shiwa)
- Khmer: ស្នាមជ្រីវជ្រូញ (snaamcriiwcruuñ)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: qermîçok (ku) f
- Latin: rūga f
- Macedonian: брчка f (brčka)
- Malayalam: ചുളിവ് (ml) (cuḷivŭ), ചുളുക്ക് (ml) (cuḷukkŭ)
- Maori: rehe, rehenga, ngene, hākorukoru
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: rynke (no)
- Ottoman Turkish: آژنگ (ajeng)
- Persian: چروک (fa) (čoruk)
- Polish: zmarszczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: ruga (pt) f
- Russian: морщи́на (ru) f (morščína)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бо́ра f
- Roman: bóra (sh) f
- Slovak: vráska
- Slovene: guba (sl) f
- Southern Altai: чырыш (čïrïš)
- Spanish: arruga (es) f
- Swedish: rynka (sv) c
- Tagalog: kulubot
- Thai: ริ้วรอย (ríu-rɔɔi), รอยย่น
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: buruşukluk (tr), kırışıklık (tr)
- Ukrainian: змо́ршка f (zmórška)
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
- Welsh: crych (cy) m
- Yámana: please add this translation if you can
- Zazaki: çermıqyayış
- Zhuang: nyaeuq
- Zulu: please add this translation if you can
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fault, imperfection or bug
Translations to be checked
Verb
wrinkle (third-person singular simple present wrinkles, present participle wrinkling, simple past and past participle wrinkled)
- (transitive) To make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles.
Be careful not to wrinkle your dress before we arrive.
- (intransitive) To pucker or become uneven or irregular.
An hour in the tub will cause your fingers to wrinkle.
- (intransitive, of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.
The skin is the substance that wrinkles, shows age, stretches, scars and cuts.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To sneer (at).
Translations
to make wrinkles in; to cause to have wrinkles
- Azerbaijani: əzmək (az)
- Bulgarian: смачквам (bg) (smačkvam)
- Catalan: arrugar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 皺／皱 (zh) (zhòu)
- Danish: krølle
- Dutch: kreuken (nl)
- Esperanto: faltigi
- Finnish: rypistää, kurtistaa (fi)
- French: froisser (fr), rider (fr), plisser (fr)
- Galician: engurrar (gl), amorfallar, marlotar, enxovallar, carruzar, avincar, engruñar (gl), estrochar
- Gallurese: aggruciuppí
- German: zerknittern (de), runzeln (de), verschrumpeln (de), schrumpeln (de)
- Greek: ζαρώνω (el) (zaróno)
- Hungarian: ráncol (hu)
- Icelandic: krumpa (is)
- Ingrian: murjata
- Italian: raggrinzire (it), spiegazzare (it)
- Japanese: しわが寄る (しわがよる, shiwa ga yoru) (intransitive), 皺ばむ (しわばむ, shiwabamu)
- Korean: 주름지다 (jureumjida)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: چرچ کردن (çirç kirdin)
- Latin: caperrō
- Malayalam: ചുളുക്കുക (ml) (cuḷukkuka)
- Manx: craplee, cungee
- Polish: pomarszczyć (pl), marszczyć (pl) impf, zmarszczyć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: enrugar (pt) (of people), amassar (pt) (of clothing)
- Quechua: hawch'ay
- Romanian: cuta (ro), rida (ro), încreți (ro), zbârci (ro), (of clothing) plisa (ro)
- Russian: мять (ru) impf (mjatʹ), смина́ть (ru) impf (sminátʹ), смять (ru) pf (smjatʹ)
- Sardinian:
- Logudorese: aggruncipire, aprichizonare
- Sassarese: incrippì
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бо́рати, на̀бирати
- Roman: bórati (sh), nàbirati (sh)
- Slovak: pokrčiť, krčiť
- Spanish: arrugar (es)
- Swedish: skrynkla (sv)
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to pucker or become uneven or irregular
- Bulgarian: нагъвам (bg) (nagǎvam)
- Catalan: arrugar-se (ca)
- Finnish: rypistyä (fi), kurtistua
- Galician: amarfañar (gl), amorgallar (gl)
- German: schrumpeln (de), verschrumpeln (de)
- Greek: ζαρώνω (el) (zaróno)
- Ingrian: murjahussa
- Malayalam: ചുളുങ്ങുക (ml) (cuḷuṅṅuka)
- Manx: craplee, cungee
- Russian: мо́рщить (ru) impf (mórščitʹ), смо́рщить (ru) pf (smórščitʹ) (transitive), мо́рщиться (ru) impf (mórščitʹsja), смо́рщиться (ru) pf (smórščitʹsja) (intransitive)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бо́рати се, на̀бирати се
- Roman: bórati se (sh), nàbirati se (sh)
- Slovak: vráskavieť, zvráskavieť
- Swedish: skrynkla sig
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to develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age
Etymology 2
Noun
wrinkle (plural wrinkles)
- (US, dialect) A winkle
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