different between filigree vs filigrane

English

Alternative forms

• filagree
• fillagree, filligree (archaic)

Etymology

From French filigrane, from Italian filigrana, from Latin f?lum (“thread”) + gr?num (“grain”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?f?l.?.??i?/

Noun

filigree (countable and uncountable, plural filigrees)

1. A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
   • 1844, Robert Browning, "The Labratory":

     To carry pure death in an earring, a casket,

     A signet, a fan-mount, a filigree basket!

2. A design resembling such intricate ornamentation.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 1:

     But why speak about her? It is probable that we shall not hear of her again from this moment to the end of time, and that when the great filigree iron gates are once closed on her, she and her awful sister will never issue therefrom into this little world of history.

Translations

Verb

filigree (third-person singular simple present filigrees, present participle filigreeing, simple past and past participle filigreed)

1. (transitive) To decorate something with intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire.

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?l???e?n/

Alternative forms

• filigrain

Noun

filigrane (countable and uncountable, plural filigranes)

1. (obsolete) filigree
   • 1850, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Blind Girl of Castel-Cuillè

     With her head […] touches the crown of filigrane.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian filigrana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.li.??an/

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

Further reading

• “filigrane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• infligera

German

Adjective

filigrane

1. inflection of filigran:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Noun

filigrane f

1. plural of filigrana

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fili??rane]

Noun

filigrane n

1. indefinite plural of filigran