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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/Category:English 2-syllable words#WRINKLE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WRINKLE
Audio (US): (file)
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Rhymes: -ɪŋkəl Category:Rhymes:English/ɪŋkəl#WRINKLE Category:Rhymes:English/ɪŋkəl/2 syllables#WRINKLE
Hyphenation: wrink‧le

Etymology 1

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#WRINKLE Category:English terms derived from Middle English#WRINKLE wrinkle, wrynkel (“crease, fold, wrinkle”), from the verb (see below). Cognate with Dutch wrinkel (“wrinkle, crease”). Compare also Middle English runkel (“wrinkle”), from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkǭ (“wrinkle, crease”), whence also French fronce (“crooked smile, scowl, frown”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”).

Alternative forms

wrincle (obsolete)

Noun

wrinkle (plural wrinkles)Category:English lemmas#WRINKLE Category:English nouns#WRINKLE Category:English countable nouns#WRINKLE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#WRINKLE Category:Pages with entries#WRINKLE Category:Pages with 1 entry#WRINKLE

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.
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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.Category:English terms with usage examples#WRINKLE
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.”
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Translations

furrow in a smooth surface

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Arabic: جَعْدَة f (jaʕda)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#WRINKLE
Azerbaijani: qırış (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#WRINKLE, büküm (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#WRINKLE
Bulgarian: гъ́нка (bg) f (gǎ́nka)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#WRINKLE
Catalan: arruga (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#WRINKLE, solc (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#WRINKLE, clivella (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#WRINKLE
Danish: krølleCategory:Terms with Danish translations#WRINKLE
Finnish: ryppy (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WRINKLE, juonne (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WRINKLE
French: aspérité (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#WRINKLE
Galician: engurra (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WRINKLE, brecadura fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WRINKLE, ruga (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WRINKLE, arregaño mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WRINKLE, saragulla fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WRINKLE
German: Falte (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#WRINKLE
Greek: πτυχή (el) f (ptychí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#WRINKLE, ζάρα (el) f (zára)Category:Terms with Greek translations#WRINKLE
Hungarian: egyenetlenség (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#WRINKLE, gyűrődés (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#WRINKLE
Ingrian: poimeCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#WRINKLE, poimuCategory:Terms with Ingrian translations#WRINKLE
Italian: crepa (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#WRINKLE, asperità (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#WRINKLE, irregolarità (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#WRINKLE
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: چرج (çirc)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#WRINKLE
Latin: rūga fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#WRINKLE
Malayalam: ചുളുക്ക് (ml) (cuḷukkŭ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#WRINKLE, ചുളിവ് (ml) (cuḷivŭ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#WRINKLE
Manx: craplag fCategory:Terms with Manx translations#WRINKLE
Māori: hākorukoruCategory:Terms with Māori translations#WRINKLE, kureheCategory:Terms with Māori translations#WRINKLE
Persian: آژنگ (fa) (âžang)Category:Terms with Persian translations#WRINKLE
Polish: zmarszczka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WRINKLE
Portuguese: ruga (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#WRINKLE
Russian: скла́дка (ru) f (skládka)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WRINKLE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: на́бор mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WRINKLE

Latin: nábor (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WRINKLE
Slovak: záhybCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#WRINKLE
Spanish: arruga (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WRINKLE, aspereza (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WRINKLE, ruga (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WRINKLE, enruga (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WRINKLE, engurra (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WRINKLE
Swedish: skrynkla (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#WRINKLE
Tamil: சுருக்கு (ta) (curukku)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#WRINKLE
Turkish: kırışıklık (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#WRINKLE
Welsh: crych (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#WRINKLE, tolc m or fCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#WRINKLE
Zazaki: çırçCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#WRINKLE

line or crease in the skin

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Abkhaz: акҷыра (akʼčʼəra)Category:Terms with Abkhaz translations#WRINKLE
Afrikaans: plooi (af)Category:Terms with Afrikaans translations#WRINKLE, rimpelCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#WRINKLE
Aklanon: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Aklanon#WRINKLE
Albanian: rrudhë (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#WRINKLE
Altai:
Southern Altai: чырыш (čïrïš)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#WRINKLE
Arabic: تَجَعُّد m (tajaʕʕud)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#WRINKLE, جَعْدَة f (jaʕda)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#WRINKLE
Egyptian Arabic: تجاعيد f pl (tagaʕiid)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#WRINKLE, رينكلز f pl (renkelz)Category:Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations#WRINKLE
Armenian: կնճիռ (hy) (knčiṙ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#WRINKLE
Azerbaijani: qırış (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#WRINKLE, qırışıqCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#WRINKLE, büküm (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#WRINKLE
Belarusian: маршчы́на f (marščýna)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#WRINKLE
Bulgarian: бръ́чка (bg) f (brǎ́čka)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#WRINKLE
Catalan: arruga (ca) fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#WRINKLE
Chamicuro: ishama che'na'tiCategory:Terms with Chamicuro translations#WRINKLE
Chinese:
Cantonese: 皺紋 / 皱纹 (zau³ man⁴)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#WRINKLE Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#WRINKLE

Hokkien: 皺痕 / 皱痕 (jiâu-hûn, liâu-hûn)Category:Terms with Hokkien translations#WRINKLE

Mandarin: 皺紋 / 皱纹 (zh) (zhòuwén)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#WRINKLE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#WRINKLE
Circassian:
West Circassian: зэлъа (zɛlˢa)Category:Terms with West Circassian translations#WRINKLE
Coptic: ϣⲱⲣϣ m (šōrš)Category:Terms with Coptic translations#WRINKLE, ⲭⲱⲣϣ m (khōrš)Category:Terms with Coptic translations#WRINKLE
Czech: vráska (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#WRINKLE
Danish: rynke (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#WRINKLE
Dutch: rimpel (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#WRINKLE
Esperanto: falto (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#WRINKLE, haŭtsulketoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#WRINKLE
Estonian: kortsCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#WRINKLE, kortsud plCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#WRINKLE
Faroese: rukka fCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#WRINKLE
Finnish: ryppy (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#WRINKLE
French: ride (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#WRINKLE
Galician: engurra (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WRINKLE, ruga (gl) fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WRINKLE, saragulla fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WRINKLE, engurrifa fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#WRINKLE
Georgian: ნაოჭი (naoč̣i)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#WRINKLE
German: Falte (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#WRINKLE, Runzel (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#WRINKLE
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻 n (mail)Category:Terms with Gothic translations#WRINKLE
Greek: ρυτίδα (el) f (rytída)Category:Terms with Greek translations#WRINKLE, ζάρα (el) f (zára)Category:Terms with Greek translations#WRINKLE
Ancient Greek: ῥυτίς f (rhutís)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#WRINKLE, φαρκίς f (pharkís)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#WRINKLE
Hungarian: ránc (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#WRINKLE, redő (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#WRINKLE, barázda (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#WRINKLE
Icelandic: hrukka (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#WRINKLE, korpa fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#WRINKLE (regional)
Indonesian: kedut (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#WRINKLE
Italian: ruga (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#WRINKLE, grinza (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#WRINKLE
Japanese: 皺 (ja) (しわ, shiwa)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#WRINKLE
Kazakh: әжім (äjım)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#WRINKLE
Khmer: ស្នាមជ្រីវជ្រូញ (snaamcriiwcruuñ)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#WRINKLE
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: qermîçok (ku) fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#WRINKLE
Kyrgyz: бырыш (ky) (bırış)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#WRINKLE
Latin: rūga fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#WRINKLE
Lithuanian: raukšlė fCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#WRINKLE
Macedonian: брчка f (brčka)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#WRINKLE
Malayalam: ചുളിവ് (ml) (cuḷivŭ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#WRINKLE, ചുളുക്ക് (ml) (cuḷukkŭ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#WRINKLE
Māori: reheCategory:Terms with Māori translations#WRINKLE, rehengaCategory:Terms with Māori translations#WRINKLE, ngeneCategory:Terms with Māori translations#WRINKLE, hākorukoruCategory:Terms with Māori translations#WRINKLE
Mongolian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Mongolian#WRINKLE
Norwegian: rynke (no)Category:Terms with Norwegian translations#WRINKLE
Persian: چروک (fa) (čoruk)Category:Terms with Persian translations#WRINKLE
Polish: zmarszczka (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#WRINKLE
Portuguese: ruga (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#WRINKLE
Russian: морщи́на (ru) f (morščína)Category:Terms with Russian translations#WRINKLE
Salar: buruşCategory:Terms with Salar translations#WRINKLE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бо́ра fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WRINKLE

Latin: bóra (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#WRINKLE
Slovak: vráskaCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#WRINKLE
Slovene: guba (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#WRINKLE
Spanish: arruga (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WRINKLE, enruga (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#WRINKLE
Swedish: rynka (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#WRINKLE
Tagalog: kulubotCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#WRINKLE
Tamil: சுருக்கு (ta) (curukku)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#WRINKLE
Thai: ริ้วรอย (ríu-rɔɔi)Category:Terms with Thai translations#WRINKLE, รอยย่นCategory:Terms with Thai translations#WRINKLE
Tibetan: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Tibetan#WRINKLE
Turkish: buruşukluk (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#WRINKLE, kırışıklık (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#WRINKLE
Ottoman Turkish: آژنگ (ajeng)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#WRINKLE
Ukrainian: змо́ршка f (zmórška)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#WRINKLE
Uyghur: قورۇق (qoruq)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#WRINKLE
Uzbek: ajin (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#WRINKLE
Vietnamese: nếp nhănCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#WRINKLE
Welsh: crych (cy) mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#WRINKLE
Woiwurrung: nanborrjerinCategory:Terms with Woiwurrung translations#WRINKLE
Yámana: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Yámana#WRINKLE
Zazaki: çermıqyayışCategory:Terms with Zazaki translations#WRINKLE
Zhuang: nyaeuqCategory:Terms with Zhuang translations#WRINKLE
Zulu: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Zulu#WRINKLE

fault, imperfection or bug

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