filigree

Other forms of filigree

plural

filigrees·

past tense

filigreed·

present participle

filigreeing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about filigree

What does filigree mean?

filigree means "delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in filigree?

filigree has 3 syllables: fil-i-gree. The stress falls on "fil". In IPA it is /ˈfɪləˌɡɹi/.

What is another word for filigree?

Close synonyms include filagree, fillagree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is filigree a common word?

filigree is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with filigree?

3 words rhyme with filigree. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.