ringlet

1. 1.

   a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

   Synonymscoilwhorlrollcurlcurlicuegyrescroll

   Broaderround shape

   Narrowercorollacalyxverticil
2. 2.

   a strand or cluster of hair

   Synonymslockcurlwhorl

   Broaderhair

   Narrowersausage curlforelockcrimpdreadlock

   Part ofhairdo
3. 3.

   a small ring

   Broaderring
4. 4.

   any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae

   Synonymsringlet butterfly

   Broaderbutterfly

   Part ofSatyridae

Other forms of ringlet

plural

ringlets·

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 ringlet

What does ringlet mean?

ringlet means "a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ringlet?

ringlet has 2 syllables: rin-glet. The stress falls on "rin".

What is another word for ringlet?

Close synonyms include coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue. 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 ringlet a common word?

ringlet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.