tress

(trĕs)
n.

1. A long lock or ringlet of hair.
2. Archaic. A plait or braid of hair.

[Middle English tresse, from Old French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *trichia, tricia, rope, braid, from Greek trikhiā, rope, from thrix, trikh-, hair.]

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• Hair Styles - tresses: hair, esp. long and luxuriant; plait or braid of hair

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - krølle, lok
v. tr. - flette

Nederlands (Dutch)
(haar)lok, vlechten

Français (French)
n. - boucle de cheveux, chevelure
v. tr. - boucler, tresser

Deutsch (German)
n. - Locke, Zopf
v. - flechten od. lockig machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπούκλα μαλλιών, πλεξούδα, κοτσίδα
v. - κάνω κοτσίδα

Italiano (Italian)
treccia, intrecciare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - madeixa de cabelo (f), trança (f)
v. - entrançar

Русский (Russian)
локон, коса, распущенные волосы, заплетать косу

Español (Spanish)
n. - trenza, mechón, bucle
v. tr. - trenzar el cabello

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lock (poet. om hår), fläta
v. - fläta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一绺头发, 发辫, 卷发, 把梳理成绺

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一綹頭髮, 髮辮, 捲髮
v. tr. - 把梳理成綹

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 땋은 머리, 머리칼
v. tr. - 다발로 땋다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 長い髪の一ふさ
v. - 編む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خصله شعر, ظفيرة (فعل) يظفر ألشعر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תלתל, קווצת-שיער, מחלפה‬
v. tr. - ‮תלתל (סלסל) שיער‬

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