wimple

n.

1. A cloth wound around the head, framing the face, and drawn into folds beneath the chin, worn by women in medieval times and as part of the habit of certain orders of nuns.
2. 1. A fold or pleat in cloth.
   2. A ripple, as on the surface of water.
   3. A curve or bend.

v., -pled, -pling, -ples.

v.tr.

1. To cover with or dress in a wimple.
2. To cause to form folds, pleats, or ripples.

v.intr.

1. Archaic. To form or lie in folds.
2. To ripple.

[Middle English wimpel, from Old English.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nonnes hovedlin
v. tr. - lægge i folder, dække med et klæde
v. intr. - sno sig, bølge, ligge i folder

Nederlands (Dutch)
nonnenkap

Français (French)
n. - guimpe, plis, courbe, tournant, ride (eau)
v. tr. - couvrir/revêtir d'une guimpe, faire faire des plis/des rides
v. intr. - former des plis, s'étaler en plis, se rider (l'eau)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wimpel (Brusttuch der Frauen)
v. - in Falten legen, (sich) kräuseln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κεφαλόδεσμος μοναχής
v. - κυματίζω, κυλώ (κελαρύζοντας) φιδίσια, καλύπτω, σκεπάζω

Italiano (Italian)
soggolo, meandro, velare, andare a zig zag

Português (Portuguese)
n. - touca (f)
v. - velar, ondular

Русский (Russian)
женский головной убор, мантилья, складка, изгиб, поворот

Español (Spanish)
n. - griñón, toca de monja, recodo, treta
v. tr. - vestir con toca o griñón, colocar en pliegues, rizar
v. intr. - caer en pliegues, ondear, rizarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dok, slöja, slingring, krusning
v. - porla, slingra sig, krusas

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
妇女头巾, 用头巾遮, 使折叠, 起涟漪, 起皱摺, 泛细浪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 婦女頭巾
v. tr. - 用頭巾遮, 使折疊
v. intr. - 起漣漪, 起皺摺, 泛細浪

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 두건의 일종, 잔물결, (옷의) 주름
v. tr. - 두건으로 싸다, 주름을 잡다, 잔물결이 일다
v. intr. - 두건으로 싸다, 주름을 잡다, 잔물결이 일다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ベール

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خمار الراهبه, عصابه الرأس, (فعل) يغطي بخمار, يطوي, يجعد, يموج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כובע-נזירות, צניף‬
v. tr. - ‮סידר בקפלים או בגלישה‬
v. intr. - ‮סידר בקפלים או בגלישה‬

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