filigran

Borrowed from French filigrane (“filigree, watermark”).

• IPA^(key): /filiɡran/, [filiˈɡ̊ʁɑn], [filiˈɡ̊ʁɑnˀ]

filigran n (singular definite filigrannet or filigranet, plural indefinite filigranner or filigraner)

1. filigree

• “filigran” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Filigran.

• IPA^(key): /filiˈɡʁaːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

filigran (strong nominative masculine singular filigraner, comparative filigraner, superlative am filigransten)

1. filigreed (having or resembling filigree ornamentation); (by extension) delicate

   Synonyms: fein, feingliedrig

   • 1906, Robert Musil, Die Verwirrungen des Zöglings Törleß [The Confusions of Young Törless]‎^[1], Wiener Verlag:

     Er überschüttete ihn mit dem Spotte des Vernünftigen, zerstörte barbarisch das filigrane Gebäude, in dem dessen Seele heimisch war, und sie gingen im Zorne auseinander.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Filigranarbeit
• Filigranpapier
• Filigranschmuck

• “filigran” in Duden online
• “filigran” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from French filigrane, from Italian filigrana.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈli.ɡran/

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• Rhymes: -iɡran
• Syllabification: fi‧li‧gran

filigran m inan (diminutive filigranek)

1. filigree (delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire)
2. something or someone very delicate
3. (philately) watermark (translucent design impressed on paper)

   Synonym: znak wodny

• filigran in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• filigran in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French filigrane (“filigree, watermark”).

• IPA^(key): /fi.liˈɡran/

filigran n (plural filigrane)

1. filigree (a delicate and intricate ornamentation made from gold or silver twisted wire)

• “filigran”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

From Ottoman Turkish فیلیغران (filigran), from French filigrane, from Italian filigrana.

• IPA^(key): /fi.li.ˈɡɾan/
• Hyphenation: fi‧li‧gran

filigran (definite accusative filigranı, plural filigranlar)

1. watermark

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “filigran”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1591