tresse

Inherited from Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia < Ancient Greek. Compare Italian treccia, Sicilian trizza.

• IPA^(key): /tʁɛs/

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• Homophone: tresses
• Rhymes: -ɛs

tresse f (plural tresses)

1. tress, braid, plait

tresse

1. inflection of tresser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “tresse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• restes, restés, stères, stérés, terses

From Old French tresce, of unclear origin.

• tress, tresce, trese

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛs(ə)/

tresse (plural tresses)

1. braid, tress
2. binds, cords (for hair or armour)

• tressen
• tressour

• English: tress

• “tres(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

tresse

1. Alternative form of tressen

From Old French tresce, of uncertain origin.

tresse f (plural tresses)

1. (Jersey) plait, braid