ringlet

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɪŋlət/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈrɪŋlɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ring′lit)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ring•let /ˈrɪŋlɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a curled lock of hair.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ring•let  (ring′lit),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a curled lock of hair.
  2. a small ring or circle.
  3. Astronomyone of the thin or narrow rings that compose the major rings of Saturn.
  • ring1 + -let 1545–55
ring′let•ed, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ringlet /ˈrɪŋlɪt/ n
  1. a lock of hair hanging down in a spiral curl
  2. any of numerous butterflies of the genus Erebia, most of which occur in S Europe and have dark brown wings marked with small black-and-white eyespots: family Satyridae
ˈringleted adj
'ringlet' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
frizzle - curl - let - lock
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