How to pronounce tress
American English pronunciation
TRES
- IPA
- /ˈtɹɛs/
- Syllables
- TRES (1 syllable)
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What tress means
A long lock or curl of someone's hair
In a sentence: In the fairy tale, a golden tress hung down from the tower window.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old French word for a braid. Its deeper origin is uncertain, but it is possibly linked to a Greek word for hair.
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