wisp in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for wisp in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.wisp [Brit wɪsp, Am wɪsp] N

wisp (of hair)

ciuffo m

wisp (of hair)

ciocca f

wisp (of straw)

mazzetto m

wisp (of smoke)

filo m

wisp (of smoke)

voluta f

wisp (of cloud)

bioccolo m

wisp (of flame)

lingua f

a wisp of a girl

una ragazza minuta

II.wisp [Brit wɪsp, Am wɪsp] VB trans

1. wisp (rub):

wisp horse

strigliare

2. wisp (twist into a wisp):

wisp

legare in mazzetti

will-o'-the-wisp [Brit wɪləðəˈwɪsp, Am ˌwɪləðəˈwɪsp] N

1. will-o'-the-wisp:

will-o'-the-wisp

fuoco m fatuo also fig

2. will-o'-the-wisp before n (elusive):

will-o'-the-wisp person

sfuggente, inafferrabile

will-o'-the-wisp tendency

indefinibile

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a cloud, a wisp of smoke

una nuvola, un filo di fumo

Translations for wisp in the Italian»English Dictionary

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ciocca

wisp

ciuffo (di capelli)

wisp

fuoco fatuo

will-o'-the-wisp

una ragazza -a

a slip or wisp of a girl inf

un filo di fumo si levava all'orizzonte

a wisp of smoke rose up on the horizon

fuoco fatuo

will-o'-the-wisp inf

un filo di fumo

a wisp of smoke

wisp in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wisp in the English»Italian Dictionary

wisp [wɪsp] N

wisp of hair

ciocca f

wisp of straw

filo m

wisp of smoke

voluta f

wisp of clouds

bioccolo m

a little wisp of a boy

un ragazzino minuto

will-o'-the-wisp [ˌwɪl·ə·ðə·ˈwɪsp] N

1. will-o'-the-wisp (ghostly light):

will-o'-the-wisp

fuoco m fatuo

2. will-o'-the-wisp fig (elusive thing):

will-o'-the-wisp

chimera f

Translations for wisp in the Italian»English Dictionary

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fuoco fatuo

will-o'-the-wisp

wisp Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a little wisp of a boy

un ragazzino minuto

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A brown dot sometimes rests on the base of each of the three wisps.

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The bouquet is reduced to a mere wisp held by a child.

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The hair was peculiar, plastered down in front in a long, curving wisp over his massive forehead.

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Haze appears as a wisp, an aquatic humanoid with green skin and orange willow-leaves for hair.

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The chip then self-destructs with a wisp of smoke.

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He is often set apart from the other immortals in pictures by wisps of hair on his temples and a beard down to his navel.

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The itinerant soloist can still be found blowing at the wisp with local talent.

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Upon her bodice, she wears a transparent veil: a wisp of gossamer that was not spun by human distaff.

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The little wisps of sawdust that fall from these may be the first sign of an infestation.

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Space which contains all worlds is like a wisp of cloud that dots the vast sky in the mind.

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