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spiral
English
Etymology
From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira, from Ancient Greek ?????? (speíra, “wreath, coil, twist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spa???l/
- Rhymes: -a???l
Noun
spiral (plural spirals)
- (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
- (informal) A helix.
- A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
spiral (not comparable)
- Helical, like a spiral
Translations
Verb
spiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle (US) spiraling or (UK) spiralling, simple past and past participle (US) spiraled or (UK) spiralled)
- (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
- The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
- (transitive) To cause something to spiral.
- You need to learn how to spiral a ball.
- (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.
- Her debts were spiralling out of control.
Translations
Further reading
- spiral on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- Aprils, Plairs, prials
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
spiral c (singular definite spiralen, plural indefinite spiraler)
- spiral
Declension
Further reading
- “spiral” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “spiral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spi.?al/
Adjective
spiral (feminine singular spirale, masculine plural spiraux, feminine plural spirales)
- spiral
Noun
spiral m (plural spiraux)
- spiral
Further reading
- “spiral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Etymology
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Noun
spiral
- hip
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira
Noun
spiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiraler, definite plural spiralene)
- a spiral, coil
- a coil (contraceptive device)
Derived terms
- spiralfjær
- spiraltrapp
References
- “spiral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira
Noun
spiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiralar, definite plural spiralane)
- a spiral, coil
- a coil (contraceptive device)
Derived terms
- spiraltrapp
References
- “spiral” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French spiral
Adjective
spiral m or n (feminine singular spiral?, masculine plural spirali, feminine and neuter plural spirale)
- spiral
Declension
Further reading
- spiral in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
spiral c
- spiral
Declension
spiral From the web:
- what spiral arm are we in
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noose
English
Alternative forms
- nooze (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English nose, probably from Old French nos or Old Occitan nous, nos, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”). Cognate with French nœud (“knot”), Portuguese nó (“knot”) and Spanish nudo (“knot”). Compare node and knot.
Pronunciation
- enPR: noo?s, IPA(key): /nu?s/
- Rhymes: -u?s
Noun
noose (plural nooses)
- An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
Derived terms
- hangman's noose
Translations
Verb
noose (third-person singular simple present nooses, present participle noosing, simple past and past participle noosed)
- (transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.
Anagrams
- osone, soone
Middle English
Noun
noose (plural nooses)
- Alternative form of nose
noose From the web:
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