different between towel vs radiator

English

Etymology

From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahan? (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þw?le (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þw?an (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: toul, tou??l
• IPA^(key): /ta?l/, /?ta?.?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l, -a??l

Noun

towel (plural towels)

1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, as a person after a bath.

Hyponyms

• lavabo
• see also Derived terms below

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (taoru)

Translations

Verb

towel (third-person singular simple present towels, present participle toweling or towelling, simple past and past participle toweled or towelled)

1. (transitive) To hit with a towel.
2. (transitive) To dry by using a towel.

   He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.

3. (transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
4. (Britain, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel".

Derived terms

• towel off
• towel up
• untoweled, untowelled

Anagrams

• Towle, owlet

Middle English

Noun

towel

1. Alternative form of towayle

English

Etymology

radiate +? -or

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??e?.di?e?.t?/

Noun

radiator (plural radiators)

1. Anything which radiates or emits rays.
2. (automotive) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.
3. (of buildings) A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.
4. (electronics) A type of antenna.

Translations

Descendants

• ? Gulf Arabic: ??????? (r?d?tar)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

radiator

1. radiator

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

radiator m (plural radiators or radiatoren, diminutive radiatortje n)

1. radiator (device to emit heat)

Latin

Verb

radi?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of radi?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of radi?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

radiator m (definite singular radiatoren, indefinite plural radiatorer, definite plural radiatorene)

1. a radiator (heater, in buildings)
2. a radiator (automotive, cooling device)

References

• “radiator” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

radiator m (definite singular radiatoren, indefinite plural radiatorar, definite plural radiatorane)

1. a radiator (heater, in buildings)
2. a radiator (automotive, cooling device)

References

• “radiator” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

radiator c

1. (construction) a radiator (heater)
2. (automotive) a radiator (on a car)

Declension

Synonyms

heater

• element
• värmeelement
• värmeledningselement

on a car

• kylare

Related terms

• radiatorventil

References

• radiator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)