awl

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːl/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /oːl/
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• /ɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: /ɑl/
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• US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /ɔl/
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• rhymes with -ɔːl
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• homophone: all
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From Middle English aul, alle, al, from Old English æl, from Proto-West Germanic *al, from Proto-Germanic *alaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h1ólos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Äil (“awl”), Dutch aal (“awl”), German Low German Ahl (“awl”), German Ahle (“awl”), Icelandic alur (“awl”). Spelling was influenced by the Old English synonym awel, awul (“awl”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahwal, from Proto-Germanic *ahwalaz (“fork, hook”), of unknown origin. Doublet of elsen.

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: fëndyell — pointed instrument
• Northern Altai: шибиге (šibige) — pointed instrument
• Southern Altai: мис (mis) — pointed instrument
• Southern Altai: шибеге (šibege) — pointed instrument
• Arabic: مِخْرَز (miḵraz) — pointed instrument
• Arabic: إِشْفَى (ʔišfā) — pointed instrument
• Arabic: مسَلّة (msalle) — pointed instrument
• Armenian: հերյուն (heryun) — pointed instrument
• Armenian: բիզ (biz) — pointed instrument
• Asturian: llesna — pointed instrument
• Asturian: llédena — pointed instrument
• Asturian: subiella — pointed instrument
• Azerbaijani: biz — pointed instrument
• Bashkir: беҙ (beź) — pointed instrument
• Belarusian: шы́ла (šýla) — pointed instrument
• Bulgarian: ши́ло (šílo) — pointed instrument
• Burmese: လက်စွဲချွန် (lakcwai:hkywan) — pointed instrument
• Burmese: အပ်ချွန် (aphkywan) — pointed instrument
• Catalan: alena — pointed instrument
• Chechen: йу (ju) — pointed instrument
• Chinese Cantonese: 錐 /锥 (zeoi1 / jeoi1) — pointed instrument
• Chinese Mandarin: 錐子 /锥子 (zhuīzi) — pointed instrument
• Czech: šídlo — pointed instrument
• Danish: syl — pointed instrument
• Daur: sheugw — pointed instrument
• Dutch: els — pointed instrument
• Dutch: priem — pointed instrument
• Esperanto: aleno — pointed instrument
• Estonian: naaskel — pointed instrument
• Estonian: pistel — pointed instrument
• Estonian: ora — pointed instrument
• Estonian: nõel — pointed instrument
• Even: хулгун (hulgun) — pointed instrument
• Evenki: силгивӯн (silgiwūn) — pointed instrument
• Faroese: sýl — pointed instrument
• Faroese: sýlur — pointed instrument
• Finnish: purasin — pointed instrument
• French: alène — pointed instrument
• French: alêne — pointed instrument
• Gagauz: biz — pointed instrument
• Galician: subela — pointed instrument
• Georgian: სადგისი (sadgisi) — pointed instrument
• German: Pfriem — pointed instrument
• German: Ahle — pointed instrument
• Old High German: ala — pointed instrument
• Greek: σουβλί (souvlí) — pointed instrument
• Ancient Greek: ὄπεας (ópeas) — pointed instrument
• Ancient Greek: χήλευμα (khḗleuma) — pointed instrument
• Hebrew: מַרְצֵעַ (martséa') — pointed instrument
• Hindi: सूजा (sūjā) — pointed instrument
• Hindi: आर (ār) — pointed instrument
• Hungarian: ár — pointed instrument
• Icelandic: alur — pointed instrument
• Icelandic: sýll — pointed instrument
• Icelandic: síll — pointed instrument
• Indonesian: alat pelubang — pointed instrument
• Ingrian: naaskali — pointed instrument
• Ingush: юв (juv) — pointed instrument
• Irish: meana — pointed instrument
• Italian: punteruolo — pointed instrument
• Italian: lesina — pointed instrument
• Japanese: 突きぎり (tsukigiri) — pointed instrument
• Japanese: 錐 (kiri) — pointed instrument
• Japanese: 千枚通し (senmaidōshi) — pointed instrument
• Karachay-Balkar: миз (miz) — pointed instrument
• Kazakh: біз (bız) — pointed instrument
• Khakas: піс (pìs) — pointed instrument
• Khmer: ដែកចោះ (daek cɑh) — pointed instrument
• Korean: 송곳 (songgot) — pointed instrument
• Kyrgyz: миз (miz) — pointed instrument
• Kyrgyz: шибеге (şibege) — pointed instrument
• Lao: ເຫລັກຫມາດ (lek māt) — pointed instrument
• Lao: ເຫຼັກແຫຼມ (lek lǣm) — pointed instrument
• Lao: ເຂັມເຈາະ (khem chǫ) — pointed instrument
• Latgalian: eilyns — pointed instrument
• Latin: sūbula — pointed instrument
• Latvian: īlens — pointed instrument
• Lithuanian: yla — pointed instrument
• Macedonian: шило (šilo) — pointed instrument
• Magahi: 𑂮𑂴𑂄 (sūā) — pointed instrument
• Magahi: 𑂮𑂳𑂞𑂰𑂩𑂲 (sutārī) — pointed instrument
• Maithili: सूआ (sūā) — pointed instrument
• Maithili: सूतारी (sūtārī) — pointed instrument
• Maltese: timplor — pointed instrument
• Maltese: xifa — pointed instrument
• Mangghuer: shubige — pointed instrument
• Māori: oka — pointed instrument
• Māori: kātara — pointed instrument
• Eastern Mari: вӱрж (vürž) — pointed instrument
• Western Mari: вуйжыр (vujžyr) — pointed instrument
• Mongghul: shuuga — pointed instrument
• Mongolian: шөвөг (šövög) — pointed instrument
• Mongolian: шивүүр (šivüür) — pointed instrument
• Nogai: биз (biz) — pointed instrument
• Norwegian Bokmål: syl — pointed instrument
• Norwegian Nynorsk: syl — pointed instrument
• Occitan: alzena — pointed instrument
• Old English: æl — pointed instrument
• Old Norse: alr — pointed instrument
• Pannonian Rusyn: шидло (šidlo) — pointed instrument
• Pashto: نېش (neš) — pointed instrument
• Iranian Persian: دِرَفْش (derafš) — pointed instrument
• Iranian Persian: دَرَفْش (darafš) — pointed instrument
• Polish: szydło — pointed instrument
• Portuguese: furador — pointed instrument
• Portuguese: sovela — pointed instrument
• Portuguese: almofate — pointed instrument
• Romagnol: puntiröl — pointed instrument
• Romanian: sulă — pointed instrument
• Russian: ши́ло (šílo) — pointed instrument
• Sanskrit: आरा (ārā) — pointed instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: шило — pointed instrument
• Serbo-Croatian: šilo — pointed instrument
• Slovak: šidlo — pointed instrument
• Slovene: šilo — pointed instrument
• Upper Sorbian: šidło — pointed instrument
• Spanish: lezna — pointed instrument
• Spanish: lesna — pointed instrument
• Spanish: alesna — pointed instrument
• Spanish: punzón — pointed instrument
• Sudovian: īla — pointed instrument
• Swahili: maharazi — pointed instrument
• Swedish: syl — pointed instrument
• Swedish: pryl — pointed instrument
• Tagalog: punson — pointed instrument
• Tagalog: suligi — pointed instrument
• Tagalog: balibol — pointed instrument
• Tagalog: pambalibol — pointed instrument
• Tajik: дарафш (darafš) — pointed instrument
• Tajik: бигиз (bigiz) — pointed instrument
• Tatar: без (bez) — pointed instrument
• Telugu: ఆరె (āre) — pointed instrument
• Tewa: un — pointed instrument
• Thai: จึ้ง (jʉ̂ng) — pointed instrument
• Thai: เหล็กหมาด (lèk-màat) — pointed instrument
• Thai: เหล็กแหลม (lèk-lɛ̌ɛm) — pointed instrument
• Thai: เหล็กเจาะ (lèk-jɔ̀) — pointed instrument
• Turkish: biz — pointed instrument
• Turkish: tığ — pointed instrument
• Ottoman Turkish: بیز (biz) — pointed instrument
• Ottoman Turkish: مخرز (mihrez) — pointed instrument
• Ottoman Turkish: درفش (direfş) — pointed instrument
• Turkmen: biz — pointed instrument
• Tuvan: шигбей (şigbey) — pointed instrument
• Udmurt: пежъян (pežjan) — pointed instrument
• Ukrainian: ши́ло (šýlo) — pointed instrument
• Urdu: آر (ār) — pointed instrument
• Urdu: سُوجا (sūjā) — pointed instrument
• Uyghur: بىگىز (bigiz) — pointed instrument
• Uzbek: bigiz — pointed instrument
• Vietnamese: giùi — pointed instrument
• Vietnamese: dùi — pointed instrument
• Vietnamese: lẹm — pointed instrument
• Vietnamese: kim chọc — pointed instrument
• Vietnamese: kim khâu da — pointed instrument
• Welsh: mynawyd — pointed instrument
• Yup'ik: ukicissuun — pointed instrument