bellows

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• US: /ˈbɛl.oʊz/
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• UK: /ˈbɛl.əʊz/
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• dialectal: /ˈbɛl.əs/
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From Middle English belwes, plural of belu, belwe, a northern form of beli, from Old English bæliġ, northern form of bielġ, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz. Compare German Balg. See also belly. For the pronunciation /ˈbɛl.əs/, compare bodice, gallows.

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119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: blaasbalk — air blower
• Albanian: shakull — air blower
• Northern Altai: корук (koruk) — air blower
• Northern Altai: кӧрӱк (körük) — air blower
• Southern Altai: кӧрӱк (körük) — air blower
• Arabic: مِنْفَاخ (minfāḵ) — air blower
• Armenian: փուքս (pʻukʻs) — air blower
• Aromanian: foali — air blower
• Azerbaijani: körük — air blower
• Bangi: nkuka — air blower
• Bashkir: күрек (kürek) — air blower
• Belarusian: мяхі́ (mjaxí) — air blower
• Bulgarian: духа́ло (duhálo) — air blower
• Bulgarian: мях (mjah) — air blower
• Bulgarian: мех (meh) — air blower
• Catalan: manxa — air blower
• Cebuano: tayhop — air blower
• Chinese Mandarin: 風箱 /风箱 (fēngxiāng) — air blower
• Czech: měch — air blower
• Danish: blæsebælg — air blower
• Dutch: blaasbalg — air blower
• Esperanto: balgo — air blower
• Estonian: lõõts — air blower
• Finnish: palkeet — air blower
• French: soufflet — air blower
• Friulian: soflet — air blower
• Galician: fol — air blower
• Galician: barquín — air blower
• German: Blasebalg — air blower
• Greek: φυσητήρας (fysitíras) — air blower
• Greek: φυσερό (fyseró) — air blower
• Greek: φυσούνα (fysoúna) — air blower
• Ancient Greek: φυσητήρ (phusētḗr) — air blower
• Hausa: mafuri — air blower
• Hausa: zigazigai — air blower
• Hawaiian: ʻūpā makani — air blower
• Hindi: धौंकनी (dha͠uknī) — air blower
• White Hmong: lwj — air blower
• Hungarian: fújtaró — air blower
• Hungarian: fújtató — air blower
• Icelandic: físir — air blower
• Icelandic: físar — air blower
• Icelandic: físibelgur — air blower
• Icelandic: físibelgir — air blower
• Indonesian: puputan — air blower
• Ingrian: leetsa — air blower
• Ingrian: leehku — air blower
• Irish: boilg — air blower
• Old Irish: bolg — air blower
• Italian: soffietto — air blower
• Italian: mantice — air blower
• Japanese: 鞴 (fuigo) — air blower
• Korean: 풀무 (pulmu) — air blower
• Latin: follis — air blower
• Latvian: plēšas — air blower
• Lingala: nkuka — air blower
• Lithuanian: dùmplės — air blower
• Macedonian: мев (mev) — air blower
• Malay: belos — air blower
• Malay: hububan — air blower
• Malay: ubub — air blower
• Manchu: ᡥᡠᠵᡠᡴᡠ (hujuku) — air blower
• Māori: pupuhiahi — air blower
• Mongolian: хөөрөг (xöörög) — air blower
• Nogai: коьрик (körik) — air blower
• Norwegian Bokmål: blåsebelg — air blower
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blåsebelg — air blower
• Occitan: bufet — air blower
• Old Prussian: moasis — air blower
• Iranian Persian: مِنْفاخ (menfâx) — air blower
• Iranian Persian: دَم (dam) — air blower
• Iranian Persian: دَمِه (dame) — air blower
• Polish: miech — air blower
• Portuguese: fole — air blower
• Romanian: foale — air blower
• Russian: меха́ (mexá) — air blower
• Russian: мехи́ (mexí) — air blower
• Serbo-Croatian: ме̑х — air blower
• Serbo-Croatian: мије̑х — air blower
• Serbo-Croatian: mȇh — air blower
• Serbo-Croatian: mijȇh — air blower
• Slovak: mech — air blower
• Somali: goosimo — air blower
• Spanish: fuelle — air blower
• Sudovian: maisis — air blower
• Swahili: mvukuto — air blower
• Swahili: mifua — air blower
• Swedish: blåsbälg — air blower
• Tagalog: bubulusan — air blower
• Tagalog: bulusan — air blower
• Tagalog: puwelye — air blower
• Turkish: körük — air blower
• Ottoman Turkish: كوروك (körük) — air blower
• Ottoman Turkish: منفاخ (minfah) — air blower
• Ottoman Turkish: دمه (deme) — air blower
• Ukrainian: міх (mix) — air blower
• Uzbek: bosqon — air blower
• Uzbek: dam — air blower
• Venetan: folo — air blower
• Venetan: foło — air blower
• Venetan: fol — air blower
• Venetan: supieto — air blower
• Vietnamese: bễ — air blower
• Welsh: megin — air blower
• Zulu: izifutho — air blower
• Czech: vlnovec — any flexible container or enclosure
• Esperanto: balgo — any flexible container or enclosure
• Finnish: haitari — any flexible container or enclosure
• German: Balg — any flexible container or enclosure
• Norwegian Bokmål: belg — any flexible container or enclosure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: belg — any flexible container or enclosure
• Portuguese: sanfona — any flexible container or enclosure
• Portuguese: fole — any flexible container or enclosure
• Finnish: palkeet — informal: lungs — see also lung
• Galician: barquín — informal: lungs — see also lung
• Galician: bofe — informal: lungs — see also lung
• Portuguese: bofes — informal: lungs — see also lung
• Hungarian: kihuzat — flexible, light-tight enclosure connecting the lensboard and the camera back
• Polish: mieszek — flexible, light-tight enclosure connecting the lensboard and the camera back