coil

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• UK, US: /kɔɪl/
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• Appalachia, obsolete: /kwaɪl/
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From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (modern French cueillir), from Latin colligō (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull.

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169 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِلَفّ (milaff) — something wound
• Arabic: وَشِيعَة (wašīʕa) — something wound
• Armenian: գալար (galar) — something wound
• Bulgarian: намо́тка (namótka) — something wound
• Bulgarian: нави́вка (navívka) — something wound
• Chinese Mandarin: 螺線 /螺线 (luóxiàn) — something wound
• Chinese Mandarin: 螺旋 (luóxuán) — something wound
• Czech: spirála — something wound
• Danish: spiral — something wound
• Dutch: spiraal — something wound
• Dutch: veer — something wound
• Estonian: keerd — something wound
• Estonian: spiraal — something wound
• Finnish: kierukka — something wound
• Finnish: vyyhti — something wound
• Finnish: kela — something wound
• French: spire — something wound
• German: Spirale — something wound
• German: Wickel — something wound
• German: Rolle — something wound
• German: Windung — something wound
• Greek: σπείρα (speíra) — something wound
• Greek: κουλούρα (kouloúra) — something wound
• Ancient Greek: σπείραμα (speírama) — something wound
• Ancient Greek: περίβολος (períbolos) — something wound
• Ancient Greek: σπεῖρα (speîra) — something wound
• Hindi: कुंडली (kuṇḍlī) — something wound
• Icelandic: spírall — something wound
• Icelandic: verri — something wound
• Italian: spirale — something wound
• Japanese: とぐろ (toguro) — something wound
• Japanese: 渦状 (kajō) — something wound
• Japanese: 螺旋 (rasen) — something wound
• Latvian: ritulis — something wound
• Macedonian: на́мотка (námotka) — something wound
• Māori: pōkai — something wound
• Norwegian Bokmål: spiral — something wound
• Norwegian Bokmål: kveil — something wound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spiral — something wound
• Occitan: espira — something wound
• Old English: bend — something wound
• Polish: zwój — something wound
• Portuguese: espiral — something wound
• Russian: спира́ль (spirálʹ) — something wound
• Russian: кольцо́ (kolʹcó) — something wound
• Russian: вито́к (vitók) — something wound
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb — something wound
• Spanish: espiral — something wound
• Spanish: hélice — something wound
• Swedish: spiral — something wound
• Swedish: rulle — something wound
• Turkish: makara — something wound
• Ukrainian: кото́к (kotók) — something wound
• Ukrainian: коту́шка (kotúška) — something wound
• Ukrainian: спіра́ль (spirálʹ) — something wound
• Arabic: وَشِيعَة (wašīʕa) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Armenian: կոճ (koč) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Azerbaijani: sarğac — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Bulgarian: боби́на (bobína) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Chinese Mandarin: 線圈 /线圈 (xiànquān) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Czech: cívka — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Danish: spole — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Dutch: spoel — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Esperanto: bobeno — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Estonian: pool — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Estonian: mähis — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Finnish: käämi — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Finnish: kela — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• French: bobine — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• German: Spule — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Greek: πηνίο (pinío) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Icelandic: spóla — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Italian: bobina — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Japanese: コイル (koiru) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Khmer: បូប៊ីន (boobiin) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Occitan: bobina — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Polish: cewka — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Portuguese: bobina — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Russian: кату́шка (katúška) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Russian: боби́на (bobína) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Russian: шпу́лька (špúlʹka) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Slovene: tuljava — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Spanish: bobina — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Spanish: bobinado — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Spanish: serpentino — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Spanish: arrollamiento — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Spanish: carrete — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Spanish: devanado — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Swedish: spole — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Tagalog: kidkid — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Turkish: bobin — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Ottoman Turkish: بوبین (bobin) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Ukrainian: коту́шка (kotúška) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Ukrainian: кото́к (kotók) — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Vietnamese: cuộn cảm — coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor
• Dutch: rumoer — noise
• Finnish: meteli — noise
• Greek: θόρυβος (thóryvos) — noise
• Russian: шум (šum) — noise
• Russian: суета́ (sujetá) — noise
• Russian: сумато́ха (sumatóxa) — noise
• Russian: хло́поты (xlópoty) — noise
• Russian: беспоря́док (besporjádok) — noise
• Ukrainian: га́лас (hálas) — noise
• Ukrainian: ґвалт (gvalt) — noise
• Ukrainian: шум (šum) — noise
• Ukrainian: га́мір (hámir) — noise
• Armenian: գալարել (galarel) — wind into regular rings
• Bulgarian: навивам (navivam) — wind into regular rings
• Bulgarian: намотавам (namotavam) — wind into regular rings
• Chinese Mandarin: 缠 (chán) — wind into regular rings
• Danish: sno — wind into regular rings
• Danish: rulle sammen — wind into regular rings
• Dutch: oprollen — wind into regular rings
• Dutch: opschieten — wind into regular rings
• Dutch: opwinden — wind into regular rings
• Finnish: kiertää — wind into regular rings
• Finnish: keriä — wind into regular rings
• Finnish: käämiä — wind into regular rings
• French: enrouler — wind into regular rings
• French: embobiner — wind into regular rings
• Galician: enrolar — wind into regular rings
• Greek: περιελίσσω (perielísso) — wind into regular rings
• Greek: περισπειρώ (perispeiró) — wind into regular rings
• Greek: κουλουριάζω (koulouriázo) — wind into regular rings
• Hindi: कुंडली (kuṇḍlī) — wind into regular rings
• Māori: pōkai — wind into regular rings
• Māori: niko — wind into regular rings
• Māori: pōkuru — wind into regular rings
• Norwegian Bokmål: vikle — wind into regular rings
• Occitan: enrotlar — wind into regular rings
• Portuguese: enrolar — wind into regular rings
• Russian: свёртывать (svjórtyvatʹ) — wind into regular rings
• Swedish: snurra — wind into regular rings
• Swedish: sno — wind into regular rings
• Ukrainian: ви́ти (výty) — wind into regular rings
• Ukrainian: завива́ти (zavyváty) — wind into regular rings
• Ukrainian: зави́ти (zavýty) — wind into regular rings
• Ukrainian: закру́чувати (zakrúčuvaty) — wind into regular rings
• Ukrainian: закрути́ти (zakrutýty) — wind into regular rings
• Armenian: գալարել (galarel) — wind into loops
• Bulgarian: намотавам (namotavam) — wind into loops
• Dutch: oprollen — wind into loops
• Dutch: opschieten — wind into loops
• Dutch: opwinden — wind into loops
• Finnish: keriä — wind into loops
• Finnish: vyyhtiä — wind into loops
• Galician: enrolar — wind into loops
• Galician: revirichar — wind into loops
• Greek: περιελίσσω (perielísso) — wind into loops
• Greek: περισπειρώ (perispeiró) — wind into loops
• Hindi: कुंडली (kuṇḍlī) — wind into loops
• Māori: niko — wind into loops
• Māori: pōkuru — wind into loops
• Portuguese: enrolar — wind into loops
• Russian: нама́тывать (namátyvatʹ) — wind into loops
• Spanish: enrollar — wind into loops
• Swedish: rulla ihop — wind into loops
• Ukrainian: намо́тувати (namótuvaty) — wind into loops
• Ukrainian: намота́ти (namotáty) — wind into loops
• Danish: vinde op — to wind cylindrically or spirally
• Finnish: vyyhtiä — to wind cylindrically or spirally
• Finnish: keriä — to wind cylindrically or spirally
• Finnish: kiertää rullalle — to wind cylindrically or spirally
• Galician: enrolar — to wind cylindrically or spirally
• Galician: revirichar — to wind cylindrically or spirally
• Norwegian Bokmål: kveile — to wind cylindrically or spirally
• Swedish: rulla ihop — to wind cylindrically or spirally
• Swedish: rulla ihop sig — to wind cylindrically or spirally