cotton swab

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• Arabic: عُود أُذُن (ʕūd ʔuḏun) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Armenian: բամբակով ձողիկ (bambakov joġik) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Armenian: բամբակաձողիկ (bambakajoġik) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Azerbaijani: pambıq çöpü — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Azerbaijani: qulaq çöpü — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Belarusian: тупфер (tupfjer) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Bulgarian: клечка за уши (klečka za uši) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Chinese Mandarin: 棉花棒 (miánhuābàng) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Chinese Mandarin: 棉棒 (miánbàng) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Chinese Mandarin: 棉籤 /棉签 (miánqiān) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Czech: vatová tyčinka — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Czech: tyčinka do uší — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Czech: uchošťour — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Danish: vatpind — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Dutch: wattenstaafje — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Finnish: pumpulipuikko — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Finnish: vanupuikko — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Finnish: korvapuikko — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Finnish: topsipuikko — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• French: coton-tige — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• French: coton tige — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• French: bâtonnet ouaté — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• German: Wattestäbchen — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Greek: ωτογλυφίδα (otoglyfída) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Greek: ωτοκαθαριστής (otokatharistís) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Greek: μπατονέτα (batonéta) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Hebrew: מַקֵּל נִקּוּי אָזְנַיִם (maqqēl niqqui ʾå̄zənayim) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Hungarian: fültisztító pálcika — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Icelandic: eyrnapinni — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Indonesian: kapas pentol — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Indonesian: korek kuping — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Irish: baitín cadáis — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Italian: cotton fioc — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Italian: bastoncino cotonato — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Italian: nettaorecchi — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Italian: pulisciorecchi — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Japanese: 綿棒 (menbō) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Korean: 면봉 (myeonbong) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Malay: putik kapas — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Malay: kapas kesat — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Norwegian: bomullspinne — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Persian: گوشپاککن (gôš-pâk-kon) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Polish: patyczek do uszu — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Polish: patyczek higieniczny — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Polish: wymazówka — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Polish: wacik — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Portuguese: cotonete — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Portuguese: suabe — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Portuguese: zaragatoa — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Romanian: bețișor de vată — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Romanian: bețișor cu vată — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Russian: ва́тный ту́пфер (vátnyj túpfer) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Russian: ту́пфер (túpfer) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Russian: ва́тная па́лочка (vátnaja páločka) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Lower Sorbian: watowy kołk — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Upper Sorbian: watowy štabik — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Spanish: bastoncillo — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Spanish: bastoncillo de algodón — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Spanish: hisopo — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Spanish: hisopo de algodón — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Spanish: cotonete — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Spanish: copito — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Swedish: bomullspinne — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Swedish: tops — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Turkish: kulak çubuğu — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Ukrainian: ва́тяна па́личка (vátjana pályčka) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Ukrainian: ва́тна па́личка (vátna pályčka) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Vietnamese: tăm bông — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Welsh: ffon gotwm — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod
• Yiddish: וואַטע שפּיץ (vate shpits) — a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod