dowel

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• /ˈdaʊəl/
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From Middle English dowle, dule, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French doelle (“the hollow part of a tool where the handle is”), from Frankish *duli (“hollow tube, pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *dulją (“pipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhel- (“curvature, hollow”). If so, then cognate with French douelle, douille. Alternatively from Middle Low German dövel (“peg, plug”), from Old Saxon *dubil, from Proto-Germanic *dubilaz. If so, then cognate with Dutch deuvel (“wooden peg”), German Dübel (“dowel”).

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: խցաբութակ (xcʻabutʻak) — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Armenian: դյուբել (dyubel) — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Bulgarian: шпилка (špilka) — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Bulgarian: щифт (štift) — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Catalan: clavilla — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Chinese Mandarin: 銷釘 /销钉 (xiāodìng) — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Dutch: deuvel — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Estonian: tüübel — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Estonian: punn — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Finnish: tappi — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Finnish: seinätulppa — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Finnish: tulppa — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• French: cheville — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• French: goujon — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• German: Dübel — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• German: Holzdübel — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• German: Feder — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• German: Verbinder — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Hungarian: pecek — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Ingrian: naakeli — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Italian: tassello — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Italian: piolo — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Japanese: ダボ (dabo) — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Norwegian: dimling — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Portuguese: cavilha — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Russian: шпо́нка (špónka) — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Russian: штифт (štift) — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Russian: на́гель (nágelʹ) — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Serbo-Croatian: tìpl — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Serbo-Croatian: tìpla — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Spanish: clavija — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Spanish: taco — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Spanish: espiga — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Spanish: tarugo — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Spanish: torillo — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Swedish: dymling — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Tagalog: klabiha — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Turkish: dübel — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Turkish: pim — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Welsh: hoelbren — a pin fitting into holes, partly in one piece and partly in the other to keep them in their position
• Bulgarian: клин (klin) — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 木钉 (mù-dīng) — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Dutch: plug — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• French: cheville — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• German: Dübel — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• German: Feder — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• German: Holzdübel — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Norwegian: dimling — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Spanish: clavija lignaria — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Spanish: torillo lignario — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Spanish: espiga — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Spanish: almilla — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Spanish: tarugo — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Spanish: bitoque — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Welsh: hoelbren — piece of wood fitted into a surface
• Bulgarian: дюбел (djubel) — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• Chinese Mandarin: 膨脹螺絲 /膨胀螺丝 — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• Chinese Mandarin: 麻根塞 — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• Chinese Mandarin: 膠塞 /胶塞 (jiāosài) — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• German: Dübel — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• German: Wanddübel — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• German: Kunststoffdübel — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• German: Metalldübel — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• Portuguese: bucha — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• Russian: дю́бель (djúbelʹ) — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• Spanish: tarugo — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it
• Vietnamese: tắc-kê — something fitted into a surface to let other pieces be fastened to it