Phrase guide

drinking straw

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A long tube (usually made out of plastic or paper) through which a beverage is drunk via suction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: straw

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: straw

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tube, tubing

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: strooitjie — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Albanian: biule — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Arabic: شَفَّاط (šaffāṭ) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Arabic: شَفَّاطَة (šaffāṭa) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Arabic: شفّاطة (šaffāṭa) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Arabic: شليموه (šalīmō) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Arabic: عود (ʕŭd) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Arabic: بوصَة (būṣa) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Arabic: شلمونة (šalimōne) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܠܵܐ (lūlā) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Armenian: ձողիկ (joġik) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Belarusian: сало́мінка (salóminka) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Bulgarian: сла́мка (slámka) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Catalan: palla — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Catalan: canya — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Chinese Cantonese: 飲筒 /饮筒 — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Chinese: 欶管 (zh-min-nan) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吸管 (xīguǎn) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吸管兒 /吸管儿 (xīguǎnr) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Czech: slámka — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Czech: brčko — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Danish: sugerør — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Dutch: rietje — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Dutch: pijpenstrootje — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Esperanto: trinkŝalmo — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Estonian: kõrs — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Estonian: joogikõrs — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Faroese: súgvirør — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Finnish: pilli — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Finnish: juomapilli — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • French: paille — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Georgian: საწრუპავი (sac̣ruṗavi) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Georgian: საწრუპი (sac̣ruṗi) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • German: Strohhalm — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • German: Trinkhalm — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • German: Trinkrohr — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Greek: καλαμάκι (kalamáki) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Haitian Creole: chalimo — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Hebrew: קַשׁ (kash) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Hebrew: קַשִּׁית (kashít) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Hebrew: קַשִּׁית שתייה (kashít sh'tiyá) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Hungarian: szívószál — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Icelandic: drykkjarrör — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Icelandic: rör — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Indonesian: sedotan — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Interlingua: palea — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Irish: sop — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Irish: coinlín — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Italian: cannuccia — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Japanese: ストロー (sutorō) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Khmer: បំពង់បឺត (bɑmpŭəng bəɨt) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Korean: 빨대 (ppaldae) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Korean: 스트로 (seuteuro) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Lao: ຫລອດດູດນ້ໍາ (lǭt dūt nam) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Lao: ຫລອດ (lǭt) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Lao: ຫລອດດູດ (lǭt dūt) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Latvian: salmiņš — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Lithuanian: šiaudelis — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Luxembourgish: Chalumeau — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Macedonian: сла́мка (slámka) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Malay: penyedut minuman — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Malay: peleting (Kelantan) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Pattani Malay: peleting — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Terengganu Malay: peleting — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Māori: ngongo — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Māori: ngongo inu — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Marathi: स्ट्रॉ (sṭrŏ) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Mongolian: соруул (soruul) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thìngtsìuh — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sugerør — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sugerøyr — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Persian: نی نوشیدنی (ney-e nušidani) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Persian: نی (ney) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Polish: słomka — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Portuguese: canudo — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Portuguese: palhinha — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Romanian: pai — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Russian: соло́минка (solóminka) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Russian: тру́бочка (trúbočka) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Scottish Gaelic: sràbh — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: сламка — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: сламчица — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: цевка — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: цевчица — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: slamka — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: slamčica — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: cevka — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Serbo-Croatian: cevčica — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Slovak: slamka — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Slovene: slamica — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Lower Sorbian: słomka — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: absorbente — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: bombilla — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: calimete — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: caña — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: cañita — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: carrizo — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: pajilla — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: pajita — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: pitillo — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: popote — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: sorbete — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Spanish: sorbeto — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Swahili: mrija — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Swedish: sugrör — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Tagalog: halusan — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Tamil: ஸ்ட்ரா (sṭrā) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Thai: หลอด (lɔ̀ɔt) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Thai: หลอดดูด (lòt-dòot) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Thai: หลอดดูดน้ํา (lòt-dòot-nám) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Tibetan: སོག་མ་པི་པི (sog ma pi pi) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Turkish: kamış — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Turkish: pipet — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Ukrainian: соло́минка (solómynka) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Vietnamese: ống hút — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Walloon: paye — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Welsh: gwelltyn — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
  • Yiddish: שטרוי (shtroy) — a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk