gimlet

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• General-American, UK: /ˈɡɪm.lət/
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From Middle English gimlet etc., from Old French guinbelet, guimbelet, guibelet, probably a diminutive of the Anglo-Norman wimble, a variation of guimble (“drill”), from the Middle Low German wiemel; continued in Modern French as gibelet. Cocktail either named after the tool, in reference to its penetrating effects, or British Navy surgeon Thomas Gimlette (1857–1943).

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: ginbalet — tool
• Bulgarian: свре́дел (svrédel) — tool
• Catalan: barrina — tool
• Czech: nebozez — tool
• Danish: vridbor — tool
• Dutch: fretboor — tool
• Finnish: näveri — tool
• French: vrille — tool
• Galician: trade — tool
• Galician: tarabela — tool
• Galician: binguelete — tool
• Georgian: პატარა ბურღი (ṗaṭara burɣi) — tool
• Georgian: ბურღი (burɣi) — tool
• German: Ahle — tool
• Ancient Greek: τέρετρον (téretron) — tool
• Ingrian: vinteli — tool
• Irish: gimléad — tool
• Italian: succhiello — tool
• Japanese: 錐 (kiri) — tool
• Korean: 송곳 (songgot) — tool
• Latin: terebra — tool
• Manx: gimlad — tool
• Māori: wiri — tool
• Persian: مته (matte) — tool
• Piedmontese: vrin — tool
• Polish: ręczny świder — tool
• Portuguese: verruma — tool
• Portuguese: broca — tool
• Portuguese: trado — tool
• Russian: бура́вчик (burávčik) — tool
• Scottish Gaelic: gimleid — tool
• Spanish: barrena de mano — tool
• Turkish: burgu — tool
• Ottoman Turkish: بورغو (burgu) — tool
• Ukrainian: свердлик (sverdlyk) — tool
• Welsh: gwimbill — tool
• Woiwurrung: man-mure-bul-lup — tool
• Finnish: gimlet — cocktail
• French: gimlet — cocktail
• Georgian: გიმლეტი (gimleṭi) — cocktail
• German: Gimlet — cocktail
• Japanese: ギムレット (gimuretto) — cocktail
• Polish: gimlet — cocktail
• Swedish: gimlet — cocktail
• Dutch: boren — To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet)
• Finnish: nävertää — To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet)
• French: vriller — To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet)
• Georgian: ბურღვა (burɣva) — To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet)
• Italian: succhiellare — To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet)
• Polish: wiercić — To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet)
• Portuguese: verrumar — To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet)
• Russian: буравить (buravitʹ) — To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet)