helix

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• /ˈhiːlɪks/
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From Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted or spiral”).

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: لَوْلَب (lawlab) — curve
• Armenian: պարույր (paruyr) — curve
• Asturian: héliz — curve
• Bulgarian: спира́ла (spirála) — curve
• Catalan: hèlix — curve
• Chinese Mandarin: 螺旋 (luóxuán) — curve
• Czech: šroubovice — curve
• Danish: skruelinje — curve
• Dutch: helix — curve
• Dutch: schroeflijn — curve
• Esperanto: helikso — curve
• Esperanto: helico — curve
• Finnish: ruuviviiva — curve
• Finnish: ruuvikierre — curve
• French: hélice — curve
• German: Spirale — curve
• German: Wendel — curve
• German: Helix — curve
• Icelandic: skrúflína — curve
• Icelandic: gormferill — curve
• Italian: elica — curve
• Japanese: 螺旋 (rasen) — curve
• Kazakh: бұранда сызық (būranda syzyq) — curve
• Northern Kurdish: lûlpêç — curve
• Macedonian: завојница (zavojnica) — curve
• Māori: maurea — curve
• Persian: پیچه (piče) — curve
• Polish: helisa — curve
• Portuguese: hélice — curve
• Russian: спира́ль (spirálʹ) — curve
• Russian: винтова́я ли́ния (vintovája línija) — curve
• Spanish: hélice — curve
• Swedish: helix — curve
• Tagalog: pilipit — curve
• Turkish: sarmal — curve
• Catalan: hèlix — in architecture
• Finnish: heliks — in architecture
• Greek: έλικα (élika) — in architecture
• Ancient Greek: ἕλιξ (hélix) — in architecture
• Tagalog: pilipit — in architecture
• Bulgarian: охлюв (ohljuv) — of the ear
• Catalan: hèlix — of the ear
• Esperanto: helikso — of the ear
• Finnish: heliks — of the ear
• Finnish: ylärusto — of the ear
• Greek: έλικα (élika) — of the ear
• Portuguese: hélice — of the ear
• Portuguese: hélix — of the ear
• Russian: завито́к (zavitók) — of the ear