Standard Lemma guide

needle

name · noun · verb · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈniː.dəl/
  • [ˈnɪi̯.dəl] ~ [ˈnɪi̯.dl̩]
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  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːdəl
  • CMU ARPABET: N IY1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The seamstress threaded the needle to sew on a button.
  • reusable needles
  • single-use needles

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neele

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a compass needle
  • The needle on the fuel gauge pointed to empty.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

  • Ziggy bought some diamond needles for his hi-fi phonograph.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Qualifier: usually preceded by the

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A move in which the performer begins with two hands and one leg on the floor, then kicks the other leg into a full split.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To pierce with a needle, especially for sewing or acupuncture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To tease in order to provoke; to poke fun at.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Billy needled his sister incessantly about her pimples.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: goad, tease

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To form, or be formed, in the shape of a needle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • to needle crystals

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: implement

Narrower terms: crochet needle, crochet hook, dry point, hypodermic needle, knitting needle, packing needle, sewing needle

16

noun

Meaning 16

a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pointer

17

noun

Meaning 17

a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phonograph needle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stylus

18

noun

Meaning 18

the leaf of a conifer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acerate leaf

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: simple leaf

19

verb

Meaning 19

goad or provoke,as by constant criticism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He needled her with his sarcastic remarks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: goad

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke

20

verb

Meaning 20

prick with a needle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prickle, prick

History

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun needle. Compare Nadler. * As a Jewish surname, translation of the surname Nadel, itself meaning needle.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh1tlom Proto-Germanic *nēþlą Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *nēþlō Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu Old English nǣdl Middle English nedle English needle From Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from pre-Germanic *neh1-tleh2, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh1- (“to spin, twist”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Näddele (“sewing needle”), Dutch naald (“needle”), German Nadel (“needle, pin, crochet hook”), nähen (“sew”), Luxembourgish Nol (“needle”), Vilamovian nöłd (“needle”), Yiddish נאָדל (nodl, “needle, pin”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish nål (“needle”), Elfdalian ną̊l (“needle”), Faroese, Icelandic nál (“needle”), Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla, “sewing needle”), Finnish neula (“needle”). Further related with Welsh nyddu, Latin nēre, Sanskrit स्नायति (snāyati, “wraps up, winds”). Related to snood.

Across languages

Translations

486 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: агәыр (agwər) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Acehnese: jarom — implement for sewing etc.
  • Afrikaans: naald — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ahom: 𑜁𑜢𑜉𑜫 (khim) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ainu: ケㇺ (kem) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Aklanon: dagom — implement for sewing etc.
  • Alabama: chofisɬopòoli — implement for sewing etc.
  • Alabama: chofistoolfa — implement for sewing etc.
  • Albanian: gjilpërë — implement for sewing etc.
  • Albanian: shtizë — implement for sewing etc.
  • Southern Altai: ийне (iyne) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Amharic: መርፌ (märfe) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Jicarilla: awóoha — implement for sewing etc.
  • Arabic: إِبْرَة (ʔibra) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Arabic: مِخْيَط (miḵyaṭ) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Arabic: إبرة (ʔebra) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Aragonese: agulla — implement for sewing etc.
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܡܵܛܵܐ (ḥmāṭā) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܚܲܛܵܐ (mḥaṭṭā) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Aramaic: ܡܚܛܐ (mḥṭʔ) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Aramaic: ܬܒܢܐ (tbnʔ) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡄࡀࡈࡀ (mhaṭa) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Aramaic: ܡܚܲܛܵܐ (mḥaṭṭā) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מַחֲטָא (maḥăṭā) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Armenian: ասեղ (aseġ) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Old Armenian: ասեղն (asełn) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Aromanian: ac — implement for sewing etc.
  • Assamese: বেজী (bezi) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Asturian: aguya — implement for sewing etc.
  • Avar: рукӏкӏен (rukkʼen) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Azerbaijani: iynə — implement for sewing etc.
  • Azerbaijani: qıyıq — implement for sewing etc.
  • Bashkir: энә (enə) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Basque: orratz — implement for sewing etc.
  • Belarusian: іго́лка (ihólka) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Belarusian: ігла́ (ihlá) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Belarusian: спі́ца (spíca) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Bengali: ছুঁচ (chũc) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Bengali: সূচী (śuci) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Bengali: সুই (śui) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Central Bikol: dagom — implement for sewing etc.
  • Bouyei: jiml — implement for sewing etc.
  • Breton: nadoz — implement for sewing etc.
  • Budukh: руб (rub) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Bulgarian: игла́ (iglá) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Burmese: အပ် (ap) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Buryat: зүүн (züün) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Catalan: agulla — implement for sewing etc.
  • Cebuano: dagom — implement for sewing etc.
  • Eastern Cham: jarum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chamicuro: amejkisi — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chavacano: aguja — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chechen: маха (maxa) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Cherokee: ᏴᎩ (yvgi) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chichewa: singano — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chickasaw: naaishtalhcho'wa' — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chinese Cantonese: 針 /针 (zam1) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chinese: җын (žɨn) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chinese: 針 /针 (chiam) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 針 /针 (zhēn) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chukchi: титиӈы — implement for sewing etc.
  • Chuvash: йӗп (jĕp) — implement for sewing etc.
  • West Circassian: мастэ (mastɛ) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ngazidja Comorian: sindanu — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ngazidja Comorian: sindzanu — implement for sewing etc.
  • Crimean Tatar: iyne — implement for sewing etc.
  • Czech: jehla — implement for sewing etc.
  • Dalmatian: juac — implement for sewing etc.
  • Danish: nål — implement for sewing etc.
  • Dongxiang: zhun — implement for sewing etc.
  • Dutch: naald — implement for sewing etc.
  • Emilian: agåccia — implement for sewing etc.
  • Emilian: gùcia — implement for sewing etc.
  • Erzya: салмукс (salmuks) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Esperanto: nadlo — implement for sewing etc.
  • Esperanto: kudrilo — implement for sewing etc.
  • Esperanto: injektilo — implement for sewing etc.
  • Estonian: nõel — implement for sewing etc.
  • Even: инмэ̇ (inmə̇) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Evenki: инмэ (inmə) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Extremaduran: abuja — implement for sewing etc.
  • Extremaduran: aúja — implement for sewing etc.
  • Extremaduran: uja — implement for sewing etc.
  • Fala: agulla — implement for sewing etc.
  • Faroese: nál — implement for sewing etc.
  • Fataluku: caruma — implement for sewing etc.
  • Finnish: neula — implement for sewing etc.
  • French: aiguille — implement for sewing etc.
  • Saterland Frisian: Näddele — implement for sewing etc.
  • West-Frisian: nuddel — implement for sewing etc.
  • Friulian: gusiele — implement for sewing etc.
  • Gagauz: iinä — implement for sewing etc.
  • Galician: agulla — implement for sewing etc.
  • Georgian: ნემსი (nemsi) — implement for sewing etc.
  • German: Nadel — implement for sewing etc.
  • Old High German: nādala — implement for sewing etc.
  • Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Greek: βελόνα (velóna) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ancient Greek: βελόνη (belónē) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ancient Greek: ῥαφίς (rhaphís) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Gujarati: સોય (soya) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Haitian Creole: zegwi — implement for sewing etc.
  • Hausa: allura — implement for sewing etc.
  • Hebrew: מַחַט (mákhat) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Higaonon: dagum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Hiligaynon: dagum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Hindi: सुई (suī) — implement for sewing etc.
  • White Hmong: koob — implement for sewing etc.
  • Hungarian: tű — implement for sewing etc.
  • Hungarian: varrótű — implement for sewing etc.
  • Icelandic: nál — implement for sewing etc.
  • Icelandic: saumnál — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ilocano: dagum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Indonesian: jarum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ingrian: neegla — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ingush: маха (maxa) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Iranun: ragum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Irish: snáthaid — implement for sewing etc.
  • Isnag: daxum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Istriot: ago — implement for sewing etc.
  • Italian: ago — implement for sewing etc.
  • Itelmen: сыс — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ivatan: dayem — implement for sewing etc.
  • Japanese: 針 (hari) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Javanese: dom — implement for sewing etc.
  • Kalmyk: темн (temn) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Kalmyk: зүн (zün) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Kannada: ಸೂಜಿ (sūji) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Kapampangan: karayum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Karachay-Balkar: ийне (iyne) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Karakalpak: iyne — implement for sewing etc.
  • Kazakh: ине (ine) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ket: иʼнь — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ket: иʼн — implement for sewing etc.
  • Khakas: іңе (ìñe) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Khmer: ម្ជុល (mcul) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Korean: 바늘 (baneul) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Kumyk: ине (ine) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Central Kurdish: دەرزی (derzî) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Laki: دەرزەن (derzen) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Northern Kurdish: derzî — implement for sewing etc.
  • Southern Kurdish: دەرزی (derzî) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Kyrgyz: ийне (iyne) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ladin: odla — implement for sewing etc.
  • Lao: ເຂັມ (khem) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Latgalian: odota — implement for sewing etc.
  • Latin: acus — implement for sewing etc.
  • Latvian: adata — implement for sewing etc.
  • Lezgi: раб (rab) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Lingala: ntonga — implement for sewing etc.
  • Lingala: tonga — implement for sewing etc.
  • Lithuanian: adata — implement for sewing etc.
  • Livonian: nõggõl — implement for sewing etc.
  • Lombard: guggia — implement for sewing etc.
  • Lombard: gügia — implement for sewing etc.
  • : ᦃᦲᧄ (ẋiim) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Macedonian: игла (igla) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Maguindanao: ragum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Makasae: ruma — implement for sewing etc.
  • Malay: jarum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Malayalam: സൂചി (sūci) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Maltese: labra — implement for sewing etc.
  • Manchu: ᡠᠯᠮᡝ (ulme) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Mansaka: dagum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Māori: mātuhi — implement for sewing etc.
  • Māori: uhi — implement for sewing etc.
  • Māori: ngira — implement for sewing etc.
  • Maranao: ragom — implement for sewing etc.
  • Marathi: सुई (suī) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Moksha: салмокс (salmoks) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Mongo: ntonga — implement for sewing etc.
  • Mongolian: зүү (züü) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Mongolian: тэвнэ (tevne) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Munsee: ambiilaméekwaan — implement for sewing etc.
  • Muong: kim — implement for sewing etc.
  • Nanai: хурмэ (hurme) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Navajo: tsah — implement for sewing etc.
  • Navajo: tsah bee náʼálkadí — implement for sewing etc.
  • Neapolitan: aco — implement for sewing etc.
  • Nepali: सुई (suī) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ngombe (Congo): tonga — implement for sewing etc.
  • Nivkh: нух (nux) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norman: aidgulle — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norman: aigùule — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norman: edjulle — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nål — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: synål — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pinne — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strikkepinne — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nål — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: synål — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pinne — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: strikkepinn — implement for sewing etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: strikkepinne — implement for sewing etc.
  • Occitan: agulha — implement for sewing etc.
  • Odia: ଛୁଞ୍ଚି (chuñci) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Odia: ସୂଚୀ (suci) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Okinawan: 針 — implement for sewing etc.
  • Okinawan: 鍼 (hāi) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Old English: nǣdl — implement for sewing etc.
  • Old Norse: nál — implement for sewing etc.
  • Old Prussian: ayculo — implement for sewing etc.
  • Oromo: lilimmoo — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ossetian: судзин (suʒin) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Pali: sūci — implement for sewing etc.
  • Pannonian Rusyn: игелка (ihelka) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Pannonian Rusyn: игла (ihla) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Papiamentu: angua — implement for sewing etc.
  • Papiamentu: hangua — implement for sewing etc.
  • Paraujano: utiña — implement for sewing etc.
  • Pashto: ستن (stən) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Dari: سوزَن (sōzan) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Iranian Persian: سوزَن (suzan) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Plautdietsch: Notel — implement for sewing etc.
  • Polish: igła — implement for sewing etc.
  • Polish: drut — implement for sewing etc.
  • Portuguese: agulha — implement for sewing etc.
  • Punjabi: ਸੂਈ (sūī) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Quechua: yawri — implement for sewing etc.
  • Rohingya: fuic — implement for sewing etc.
  • Romagnol: eg — implement for sewing etc.
  • Romanian: ac — implement for sewing etc.
  • Romanian: andrea — implement for sewing etc.
  • Romanian: undrea — implement for sewing etc.
  • Romansh: guglia — implement for sewing etc.
  • Russian: игла́ (iglá) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Russian: иго́лка (igólka) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Russian: спи́ца (spíca) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Skolt-Sami: neuˊll — implement for sewing etc.
  • Sanskrit: सूची (sūcī) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Sardinian: àcu — implement for sewing etc.
  • Sasak: jarum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Scottish Gaelic: snàthad — implement for sewing etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝгла — implement for sewing etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìgla — implement for sewing etc.
  • Shan: ၶဵမ် (khǎem) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Shor: инге (inge) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Sicilian: augghia — implement for sewing etc.
  • Sikkimese: ཁབ (khab) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Sinhalese: කටුව (kaṭuwa) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Sinhalese: සූචිය (sūciya) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Slovak: ihla — implement for sewing etc.
  • Slovene: igla — implement for sewing etc.
  • Slovene: šivanka — implement for sewing etc.
  • Somali: irbbad — implement for sewing etc.
  • Lower Sorbian: glicka — implement for sewing etc.
  • Lower Sorbian: gła — implement for sewing etc.
  • Lower Sorbian: jegła — implement for sewing etc.
  • Upper Sorbian: jehła — implement for sewing etc.
  • Spanish: aguja — implement for sewing etc.
  • Spanish: yawri — implement for sewing etc.
  • Spanish: yauri — implement for sewing etc.
  • Swahili: sindano — implement for sewing etc.
  • Swedish: nål — implement for sewing etc.
  • Swedish: sticka — implement for sewing etc.
  • Swedish: synål — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tagalog: karayom — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tai Dam: ꪹꪄꪸꪣ — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tajik: сӯзан (süzan) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Talysh: darzən — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tamil: ஊசி (ūci) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tarifit: iseyni — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tarifit: tiseyneft — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tat: dərzən — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tatar: энә (enä) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tatar: инә (inä) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tausug: jawm — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tboli: dalum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Telugu: సూది (sūdi) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tetum: daun — implement for sewing etc.
  • Thai: เข็ม (kěm) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tibetan: ཁབ (khab) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tigrinya: መርፍእ (märfəʾ) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Turkish: iğne — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایكنه (iğne) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ottoman Turkish: ابره (ibre) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ottoman Turkish: سوزن (suzen) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Turkmen: iňňe — implement for sewing etc.
  • Tuvan: ине (ine) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Udihe: иӈмэ — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ukrainian: го́лка (hólka) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ukrainian: спи́ця (spýcja) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Ukrainian: дро́тик (drótyk) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Urdu: سُوئی (sūī) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Urdu: سوزَن (sozan) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Uyghur: يىڭنە (yingne) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Uyghur: жиңнә (zhingne) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Uzbek: igna — implement for sewing etc.
  • Venetan: gucia — implement for sewing etc.
  • Venetan: guxela — implement for sewing etc.
  • Venetan: ucia — implement for sewing etc.
  • Vietnamese: kim — implement for sewing etc.
  • Volapük: nad — implement for sewing etc.
  • Votic: niglõ — implement for sewing etc.
  • Waray-Waray: da-gum — implement for sewing etc.
  • Welsh: nodwydd — implement for sewing etc.
  • Welsh: gweyllen — implement for sewing etc.
  • Woiwurrung: kullap — implement for sewing etc.
  • Yakut: иннэ (inne) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Yiddish: נאָדל (nodl) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Yiddish: שפּילקע (shpilke) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Yoruba: abẹ́rẹ́ — implement for sewing etc.
  • Northern Yukaghir: муридьэ (murid̦e) — implement for sewing etc.
  • Zhuang: cim — implement for sewing etc.
  • Zhuang: caemz — implement for sewing etc.
  • Zhuang: chaem — implement for sewing etc.
  • Albanian: gjilpërë — indicating device
  • Albanian: akrep — indicating device
  • Armenian: սլաք (slakʻ) — indicating device
  • Azerbaijani: ibrə — indicating device
  • Belarusian: стрэ́лка (strélka) — indicating device
  • Bulgarian: стрелка́ (strelká) — indicating device
  • Catalan: agulla — indicating device
  • Czech: jehla — indicating device
  • Danish: nål — indicating device
  • Dutch: naald — indicating device
  • Esperanto: montrilo — indicating device
  • Esperanto: nadlo — indicating device
  • Finnish: neula — indicating device
  • French: aiguille — indicating device
  • Saterland Frisian: Näddele — indicating device
  • West-Frisian: nuddel — indicating device
  • German: Nadel — indicating device
  • Old High German: nādala — indicating device
  • Greek: βελόνα (velóna) — indicating device
  • Hebrew: מַחַט (mákhat) — indicating device
  • Hindi: सुई (suī) — indicating device
  • Hungarian: tű — indicating device
  • Hungarian: mutató — indicating device
  • Icelandic: nál — indicating device
  • Irish: snáthaid — indicating device
  • Italian: lancetta — indicating device
  • Latvian: adata — indicating device
  • Macedonian: сказалка (skazalka) — indicating device
  • Macedonian: стрелка (strelka) — indicating device
  • Macedonian: показалка (pokazalka) — indicating device
  • Occitan: agulha — indicating device
  • Polish: wskazówka — indicating device
  • Portuguese: agulha — indicating device
  • Portuguese: ponteiro — indicating device
  • Romanian: ac — indicating device
  • Russian: стре́лка (strélka) — indicating device
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝгла — indicating device
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка̀за̄љка — indicating device
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìgla — indicating device
  • Serbo-Croatian: kàzāljka — indicating device
  • Slovak: ručička — indicating device
  • Slovene: igla — indicating device
  • Lower Sorbian: wubijak — indicating device
  • Spanish: saeta — indicating device
  • Spanish: saetilla — indicating device
  • Spanish: aguja — indicating device
  • Swahili: sindano — indicating device
  • Swedish: nål — indicating device
  • Swedish: visare — indicating device
  • Turkish: ibre — indicating device
  • Ottoman Turkish: ابره (ibre) — indicating device
  • Ukrainian: стрі́лка (strílka) — indicating device
  • Albanian: gjilpërë — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Albanian: gjilpërë e gramafonit — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Armenian: ասեղ (aseġ) — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Bashkir: энә (enə) — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Bulgarian: игли́чка (iglíčka) — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Catalan: agulla — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Czech: jehla — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Danish: nål — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Dutch: naald — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Esperanto: nadlo — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Finnish: neula — sensor phonograph stylus
  • French: saphir — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Saterland Frisian: Näddele — sensor phonograph stylus
  • West-Frisian: nuddel — sensor phonograph stylus
  • German: Nadel — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Old High German: nādala — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Greek: βελόνα (velóna) — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Hebrew: מַחַט (máhat) — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Hindi: सुई (suī) — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Hungarian: tű — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Italian: puntina — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Latvian: adata — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Macedonian: игла (igla) — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Occitan: agulha — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Polish: igła — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Portuguese: agulha — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Romanian: ac — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Russian: игла́ (iglá) — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝгла — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìgla — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Slovak: ihla — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Slovene: igla — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Swahili: sindano — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Swedish: nål — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Turkish: iğne — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Ukrainian: го́лка (hólka) — sensor phonograph stylus
  • Alabama: choyyihissi — leaf of conifer
  • Albanian: halë — leaf of conifer
  • Armenian: փուշ (pʻuš) — leaf of conifer
  • Bashkir: энә (enə) — leaf of conifer
  • Belarusian: іго́лка (ihólka) — leaf of conifer
  • Bulgarian: игли́чка (iglíčka) — leaf of conifer
  • Catalan: agulla — leaf of conifer
  • Czech: jehlice — leaf of conifer
  • Danish: nål — leaf of conifer
  • Dutch: naald — leaf of conifer
  • Finnish: neulanen — leaf of conifer
  • French: aiguille — leaf of conifer
  • Saterland Frisian: Näddele — leaf of conifer
  • West-Frisian: nuddel — leaf of conifer
  • Galician: agulla — leaf of conifer
  • Galician: poma — leaf of conifer
  • Galician: arume — leaf of conifer
  • Galician: frouma — leaf of conifer
  • German: Nadel — leaf of conifer
  • Old High German: nādala — leaf of conifer
  • Greek: πευκοβελόνα (pefkovelóna) — leaf of conifer
  • Hebrew: מַחַט (máhat) — leaf of conifer
  • Hungarian: tű — leaf of conifer
  • Hungarian: tűlevél — leaf of conifer
  • Italian: ago — leaf of conifer
  • Japanese: 針葉 (shin'yō) — leaf of conifer
  • Latin: folium — leaf of conifer
  • Latvian: skujas — leaf of conifer
  • Lithuanian: spyglys — leaf of conifer
  • Macedonian: игла (igla) — leaf of conifer
  • Mongolian: шилмүүс (šilmüüs) — leaf of conifer
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠯᠮᠦᠦᠰᠦ (silmüüsü) — leaf of conifer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barnål — leaf of conifer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: barnål — leaf of conifer
  • Occitan: agulha — leaf of conifer
  • Polish: igła — leaf of conifer
  • Portuguese: agulha — leaf of conifer
  • Romanian: ac — leaf of conifer
  • Russian: игла́ (iglá) — leaf of conifer
  • Russian: иго́лка (igólka) — leaf of conifer
  • Russian: хвои́нка (xvoínka) — leaf of conifer
  • Russian: хво́я (xvója) — leaf of conifer
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝглица — leaf of conifer
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìglica — leaf of conifer
  • Slovak: ihlica — leaf of conifer
  • Slovene: iglica — leaf of conifer
  • Lower Sorbian: jeglicka — leaf of conifer
  • Lower Sorbian: jeglina — leaf of conifer
  • Spanish: acícula — leaf of conifer
  • Spanish: aguja — leaf of conifer
  • Swahili: sindano — leaf of conifer
  • Swedish: barr — leaf of conifer
  • Turkish: iğne — leaf of conifer
  • Ukrainian: го́лка (hólka) — leaf of conifer
  • Ukrainian: хво́я (xvója) — leaf of conifer
  • Welsh: nodwydd — leaf of conifer
  • Bulgarian: шия (šija) — to pierce with a needle
  • Dutch: naaien — to pierce with a needle
  • French: coudre — to pierce with a needle
  • Italian: punzonare — to pierce with a needle
  • Malayalam: കുത്തുക (kuttuka) — to pierce with a needle
  • Persian: سوزن زدن (suzan zadan) — to pierce with a needle
  • Serbo-Croatian: probadati — to pierce with a needle
  • Slovak: prepichnúť — to pierce with a needle
  • Slovak: vpichnúť — to pierce with a needle
  • Slovak: prepichovať — to pierce with a needle
  • Slovak: vpichovať — to pierce with a needle
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایكنهلمك (iğnelemek) — to pierce with a needle
  • Bulgarian: дразня (draznja) — to tease in order to provoke
  • Bulgarian: провокирам (provokiram) — to tease in order to provoke
  • Dutch: stangen — to tease in order to provoke
  • Dutch: pesten — to tease in order to provoke
  • Dutch: plagen — to tease in order to provoke
  • Dutch: prikkelen — to tease in order to provoke
  • Finnish: piikitellä — to tease in order to provoke
  • Finnish: kiusoitella — to tease in order to provoke
  • Finnish: härnätä — to tease in order to provoke
  • French: taquiner — to tease in order to provoke
  • French: monter qqn — to tease in order to provoke
  • French: asticoter — to tease in order to provoke
  • German: hänseln — to tease in order to provoke
  • Greek: βουρλίζω (vourlízo) — to tease in order to provoke
  • Greek: διαολίζω (diaolízo) — to tease in order to provoke
  • Hungarian: piszkál — to tease in order to provoke
  • Italian: punzecchiare — to tease in order to provoke
  • Māori: hakirara — to tease in order to provoke
  • Māori: makitohene — to tease in order to provoke
  • Polish: drażnić — to tease in order to provoke
  • Serbo-Croatian: podbadati — to tease in order to provoke
  • Slovak: podpichnúť — to tease in order to provoke
  • Slovak: podpichovať — to tease in order to provoke
  • Swahili: sindano — to tease in order to provoke
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