needlework

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈniː.dəl.wɜːk/
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• General-American: /ˈniː.dəl.wɚk/
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• CMU ARPABET: N IY1 D AH0 L W ER2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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 English -work English needlework From needle + -work.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: ጥልፍ (ṭəlf) — process of working with a needle
• Bulgarian: шев (šev) — process of working with a needle
• Bulgarian: бродиране (brodirane) — process of working with a needle
• Finnish: koristeompelu — process of working with a needle
• Finnish: koruompelu — process of working with a needle
• Finnish: kirjonta — process of working with a needle
• French: couture — process of working with a needle
• French: travaux d'aiguille — process of working with a needle
• Galician: costura — process of working with a needle
• German: Handarbeit — process of working with a needle
• Hungarian: kézimunka — process of working with a needle
• Hungarian: varrás — process of working with a needle
• Hungarian: hímzés — process of working with a needle
• Icelandic: saumaskapur — process of working with a needle
• Irish: fuáil — process of working with a needle
• Irish: obair shnáthaide — process of working with a needle
• Latin: cōnsūtūra — process of working with a needle
• Macedonian: ве́зење (vézenje) — process of working with a needle
• Norman: couôtuthe — process of working with a needle
• Polish: szycie — process of working with a needle
• Romanian: coasere — process of working with a needle
• Romanian: cusătură — process of working with a needle
• Russian: шитьё (šitʹjó) — process of working with a needle
• Russian: вышива́ние (vyšivánije) — process of working with a needle
• Russian: рукоде́лие (rukodélije) — process of working with a needle
• Russian: вяза́ние (vjazánije) — process of working with a needle
• Spanish: costura — process of working with a needle
• Spanish: cosedura — process of working with a needle
• Bulgarian: бродерия (broderija) — product of working with a needle
• Finnish: koruommel — product of working with a needle
• French: ouvrage — product of working with a needle
• Icelandic: saumaskapur — product of working with a needle
• Irish: obair shnáthaide — product of working with a needle
• Polish: robótka ręczna — product of working with a needle
• Spanish: costura — product of working with a needle
• Spanish: cosedura — product of working with a needle
• Bulgarian: ръкоделие (rǎkodelie) — occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle
• Finnish: koristeompelija — occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle
• Finnish: koruompelija — occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle
• Icelandic: saumaskapur — occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle
• Irish: obair shnáthaide — occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle
• Polish: wyszywanie — occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle
• Spanish: costura — occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle
• Spanish: cosedura — occupation of a person skilled in working with a needle