reel

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• /ˈɹiːl/
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From Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræll.

194 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: рил (ril) — dance, music
• Danish: reel — dance, music
• French: reel — dance, music
• Irish: ríl — dance, music
• Irish: cor — dance, music
• Manx: reel — dance, music
• Portuguese: ril — dance, music
• Russian: рил (ril) — dance, music
• Scottish Gaelic: ruidhle — dance, music
• Scottish Gaelic: ridhle — dance, music
• Swedish: reel — dance, music
• Welsh: ril — dance, music
• Arabic: بَكَرَة (bakara) — spool
• Armenian: կոճ (koč) — spool
• Bulgarian: макара́ (makará) — spool
• Catalan: carret — spool
• Catalan: rodet — spool
• Chinese Mandarin: 捲 /卷 (juǎn) — spool
• Chinese Mandarin: 捲筒 /卷筒 (juǎntǒng) — spool
• Danish: tromle — spool
• Danish: rulle — spool
• Danish: hjul — spool
• Danish: trisse — spool
• Dutch: spoel — spool
• Esperanto: bobeno — spool
• Finnish: kela — spool
• French: bobine — spool
• Galician: sarillo — spool
• Galician: argadelo — spool
• Georgian: ბაბინა (babina) — spool
• German: Spule — spool
• German: Trommel — spool
• Greek: καρούλι (karoúli) — spool
• Greek: μπομπίνα (bompína) — spool
• Ancient Greek: πηνίον (pēníon) — spool
• Hawaiian: pōkaʻa — spool
• Hindi: अटेरन (aṭeran) — spool
• Hungarian: orsó — spool
• Hungarian: gombolyag — spool
• Hungarian: cséve — spool
• Hungarian: motolla — spool
• Hungarian: tekercs — spool
• Hungarian: henger — spool
• Hungarian: spulni — spool
• Ingrian: katuška — spool
• Irish: roithleán — spool
• Japanese: リール (rīru) — spool
• Korean: 릴 (ril) — spool
• Korean: 실패 (silpae) — spool
• Latin: alabrum — spool
• Macedonian: ма́кара (mákara) — spool
• Māori: takatakai — spool
• Māori: pōkaimiro — spool
• Norwegian Bokmål: trommel — spool
• Norwegian Bokmål: spole — spool
• Norwegian Bokmål: rull — spool
• Portuguese: sarilho — spool
• Romanian: mosor — spool
• Romanian: bobină — spool
• Russian: боби́на (bobína) — spool
• Russian: кату́шка (katúška) — spool
• Russian: шпу́лька (špúlʹka) — spool
• Russian: бараба́н (barabán) — spool
• Russian: во́рот (vórot) — spool
• Russian: кабеста́н (kabestán) — spool
• Russian: руле́тка (rulétka) — spool
• Spanish: carrete — spool
• Ottoman Turkish: ماسوره (masura) — spool
• Ottoman Turkish: استاج (istac) — spool
• Ottoman Turkish: مقره (makara) — spool
• Ottoman Turkish: بوبین (bobin) — spool
• Danish: rulle — machine for winding yarns
• Finnish: rulla — machine for winding yarns
• French: enrouleur — machine for winding yarns
• Galician: sarillo — machine for winding yarns
• Galician: debadoira — machine for winding yarns
• Norwegian Bokmål: spole — machine for winding yarns
• Finnish: laonnostokela — device for a harvesting machine
• German: Haspel — device for a harvesting machine
• Bulgarian: трейлър (trejlǎr) — compilation of film
• Danish: rulle — compilation of film
• Finnish: kela — compilation of film
• German: Demoband — compilation of film
• Greek: μπομπίνα (bompína) — compilation of film
• Russian: тре́йлер (tréjler) — compilation of film
• Swedish: rulle — compilation of film
• Bulgarian: рийл (rijl) — social media temporary publication
• Hebrew: רילז (rílz) — social media temporary publication
• Polish: rolka — social media temporary publication
• Spanish: reel (ril) — social media temporary publication
• Armenian: փաթաթել (pʻatʻatʻel) — to wind on a reel
• Bulgarian: намотавам (namotavam) — to wind on a reel
• Dutch: oprollen — to wind on a reel
• Finnish: keriä — to wind on a reel
• Finnish: kelata — to wind on a reel
• Finnish: rullata — to wind on a reel
• French: embobiner — to wind on a reel
• French: enrouler — to wind on a reel
• Galician: dobar — to wind on a reel
• Galician: debanar — to wind on a reel
• Galician: ensarillar — to wind on a reel
• German: aufrollen — to wind on a reel
• Hindi: अटेरना (aṭernā) — to wind on a reel
• Hungarian: tekercsel — to wind on a reel
• Hungarian: gombolyít — to wind on a reel
• Māori: takatakai — to wind on a reel
• Polish: motać — to wind on a reel
• Polish: namotać — to wind on a reel
• Polish: nawijać — to wind on a reel
• Polish: nawinąć — to wind on a reel
• Portuguese: enrolar — to wind on a reel
• Russian: нама́тывать (namátyvatʹ) — to wind on a reel
• Russian: намота́ть (namotátʹ) — to wind on a reel
• Spanish: enrollar — to wind on a reel
• Spanish: bobinar — to wind on a reel
• Spanish: embobinar — to wind on a reel
• Spanish: devanar — to wind on a reel
• Spanish: enmadejar — to wind on a reel
• Bulgarian: навивам (navivam) — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Danish: rulle — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Danish: spole — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Danish: vinde — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Finnish: pyörittää — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Finnish: pyöriä — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• German: drehen — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• German: kreisen — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Hindi: लपेटना (lapeṭnā) — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Hungarian: teker — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Māori: kōripo — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Polish: wirować — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Polish: kręcić się — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Polish: krążyć — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Russian: кружи́ть (kružítʹ) — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Russian: верте́ть (vertétʹ) — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Russian: кружи́ться (kružítʹsja) — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Russian: верте́ться (vertétʹsja) — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Swedish: rulla — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Swedish: spola — to spin or revolve repeatedly
• Bulgarian: размотавам (razmotavam) — to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else
• Bulgarian: размотая (razmotaja) — to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else
• Bulgarian: развивам (razvivam) — to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else
• Bulgarian: развия (razvija) — to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else
• Danish: rulle — to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else
• Finnish: kelata — to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else
• Finnish: kelata auki — to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else
• Hungarian: leteker — to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else
• Bulgarian: залитам (zalitam) — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Czech: vrávorat — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Danish: vakle — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Danish: rave — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Danish: slingre — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Finnish: horjua — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• French: tituber — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• German: taumeln — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Hungarian: tántorog — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Hungarian: támolyog — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Hungarian: dülöngél — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Hungarian: inog — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Italian: barcollare — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Latin: titubō — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Māori: ānewa — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Māori: ānewanewa — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Māori: kōkeke — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Māori: keha — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Māori: takarangi — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Norwegian: vakle — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Norwegian: skjekle — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Norwegian: stolpre — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Polish: zataczać się — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Polish: chwiać się (na nogach) — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Portuguese: titubear — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Russian: идти́ шата́ясь (idtí šatájasʹ) — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Russian: спотыка́ться (spotykátʹsja) — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Russian: шата́ться (šatátʹsja) — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Spanish: titubear — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Swedish: vackla — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Telugu: తూలు (tūlu) — to walk shakily or unsteadily
• Bulgarian: отскачам (otskačam) — (reel back) to back off or step away unsteadily and quickly
• Bulgarian: отскоча (otskoča) — (reel back) to back off or step away unsteadily and quickly
• Danish: vakle — (reel back) to back off or step away unsteadily and quickly
• Finnish: horjahtaa — (reel back) to back off or step away unsteadily and quickly
• Hungarian: megtántorodik — (reel back) to back off or step away unsteadily and quickly
• Hungarian: hátratántorodik — (reel back) to back off or step away unsteadily and quickly
• Hungarian: meginog — (reel back) to back off or step away unsteadily and quickly
• Hungarian: megszédül — (reel back) to back off or step away unsteadily and quickly
• Finnish: horjuttaa — to make or cause to reel
• Finnish: pyörittää — to make or cause to reel
• Hungarian: megszédít — to make or cause to reel
• Hungarian: elszédít — to make or cause to reel
• Bulgarian: смущавам се (smuštavam se) — to be in shock
• Bulgarian: шокирам се (šokiram se) — to be in shock
• Hungarian: elképed — to be in shock
• Spanish: estar medio traumado — to be in shock
• Spanish: continuar estupefacto — to be in shock