spindle

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• /ˈspɪndəl/
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Originally a nickname for someone who made, sold, or used spindles.

From Middle English spyndel, spindle, spyndylle, from Old English spindle, spindel, alteration of earlier spinel, spinil, spinl (“spindle”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”), equivalent to spin + -le. Cognate with Scots spindil, spinnell (“spindle”), Dutch spindel ("spindle"; < Middle Dutch spille, spinle), German Spindel (“spindle”), Danish spindel (“spindle”), Swedish spindel (“spindle”). The dragonfly sense (noun sense 14) is a calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle); this word was introduced by New Sweden settlers.

185 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bosht — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Arabic: مِغْزَل (miḡzal) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Armenian: իլիկ (ilik) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Armenian: իլ (il) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Aromanian: fus — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Asturian: fusu — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Azerbaijani: iy — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Bashkir: орсоҡ (orsoq) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Belarusian: верацяно́ (vjeracjanó) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Bengali: টাকু (ṭaku) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Bulgarian: врете́но (vreténo) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Burmese: ချည်လုံး (hkyanylum:) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Catalan: fus — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Cebuano: kalinyasan — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Chinese Mandarin: 紡錘 /纺锤 (fǎngchuí) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Chinese Mandarin: 錠子 /锭子 (dìngzi) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Czech: vřeteno — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Dalmatian: fois — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Danish: spindel — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Danish: ten — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Dutch: spintol — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Dutch: spindel — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Dutch: spoel — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Esperanto: ŝpinilo — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Estonian: kedervars — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Finnish: värttinä — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Finnish: kehräin — rod in spinning and winding thread
• French: fuseau — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Friulian: fûs — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Galician: fuso — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Georgian: თითისტარი (titisṭari) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• German: Spindel — rod in spinning and winding thread
• German: Chrëbs — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Greek: αδράχτι (adráchti) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Ancient Greek: ἄτρακτος (átraktos) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Ancient Greek: νῆτρον (nêtron) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Ancient Greek: κλωστήρ (klōstḗr) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Hebrew: פֶּלֶך (pélekh) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Hindi: तकला (taklā) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Hindi: तकली (taklī) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Hungarian: orsó — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Icelandic: snælda — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Ingrian: värttänä — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Irish: fearsaid — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Irish: eiteán — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Italian: fuso — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Japanese: 紡錘 (bōsui) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Japanese: 錘 (tsumu) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Kazakh: ұршық (ūrşyq) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Khmer: កដិពន្ធ (kaʼdepŏən) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Khmer: ខ្នារ (khnaa) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Korean: 방추 (bangchu) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Korean: 물레가락 (mullegarak) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Northern Kurdish: teşî — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Kyrgyz: ийик (iyik) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Lao: ໄນຫລາ (nai lā) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Latin: fūsus — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Latvian: vārpsta — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Lithuanian: verpstukas — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Macedonian: вретено (vreteno) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Māori: tokohuri — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Navajo: beeʼadizí — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Northern Altai: иик (iik) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tein — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Occitan: fus — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Church Slavic: врѣтено (vrěteno) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Old East Slavic: веретено (vereteno) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Old English: spinel — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Old English: spindel — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Old English: inspinn — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Old Norse: snælda — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Persian: دوک (duk) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Polish: wrzeciono — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Portuguese: fuso — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Quechua: puchka — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Romanian: fus — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Russian: веретено́ (veretenó) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Sanskrit: तर्कु (tarku) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Serbo-Croatian: вретѐно — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Serbo-Croatian: vretèno — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Sicilian: fusu — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Slovak: vreteno — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Slovene: vreteno — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Lower Sorbian: wrjeśeno — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Upper Sorbian: wrjećeno — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Southern Altai: ийик (iyik) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Spanish: huso — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Spanish: fuso (disused) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Sumerian: 𒁄 (balak) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Swedish: slända — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Tagalog: sudlan — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Tagalog: ikiran — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Tagalog: suliran — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Tajik: дук (duk) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Telugu: కదురు (kaduru) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Thai: กระสวย (grà-sǔai) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Turkish: iğ — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Ottoman Turkish: ایك (iğ) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Ottoman Turkish: كرمان (kerman, kirman) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Ottoman Turkish: دوك (duk) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Turkmen: ik — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Ugaritic: 𐎔𐎍𐎋 (plk) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Ukrainian: верете́но (vereténo) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Urdu: تکلا (taklā) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Uyghur: يىك (yik) — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Uzbek: duk — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Uzbek: yig — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Venetan: fuxo — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Venetan: fus — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Vietnamese: cọc — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Vietnamese: sợi — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Welsh: gwerthyd — rod in spinning and winding thread
• Dutch: spil — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Estonian: võll — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Estonian: telg — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Estonian: pöör — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Estonian: pöörd- — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Finnish: akseli — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Finnish: kara — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• French: essieu — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• German: Spindel — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Hebrew: סֶרֶן (séren) — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Irish: fearsaid — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Macedonian: осовина (osovina) — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Macedonian: стожер (stožer) — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Māori: turuki — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Māori: tokohuri — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Norman: êsseu — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Romanian: osie — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Russian: шпи́ндель (špíndelʹ) — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Russian: ось (osʹ) — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Spanish: palier — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Spanish: semieje — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Turkish: kirmen — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Ottoman Turkish: ایك (iğ) — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Ukrainian: шпиндель (špyndelʹ) — rod which turns, or on which something turns round
• Dutch: spil — rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool
• Dutch: as — rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool
• Finnish: kara — rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool
• German: Spindel — rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool
• Irish: mol — rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool
• Irish: fearsaid — rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool
• Russian: шпи́ндель (špíndelʹ) — rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool
• Swedish: spindel — rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool
• Ukrainian: шпиндель (špyndelʹ) — rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool
• Albanian: fshikakuq — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Albanian: herdhaqen — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Albanian: rraboshtë — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Armenian: իլենի (ileni) — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Belarusian: брызглі́на (bryzhlína) — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Bulgarian: чашкодрян (čaškodrjan) — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Catalan: boneter — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Catalan: evònim — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Czech: brslen — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Dutch: kardinaalsmuts — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Esperanto: evonimo — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Finnish: sorvarinpensas — trees of the genus Euonymus
• German: Spindelstrauch — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Ancient Greek: εὐώνυμος (euṓnumos) — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Hungarian: kecskerágó — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Irish: feoras — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Irish: crann feorais — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Korean: 화살나무 (hwasallamu) — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Macedonian: курика (kurika) — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Old English: wananbēam — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Polish: trzmielina — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Romanian: salbă-moale — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Russian: берескле́т (beresklét) — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̀рика — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Serbo-Croatian: kùrika — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Slovak: bršlen — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Slovene: trdolẹ̑ska — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Turkish: iğ ağacı — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Turkish: papaz külahı — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Ukrainian: брусли́на (bruslýna) — trees of the genus Euonymus
• Dutch: papierprikker — upright spike for holding papers
• Dutch: piek — upright spike for holding papers
• Finnish: piikki — upright spike for holding papers
• Finnish: paperipiikki — upright spike for holding papers
• Dutch: staak — long and slender stalk resembling a spindle
• Dutch: omwentelingslichaam — (geometry) solid
• Dutch: spindel — computing: a plastic container for packaging optical discs
• Spanish: tarrina — computing: a plastic container for packaging optical discs
• Dutch: spinnen — make into a long tapered shape
• Dutch: opprikken — impale on a device for holding paper documents