splice

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsplaɪ̯s/
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• /ˈsplɐɪ̯s/ Canada, Canadian raising
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• /ˈsplɜɪ̯s/ Canada, Canadian raising
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• /ˈsplʌɪ̯s/ Canada, Canadian raising
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• /ˈspləɪ̯s/ Canada, Canadian raising
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• Australian: /ˈsplɑ̟ɪ̯s/
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• Australian: /ˈsplɒ̈ɪ̯s/
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• /ˈsplaːs/ Inland Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding
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• rhymes with -aɪs
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Circa 1525, borrowed from Middle Dutch splissen (Modern Dutch splitsen); akin to Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”), German spleißen (“to split, splice”), Spliss (“split ends, hair breakage”), French épisser (also from Dutch). The Dutch word originally referred only to the fraying of the ropes' ends but was then also used for the entire process of fraying and retying; hence the peculiar semantic development from “split” to “join”. The same development occurred in German.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: ялғау (yalğaw) — junction or joining of ropes
• Bulgarian: снадка (snadka) — junction or joining of ropes
• Bulgarian: сплитане (splitane) — junction or joining of ropes
• Catalan: enllaç — junction or joining of ropes
• Czech: spoj — junction or joining of ropes
• Finnish: pujos — junction or joining of ropes
• Finnish: pleissi — junction or joining of ropes
• French: épissure — junction or joining of ropes
• Galician: enlace — junction or joining of ropes
• German: Verbindung — junction or joining of ropes
• German: Spleiß — junction or joining of ropes
• Italian: impalmatura — junction or joining of ropes
• Italian: impiombatura — junction or joining of ropes
• Macedonian: пре́плет (préplet) — junction or joining of ropes
• Māori: rangitāmiro — junction or joining of ropes
• Norman: êpisseuse — junction or joining of ropes
• Norwegian: spleis — junction or joining of ropes
• Polish: splot — junction or joining of ropes
• Russian: сращивание (sraščivanije) — junction or joining of ropes
• Russian: сплесень (splesenʹ) — junction or joining of ropes
• Russian: свя́зывание (svjázyvanije) — junction or joining of ropes
• Spanish: empalme — junction or joining of ropes
• Swedish: splits — junction or joining of ropes
• Turkish: ek yeri — junction or joining of ropes
• Ottoman Turkish: دیكیش (dikiş) — junction or joining of ropes
• Bashkir: ялғау (yalğaw) — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Bulgarian: свързване (svǎrzvane) — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Catalan: enllaç — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Czech: spoj — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Czech: propojení — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Czech: spojení — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Galician: enlace — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Galician: empalme — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Galician: amecedura — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Polish: złącze — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Spanish: empalme — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Swedish: förbindning — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Swedish: fog — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Swedish: kontakt — electrical and mechanical connection between wires
• Bashkir: ялғау (yalğaw) — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Bulgarian: снаждам (snaždam) — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Bulgarian: сплитам (splitam) — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Catalan: empalmar — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Catalan: entollar — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Czech: splést — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Czech: splétat — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Finnish: pujoa — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Finnish: pleissata — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• French: épisser — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Galician: enlazar — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Galician: amecer — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Galician: empatar — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• German: spleißen — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Italian: impalmare — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Macedonian: преплетува (prepletuva) — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Māori: rangitāmiro — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Māori: uhono — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Norwegian: spleise — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Polish: splatać — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Polish: spleść — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Spanish: empalmar — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Spanish: ayustar — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Swedish: splitsa — to unite ropes by interweaving the strands
• Bashkir: ялғау (yalğaw) — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Bulgarian: съединявам със застъпване (sǎedinjavam sǎs zastǎpvane) — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Catalan: empalmar — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Chinese Mandarin: 剪接 (jiǎnjiē) — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Chinese Mandarin: 拼接 (pīnjiē) — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Czech: spojit — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Czech: spojovat — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Finnish: liittää — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Galician: enlazar — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Galician: amecer — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Galician: empatar — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Māori: uhono — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Polish: splatać — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Polish: spleść — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Portuguese: emendar — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Spanish: empalmar — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Spanish: ayustar — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Swedish: foga — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Swedish: sammanfoga — to unite by lapping two ends together
• Bashkir: ялғау (yalğaw) — to unite as if splicing
• Czech: propojit — to unite as if splicing
• Czech: propojovat — to unite as if splicing
• Finnish: liittää — to unite as if splicing
• Macedonian: препле́тува (preplétuva) — to unite as if splicing
• Polish: łączyć — to unite as if splicing
• Polish: połączyć — to unite as if splicing
• Portuguese: misturar — to unite as if splicing
• Swedish: förbinda — to unite as if splicing
• Swedish: sammanfoga — to unite as if splicing
• Swedish: förena — to unite as if splicing
• Catalan: empalmar — genetics
• Finnish: silmukoida — genetics
• French: épisser — genetics
• Spanish: empalmar — genetics