swaddle

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• US: /ˈswɔdəl/
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• US: /ˈswɑdəl/
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From Middle English swathlen (“to bind; swaddle”), from Middle English swathel, swethel, from Old English swaþul, swæþel, sweþel, sweoþol (“swaddling cloth”), equivalent to swathe (“to wrap with fabric”) + -le (agent/instrumental suffix), the word then underwent th-stopping (its voiced th became a d). Cognate with Middle Dutch swadel (“swaddling; bandage”), Old High German swedili (“poultice”), Old English sweþian, besweþian (“to wrap; swaddle”).

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Turkish: kundak — cloth or band
• Arabic: قَمَّطَ (qammaṭa) — to bind a baby
• Bulgarian: повивам (povivam) — to bind a baby
• Catalan: faixar — to bind a baby
• Chinese Mandarin: 包裹嬰兒 /包裹婴儿 (bāoguǒ yīng'ér) — to bind a baby
• Danish: svøbe — to bind a baby
• Dutch: bakeren — to bind a baby
• Dutch: inbakeren — to bind a baby
• Dutch: wikkelen — to bind a baby
• Dutch: inwikkelen — to bind a baby
• Dutch: omzwachtelen — to bind a baby
• Faroese: reiva — to bind a baby
• Finnish: kapaloida — to bind a baby
• French: emmailloter — to bind a baby
• French: langer — to bind a baby
• German: wickeln — to bind a baby
• Greek: φασκιώνω (faskióno) — to bind a baby
• Hungarian: bepólyál — to bind a baby
• Ido: lanjizar — to bind a baby
• Italian: fasciare — to bind a baby
• Macedonian: повива (poviva) — to bind a baby
• Persian: قنداق کردن (qondâq kardan) — to bind a baby
• Portuguese: enfaixar — to bind a baby
• Romanian: înfășa — to bind a baby
• Russian: пелена́ть (pelenátʹ) — to bind a baby
• Russian: запелена́ть (zapelenátʹ) — to bind a baby
• Spanish: fajar — to bind a baby
• Turkish: kundaklamak — to bind a baby
• Ukrainian: сповивати (spovyvaty) — to bind a baby
• Ukrainian: пеленати (pelenaty) — to bind a baby
• Welsh: rhwymynnu — to bind a baby
• Welsh: lapio — to bind a baby