swivel

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• /ˈswɪvəl/
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From Middle English swyvel, swivel, from a derivative of Old English swīfan (“to revolve”), + -el, an instrumental suffix, equivalent to swive + -el.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: wartel — piece to permit rotation
• Chinese Mandarin: 转节 — piece to permit rotation
• Chinese Mandarin: 旋轴 — piece to permit rotation
• Dutch: wartel — piece to permit rotation
• Esperanto: turnkruco — piece to permit rotation
• Finnish: leikari — piece to permit rotation
• French: émerillon — piece to permit rotation
• French: pivot — piece to permit rotation
• German: Wirbel — piece to permit rotation
• Irish: udalán — piece to permit rotation
• Japanese: スイベル (suiberu) — piece to permit rotation
• Plautdietsch: Woawel — piece to permit rotation
• Portuguese: elo giratório — piece to permit rotation
• Russian: вертлю́г (vertljúg) — piece to permit rotation
• Slovak: otočný čap — piece to permit rotation
• Slovak: obrtlík — piece to permit rotation
• Spanish: eslabón giratorio — piece to permit rotation
• Spanish: pivote — piece to permit rotation
• Finnish: muna — slang: strength of mind or character
• Finnish: lanteiden pyöritys — dance: rotating of the hips
• Bulgarian: въртя се около ос (vǎrtja se okolo os) — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot
• Chinese Mandarin: 转动 — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot
• Esperanto: pivoti — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot
• French: pivoter — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot
• German: drehen — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot
• German: rotieren — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot
• German: schwenken — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot
• German: schwingen — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot
• German: wirbeln — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot
• Spanish: girar — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot
• Spanish: pivotar — to swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot