trowel

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• /ˈtɹaʊ.əl/
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From Middle English trowell, trouel, truel, from Middle French truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Classical Latin trulla, the diminutive of trua (“ladle”). Doublet of trullo.

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِجْرَفَة (mijrafa) — mason's tool
• Arabic: مَالَج (mālaj) — mason's tool
• Assamese: খন্তি (khonti) — mason's tool
• Bashkir: мастерок (masterok) — mason's tool
• Breton: loa-vañson — mason's tool
• Bulgarian: мистрия (mistrija) — mason's tool
• Catalan: paleta — mason's tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 鏝 /镘 (màn) — mason's tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 抹子 (mǒzi) — mason's tool
• Czech: zednická lžíce — mason's tool
• Dutch: troffel — mason's tool
• Dutch: truweel — mason's tool
• Esperanto: trulo — mason's tool
• Finnish: laastilapio — mason's tool
• French: truelle — mason's tool
• Galician: trolla — mason's tool
• Galician: talocha — mason's tool
• German: Kelle — mason's tool
• German: Maurerkelle — mason's tool
• German: Mörtelkelle — mason's tool
• Greek: μυστρί (mystrí) — mason's tool
• Hungarian: kőműveskanál — mason's tool
• Hungarian: téhely — mason's tool
• Hungarian: fangli — mason's tool
• Indonesian: sekop — mason's tool
• Irish: lián — mason's tool
• Italian: cazzuola — mason's tool
• Japanese: こて (kote) — mason's tool
• Japanese: トロエル (toroeru) — mason's tool
• Kazakh: қалақша (qalaqşa) — mason's tool
• Kazakh: әндеме (ändeme) — mason's tool
• Macedonian: мистрија (mistrija) — mason's tool
• Malay: kulir — mason's tool
• Malay: sudip — mason's tool
• Norman: trouelle — mason's tool
• Persian: ماله (mâle) — mason's tool
• Persian: انداوه (andâve) — mason's tool
• Plautdietsch: Kjal — mason's tool
• Polish: kielnia — mason's tool
• Portuguese: colher de pedreiro — mason's tool
• Portuguese: trolha — mason's tool
• Punjabi: ਕਾਂਡੀ (kāṇḍī) — mason's tool
• Punjabi: ਕਰੰਡੀ (karaṇḍī) — mason's tool
• Romanian: mistrie — mason's tool
• Russian: мастеро́к (masterók) — mason's tool
• Russian: ке́льма (kélʹma) — mason's tool
• Serbo-Croatian: zidarska žlica — mason's tool
• Serbo-Croatian: mistrija — mason's tool
• Sicilian: manìcula — mason's tool
• Lower Sorbian: łopatka — mason's tool
• Spanish: paleta de albañil — mason's tool
• Spanish: cuchara de albañil — mason's tool
• Spanish: trulla — mason's tool
• Swedish: murslev — mason's tool
• Turkish: mala — mason's tool
• Ottoman Turkish: ماله (mala) — mason's tool
• Uyghur: ئەندۇۋا (enduwa) — mason's tool
• Uzbek: mola — mason's tool
• Uzbek: andava — mason's tool
• Vietnamese: bay — mason's tool
• Welsh: trywel — mason's tool
• Arabic: مِجْرَفَة (mijrafa) — scoop-like gardening tool
• Arabic: مَالَج (mālaj) — scoop-like gardening tool
• Arabic: مِنْقَار (minqār) — scoop-like gardening tool
• Bulgarian: градинарска лопатка (gradinarska lopatka) — scoop-like gardening tool
• Catalan: desplantador — scoop-like gardening tool
• Czech: lopatka — scoop-like gardening tool
• Dutch: tuinschep — scoop-like gardening tool
• Finnish: istutuslapio — scoop-like gardening tool
• French: déplantoir — scoop-like gardening tool
• French: transplantoir — scoop-like gardening tool
• Galician: badil — scoop-like gardening tool
• Galician: pela — scoop-like gardening tool
• German: Pflanzkelle — scoop-like gardening tool
• German: Pflanzschaufel — scoop-like gardening tool
• German: Handschaufel — scoop-like gardening tool
• Indonesian: sekop — scoop-like gardening tool
• Irish: lián — scoop-like gardening tool
• Italian: paletta — scoop-like gardening tool
• Japanese: 移植鏝 (ishokugote) — scoop-like gardening tool
• Korean: 모종삽 (mojongsap) — scoop-like gardening tool
• Malay: kulir — scoop-like gardening tool
• Malay: sudip — scoop-like gardening tool
• Malay: penyodok — scoop-like gardening tool
• Persian: بیلچه (bilče) — scoop-like gardening tool
• Polish: łopatka — scoop-like gardening tool
• Portuguese: espátula — scoop-like gardening tool
• Russian: садо́вый сово́к (sadóvyj sovók) — scoop-like gardening tool
• Spanish: pala de jardinería — scoop-like gardening tool
• Spanish: desplantador — scoop-like gardening tool
• Swedish: planteringsspade — scoop-like gardening tool
• Swedish: trädgårdsspade — scoop-like gardening tool
• Tagalog: dulos — scoop-like gardening tool
• Turkish: bahçe malası — scoop-like gardening tool
• Welsh: trywel — scoop-like gardening tool
• Arabic: مَالَج (mālaj) — tool used for smoothing mold
• Finnish: tasoituslasta — tool used for smoothing mold
• French: gâche — tool used for smoothing mold
• Galician: espadela — tool used for smoothing mold
• Galician: ripa — tool used for smoothing mold
• Galician: rapa — tool used for smoothing mold
• German: Glättkelle — tool used for smoothing mold
• German: Spachtel — tool used for smoothing mold
• German: Spatel — tool used for smoothing mold
• German: Hohlspatel — tool used for smoothing mold
• Hungarian: spakli — tool used for smoothing mold
• Indonesian: sekop — tool used for smoothing mold
• Italian: pala — tool used for smoothing mold
• Polish: łopatka — tool used for smoothing mold
• Serbo-Croatian: gleterica — tool used for smoothing mold
• Spanish: pala — tool used for smoothing mold
• Bulgarian: мажа (maža) — to apply with a trowel
• Dutch: troffelen — to apply with a trowel
• Finnish: lapata — to apply with a trowel
• Finnish: lapioida — to apply with a trowel
• Finnish: tasoittaa — to apply with a trowel
• Finnish: tasoitella — to apply with a trowel
• Polish: używać kielni — to apply with a trowel
• Polish: użyć kielni — to apply with a trowel
• Turkish: malalamak — to apply with a trowel
• Ottoman Turkish: مالهلامق (malalamak) — to apply with a trowel