vortex

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• General-American: /ˈvɔɹtɛks/
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• CMU ARPABET: V AO1 R T EH0 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Latin vortex. Doublet of vertex.

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aromanian: viro — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Aromanian: vãltoari — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Bulgarian: водовъртеж (vodovǎrtež) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Catalan: remolí — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Catalan: vòrtex — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Chinese Mandarin: 渦旋 /涡旋 (wōxuán) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Czech: vír — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Danish: hvirvel — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Dutch: wervelwind — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Dutch: wervel — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Dutch: draaikolk — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Esperanto: vortico — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Esperanto: kirlo — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Finnish: pyörre — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• French: tourbillon — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• West-Frisian: draaikolk — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Galician: vórtice — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Galician: remuíño — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Georgian: მორევი (morevi) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• German: Wirbel — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Greek: δίνη (díni) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Icelandic: hringiða — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Ido: vortico — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Japanese: 渦 (uzu) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Korean: 소용돌이 (soyongdori) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Northern Kurdish: bagerr — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Northern Kurdish: babelîsk — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Latin: vortex — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Norwegian: hvirvelstrøm — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Polish: wir — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Portuguese: turbilhão — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Portuguese: redemoinho — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Portuguese: rodamoinho — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Portuguese: remoinho — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Portuguese: vórtice — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Romanian: vâltoare — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Romanian: vârtej — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Romanian: bulboană — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Russian: водоворо́т (vodovorót) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Russian: вихрь (vixrʹ) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Russian: воро́нка (vorónka) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Serbo-Croatian: вир — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Serbo-Croatian: вртлог — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Serbo-Croatian: vir — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Serbo-Croatian: vrtlog — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Spanish: remolino — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Turkish: anafor — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Turkish: girdap — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Turkish: burgaç — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Ukrainian: ви́хор (výxor) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Ukrainian: коло́ворот (kolóvorot) — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Welsh: llynclyn — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Welsh: trobwll — whirlpool — see also whirlpool
• Bulgarian: вихър (vihǎr) — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Catalan: remolí — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Catalan: vòrtex — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Czech: víření — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Dutch: draaikolk — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Dutch: wervelwind — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Finnish: pyörre — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• French: tourbillon — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• West-Frisian: draaikolk — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• West-Frisian: kolk — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Georgian: გრიგალი (grigali) — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Georgian: მორევი (morevi) — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Icelandic: hringiða — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Italian: vortice — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Italian: mulinello — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Polish: wir — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Portuguese: turbilhão — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Portuguese: redemoinho — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Spanish: vórtice — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Turkish: anafor — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Ukrainian: урага́н (urahán) — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Ukrainian: буреві́й (burevíj) — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Welsh: chwyrlïad — anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
• Catalan: remolí — anything which draws surrounding things
• Catalan: vòrtex — anything which draws surrounding things
• Dutch: maalstroom — anything which draws surrounding things
• Finnish: nielu — anything which draws surrounding things
• Finnish: kita — anything which draws surrounding things
• Finnish: pyörremyrsky — anything which draws surrounding things
• Georgian: მორევი (morevi) — anything which draws surrounding things
• German: Strudel — anything which draws surrounding things
• Icelandic: hringiða — anything which draws surrounding things
• Polish: wir — anything which draws surrounding things
• Portuguese: funil — anything which draws surrounding things
• Turkish: girdap — anything which draws surrounding things
• Ukrainian: всмо́ктувач (vsmóktuvač) — anything which draws surrounding things
• Ukrainian: усмо́ктувач (usmóktuvač) — anything which draws surrounding things
• Welsh: chwyrlïad — anything which draws surrounding things
• Welsh: trobwll — anything which draws surrounding things