weave

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From Middle English weven (“to weave”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webh- (“to weave, braid”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian weev, weew, weewe (“to weave”), Saterland Frisian weeuwe (“to weave”), Dutch weven (“to weave”), German weben (“to weave”), Luxembourgish wiewen (“to weave”), Yiddish וועבן (vebn, “to weave”), Danish væve (“to weave”), Faroese veva (“to weave”), Icelandic vefa (“to weave”), Norwegian Bokmål veve (“to weave”), Norwegian Nynorsk veva, veve (“to weave”), Swedish väva (“to weave”).

From Middle English weven (“to wander”); probably from Old Norse veifa (“move around, wave”), related to Latin vibrare.

253 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: тъкан (tǎkan) — a type or way of weaving
• Dutch: weefsel — a type or way of weaving
• Finnish: sidos — a type or way of weaving
• French: armure — a type or way of weaving
• French: tissu — a type or way of weaving
• German: Webart — a type or way of weaving
• Greek: ύφανση (ýfansi) — a type or way of weaving
• Hindi: बुनाई (bunāī) — a type or way of weaving
• Irish: fí — a type or way of weaving
• Irish: fíochán — a type or way of weaving
• Italian: tessuto — a type or way of weaving
• Japanese: 編み方 (ami-kata) — a type or way of weaving
• Central Kurdish: چنین (çnîn) — a type or way of weaving
• Macedonian: ткае́нина (tkaénina) — a type or way of weaving
• Macedonian: тка́ење (tkáenje) — a type or way of weaving
• Norwegian: vev — a type or way of weaving
• Portuguese: costura — a type or way of weaving
• Serbo-Croatian: ткање — a type or way of weaving
• Serbo-Croatian: tkanje — a type or way of weaving
• Spanish: tejido — a type or way of weaving
• Swedish: väv — a type or way of weaving
• Tagalog: lala — a type or way of weaving
• Telugu: అల్లిక (allika) — a type or way of weaving
• Telugu: నేత (nēta) — a type or way of weaving
• Welsh: gwehyddiad — a type or way of weaving
• Bulgarian: перука (peruka) — human or artificial hair worn
• Finnish: peruukki — human or artificial hair worn
• Finnish: hiuslisäke — human or artificial hair worn
• Macedonian: пе́рика (périka) — human or artificial hair worn
• Portuguese: aplique — human or artificial hair worn
• Albanian: thur — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Albanian: ngërthej — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Southern Altai: тогор (togor) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Northern Amami Ōshima: 織るり (ururi) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Arabic: نَسَجَ (nasaja) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Aragonese: teixir — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Armenian: հյուսել (hyusel) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Aromanian: tsas — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Assamese: বোৱা (büa) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Asturian: texer — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Azerbaijani: toxumaq — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Azerbaijani: hörümək — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Bashkir: туҡыу (tuqıw) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Belarusian: ткаць (tkacʹ) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Belarusian: пле́сці (pljésci) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Belarusian: спле́сці (spljésci) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Bengali: বুনা (buna) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Bulgarian: тъка́ (tǎká) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Burmese: ရက် (rak) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Catalan: teixir — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Catalan: tramar — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Catalan: ordir — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Cebuano: hablon — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Chinese Mandarin: 編織 /编织 (biānzhī) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Chinese Mandarin: 織 /织 (zhī) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Chinese Mandarin: 編 /编 (biān) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Chuvash: тӗрт (tĕrt) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Cornish: gwia — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Crimean Tatar: toqumaq — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Czech: tkát — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Danish: væve — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Dutch: weven — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Esperanto: teksi — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Estonian: kuduma — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Estonian: kude — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Faroese: veva — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Finnish: kutoa — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Finnish: punoa — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• French: tisser — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• North Frisian: weewe — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Friulian: tiessi — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Friulian: urdî — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Galician: tecer — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Georgian: ქსოვა (ksova) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• German: weben — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Greek: υφαίνω (yfaíno) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Ancient Greek: ὑφαίνω (huphaínō) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Hebrew: ארג (arág) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Higaonon: lala — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Higaonon: ngabul — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Hindi: बुनना (bunnā) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Hindi: बुनाई (bunāī) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Hungarian: sző — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Icelandic: vefa — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Ido: texar — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Indonesian: menenun — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Ingrian: kuttoa — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Irish: figh — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Italian: tessere — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Italian: intrecciare — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Italian: tramare — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Italian: ordire — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Italian: intessere — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Japanese: 編む (amu) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Japanese: 織る (oru) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Javanese: nenun — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Old Javanese: tĕnun — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Kavalan: tumnun — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Kazakh: тоқу (toqu) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Khmer: ត្បាញ (tbaañ) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Khmu: ຕາໟ — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Komi-Permyak: кыны (kyny) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Korean: 짜다 (jjada) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Kunigami: 織ん (un) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Kyrgyz: токуу (tokuu) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Lao: ຕ່ໍາ (tam) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Lao: ຖັກ (thak) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Lao: ທໍ (thǭ) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Lao: ສານ (sān) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Latin: texō — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Latvian: aust — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Lithuanian: austi — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Luxembourgish: wiewen — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Macedonian: тка́е (tkáe) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Malagasy: tenona — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Malay: tenun — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Malayalam: നെയ്യുക (neyyuka) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Maltese: niseġ — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: havel — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: rara — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Mansaka: lara — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Māori: raranga — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Māori: rangaranga — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Māori: whatu — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Central Sierra Miwok: čý·l- — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Miyako: 織ㇲ゙ (uz) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Mongolian: нэхэх (nexex) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Nahuatl: ihquiti — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Navajo: atłʼó — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Norwegian: veve — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Norwegian Nynorsk: veva — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Occitan: téisser — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Okinawan: 織ゆん (uyun) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Okinoerabu: 織ゆん (uyun) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Church Slavic: тъкати (tŭkati) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Ossetian: уафын (wafyn) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Paiwan: tjenun — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Persian: بافتن (bâftan) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Polish: tkać — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Polish: pleść — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Portuguese: tecer — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Puyuma: tenun — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Quechua: away — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Rapa Nui: hatu — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Romanian: țese — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Romansh: taisser — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Romansh: teisser — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Romansh: tesser — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Russian: ткать (tkatʹ) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Russian: сотка́ть (sotkátʹ) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Russian: плести́ (plestí) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Russian: сплести́ (splestí) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Sanskrit: वयति (váyati) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Sardinian: tèssere — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Sardinian: tèssiri — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Scottish Gaelic: figh — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Serbo-Croatian: тка̏ти — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Serbo-Croatian: tkȁti — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Slovak: tkať — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Slovak: prepletať — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Slovene: tkati — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Lower Sorbian: tkaś — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Spanish: tejer — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Spanish: entretejer — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Swedish: väva — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Tagalog: habi — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Tajik: бофтан (boftan) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Tat: baftən — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Tatar: тукырга (tuqırğa) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Ternate: tino — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Thai: ถัก (tàk) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Thai: ทอ (tɔɔ) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Thai: สาน (sǎan) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Thao: tnun — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Tibetan: བཏགས (btags) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Tocharian A: wäp- — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Tocharian B: wāp- — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Turkish: dokumak — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Ottoman Turkish: طوقومق (dokumak) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Turkmen: dokamak — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Udmurt: куыны (kuyny) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Ukrainian: тка́ти (tkáty) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Ukrainian: плести́ (plestý) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Urdu: بونا (bunnā) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Uyghur: توقۇماق (toqumaq) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Uzbek: toʻqimoq — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Venetan: tèssare — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Vietnamese: dệt — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Vietnamese: đan — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Welsh: gwehyddu — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Welsh: gweu — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Welsh: gwau — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Yaeyama: 織るん (urun) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Yámana: yatana — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Yiddish: וועבן (vebn) — to form something by passing strands of material over and under one another
• Albanian: tjerr — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Bashkir: үреү (ürew) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Bulgarian: вплитам (vplitam) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Bulgarian: сплитам (splitam) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Catalan: teixir — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Cornish: gwia — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Czech: tkát — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Danish: spinde — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Faroese: spinna — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Finnish: kutoa — to spin a cocoon or a web
• French: tisser — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Galician: tecer — to spin a cocoon or a web
• German: weben — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Greek: υφαίνω (yfaíno) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Hebrew: טווה (tavá) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Hindi: बुनना (bunnā) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Hungarian: sző — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Italian: tessere — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Japanese: 張る (haru) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Latvian: aust — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Macedonian: пле́те (pléte) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Norwegian: veve — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Norwegian: spinne — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Portuguese: tecer — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Russian: плести́ (plestí) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Russian: сплести́ (splestí) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Russian: ткать (tkatʹ) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Russian: сотка́ть (sotkátʹ) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Scottish Gaelic: figh — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Slovak: tkať — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Slovak: pliesť — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Spanish: tejer — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Swedish: spinna — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Thai: ชักใย (chák-yai) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Turkish: dokumak — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Ottoman Turkish: طوقومق (dokumak) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Welsh: gweu — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Welsh: gwau — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Yiddish: וועבן (vebn) — to spin a cocoon or a web
• Albanian: dredh — to move by turning and twisting
• Finnish: mutkitella — to move by turning and twisting
• Finnish: kiemurrella — to move by turning and twisting
• Finnish: puikkelehtia — to move by turning and twisting
• French: se faufiler — to move by turning and twisting
• French: se frayer un chemin — to move by turning and twisting
• Japanese: 縫う (nuu) — to move by turning and twisting
• Māori: whēangaanga — to move by turning and twisting
• Norwegian: kjøre sikksakk — to move by turning and twisting
• Norwegian: traversere — to move by turning and twisting
• Norwegian: sno seg gjennom — to move by turning and twisting
• Russian: заворачивать (zavoračivatʹ) — to move by turning and twisting
• Slovene: vijugati — to move by turning and twisting
• Spanish: zigzaguear — to move by turning and twisting
• Spanish: serpentear — to move by turning and twisting
• French: serpenter — to make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side
• Māori: peapeau — to make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side
• Portuguese: costurar — to make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side
• Vietnamese: đánh võng — to make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side