wedge

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From Middle English wegge (“wedge”), from Old English weċġ (“wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz.

From Wedgewood, surname of the person who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pykë — simple machine
• Southern Altai: казык (kazïk) — simple machine
• Arabic: إِسْفِين (ʔisfīn) — simple machine
• Arabic: وَتِد (watid) — simple machine
• Arabic: وَتَد (watad) — simple machine
• Arabic: سفين (safīn) — simple machine
• Armenian: սեպ (sep) — simple machine
• Azerbaijani: paz — simple machine
• Bashkir: шына (şına) — simple machine
• Belarusian: клін (klin) — simple machine
• Bengali: কীল (kil) — simple machine
• Bulgarian: клин (klin) — simple machine
• Burmese: သပ် (sap) — simple machine
• Catalan: falca — simple machine
• Catalan: tascó — simple machine
• Chinese Mandarin: 楔 (xiē) — simple machine
• Chinese Mandarin: 楔子 (xiēzi) — simple machine
• Czech: klín — simple machine
• Danish: kile — simple machine
• Dutch: wig — simple machine
• Dutch: spie — simple machine
• Esperanto: kojno — simple machine
• Estonian: kiil — simple machine
• Finnish: kiila — simple machine
• French: coin — simple machine
• French: cale — simple machine
• Galician: cuña — simple machine
• Galician: calzo (for levelling) — simple machine
• Galician: grillo — simple machine
• Georgian: სოლი (soli) — simple machine
• German: Keil — simple machine
• Old High German: weggi — simple machine
• Greek: σφήνα (sfína) — simple machine
• Ancient Greek: σφήν (sphḗn) — simple machine
• Greenlandic: quppaqut — simple machine
• Hebrew: טְרִיז (t'riz) — simple machine
• Hindi: कील (kīl) — simple machine
• Hindi: वैज (vaij) — simple machine
• Hungarian: ék — simple machine
• Ingrian: klina — simple machine
• Irish: ding — simple machine
• Italian: cuneo — simple machine
• Italian: bietta — simple machine
• Italian: zeppa — simple machine
• Italian: fermaporta (doorstop) — simple machine
• Japanese: 楔 (kusabi) — simple machine
• Kalmyk: шаанцг (şaantsg) — simple machine
• Kazakh: сына (syna) — simple machine
• Kazakh: танап (tanap) — simple machine
• Khmer: បន្លួញ (bɑɑbɑnluəñ) — simple machine
• Korean: 쐐기 (sswaegi) — simple machine
• Kyrgyz: шынаа (şınaa) — simple machine
• Kyrgyz: казык (kazık) — simple machine
• Lao: ຫລິ້ນ (lin) — simple machine
• Lao: ສາກ (sāk) — simple machine
• Latin: cuneus — simple machine
• Latvian: ķīlis — simple machine
• Lithuanian: vagis — simple machine
• Lombard: qignœl — simple machine
• Macedonian: клин (klin) — simple machine
• Malay: baji — simple machine
• Māori: kahi — simple machine
• Māori: matakahi — simple machine
• Māori: mākahi — simple machine
• Māori: tahatiti — simple machine
• Middle English: wegge — simple machine
• Mongolian: шаантаг (šaantag) — simple machine
• Navajo: bee ałkʼíniilkaałí — simple machine
• Occitan: conh — simple machine
• Occitan: cunh — simple machine
• Church Slavic: клинъ (klinŭ) — simple machine
• Old East Slavic: клинъ (klinŭ) — simple machine
• Old English: wecg — simple machine
• Old Norse: veggr — simple machine
• Persian: گوه (gove) — simple machine
• Plautdietsch: Kjiel — simple machine
• Polish: klin — simple machine
• Portuguese: cunha — simple machine
• Romanian: pană — simple machine
• Russian: клин (klin) — simple machine
• Serbo-Croatian: klȉn — simple machine
• Serbo-Croatian: клин — simple machine
• Sicilian: cugnu — simple machine
• Slovak: klin — simple machine
• Slovene: klin — simple machine
• Lower Sorbian: klin — simple machine
• Upper Sorbian: klin — simple machine
• Spanish: cuña — simple machine
• Swedish: kil — simple machine
• Tajik: фона (fona) — simple machine
• Tajik: биғоз (biġoz) — simple machine
• Thai: ลิ่ม (lîm) — simple machine
• Turkish: kama — simple machine
• Turkish: takoz — simple machine
• Ottoman Turkish: قامه (kama) — simple machine
• Ottoman Turkish: طاقوز (takoz) — simple machine
• Turkmen: pahna — simple machine
• Turkmen: şinde — simple machine
• Ukrainian: клин (klyn) — simple machine
• Urdu: کیل (kīl) — simple machine
• Uyghur: پانا (pana) — simple machine
• Uzbek: pona — simple machine
• Venetan: cogn — simple machine
• Vietnamese: nêm — simple machine
• Vietnamese: chêm — simple machine
• Welsh: lletem — simple machine
• Bulgarian: клин (klin) — piece of food etc.
• Catalan: tascó — piece of food etc.
• Catalan: tros — piece of food etc.
• Catalan: part — piece of food etc.
• Catalan: quart — piece of food etc.
• Finnish: kolmio — piece of food etc.
• Finnish: kiila — piece of food etc.
• French: part — piece of food etc.
• French: morceau — piece of food etc.
• French: quartier — piece of food etc.
• German: Stück — piece of food etc.
• Italian: spicchio — piece of food etc.
• Japanese: 一切れ (hitokire) — piece of food etc.
• Ladin: tòch — piece of food etc.
• Polish: kawałek — piece of food etc.
• Portuguese: fatia — piece of food etc.
• Romanian: felie — piece of food etc.
• Russian: кусок (kusok) — piece of food etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: krȉška — piece of food etc.
• Sicilian: feḍḍa — piece of food etc.
• Sicilian: pezzu — piece of food etc.
• Spanish: rebanada triangular — piece of food etc.
• Swedish: bit — piece of food etc.
• Venetan: tòch — piece of food etc.
• Venetan: tòco — piece of food etc.
• Venetan: toco — piece of food etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 楔體 /楔体 (xiētǐ) — geometry: type of five-sided polyhedron
• Finnish: kiila — geometry: type of five-sided polyhedron
• German: Keil — geometry: type of five-sided polyhedron
• Spanish: cuña — geometry: type of five-sided polyhedron
• Bulgarian: разцепление (razceplenie) — figurative: something that creates a division
• Finnish: kiila — figurative: something that creates a division
• Hungarian: ék — figurative: something that creates a division
• Italian: cuneo — figurative: something that creates a division
• Sicilian: cugnu — figurative: something that creates a division
• Finnish: kiila — flank of cavalry
• Greek: σμήνος (smínos) — flank of cavalry
• Spanish: formación en V — flank of cavalry
• Spanish: formación en cuña — flank of cavalry
• Swedish: kil — flank of cavalry
• Catalan: wedge — type of golf club
• Finnish: wedge — type of golf club
• French: cale — type of golf club
• German: Wedge — type of golf club
• Icelandic: wedgi — type of golf club
• Icelandic: sandjárn — type of golf club
• Icelandic: kastjárn — type of golf club
• Italian: ferro da alzo — type of golf club
• Swedish: wedge — type of golf club
• Dutch: vendel — group of birds flying in V formation
• Finnish: aura — group of birds flying in V formation
• Greek: σμήνος (smínos) — group of birds flying in V formation
• Italian: formazione a cuneo di oche — group of birds flying in V formation
• Italian: cigni — group of birds flying in V formation
• Italian: anatre — group of birds flying in V formation
• Polish: klucz — group of birds flying in V formation
• Quechua: ananinami — group of birds flying in V formation
• Romanian: cârd — group of birds flying in V formation
• Russian: клин (klin) — group of birds flying in V formation
• Spanish: bandada formada en V — group of birds flying in V formation
• Swedish: plog — group of birds flying in V formation
• Finnish: kiilakorkokenkä — one of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes
• Portuguese: sapato anabela — one of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes
• Sicilian: zòcculi — one of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes
• Spanish: zapato de cuña — one of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes
• Swedish: kilklackssko — one of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes
• Finnish: massi — colloquial: quantity of money
• Finnish: paalu — colloquial: quantity of money
• Sicilian: pila — colloquial: quantity of money
• Sicilian: munzeḍḍu — colloquial: quantity of money
• Sicilian: cugnu — phonetics: IPA character ʌ
• Finnish: konjunktio — mathematics: the symbol ∧
• Finnish: ja — mathematics: the symbol ∧
• Romanian: conjuncție logică — mathematics: the symbol ∧
• Sicilian: cuniunziuni lòggica — mathematics: the symbol ∧
• Sicilian: cugnu — mathematics: the symbol ∧
• Bulgarian: заклинвам (zaklinvam) — to support or secure using a wedge
• Catalan: falcar — to support or secure using a wedge
• Esperanto: kojni — to support or secure using a wedge
• Finnish: kiilata — to support or secure using a wedge
• French: caler — to support or secure using a wedge
• Galician: tillar — to support or secure using a wedge
• Galician: acuñar — to support or secure using a wedge
• Galician: calzar — to support or secure using a wedge
• Ingrian: klinata — to support or secure using a wedge
• Italian: incuneare — to support or secure using a wedge
• Italian: imbiettare — to support or secure using a wedge
• Italian: rincalzare — to support or secure using a wedge
• Russian: расклинивать (rasklinivatʹ) — to support or secure using a wedge
• Spanish: acuñar — to support or secure using a wedge
• Spanish: calzar — to support or secure using a wedge
• Swedish: kila — to support or secure using a wedge
• Ottoman Turkish: قامهلامق (kamalamak) — to support or secure using a wedge
• Bulgarian: вбивам (vbivam) — to force into a narrow gap
• Finnish: kiilata — to force into a narrow gap
• French: caler — to force into a narrow gap
• French: coincer — to force into a narrow gap
• German: einkeilen — to force into a narrow gap
• German: klemmen — to force into a narrow gap
• Italian: incuneare — to force into a narrow gap
• Italian: conficcare — to force into a narrow gap
• Italian: incastrare — to force into a narrow gap
• Italian: infilare — to force into a narrow gap
• Portuguese: socar — to force into a narrow gap
• Portuguese: atochar — to force into a narrow gap
• Portuguese: enfiar — to force into a narrow gap
• Russian: вклинивать (vklinivatʹ) — to force into a narrow gap
• Russian: втискивать (vtiskivatʹ) — to force into a narrow gap
• Spanish: acuñar — to force into a narrow gap
• Swedish: kila in — to force into a narrow gap
• Swedish: kila fast — to force into a narrow gap
• Turkish: sıkıştırmak — to force into a narrow gap
• Turkish: tıkmak — to force into a narrow gap
• Ottoman Turkish: قامهلامق (kamalamak) — to force into a narrow gap