whetstone

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• UK: /ˈwɛtstəʊn/
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• England: /wɛtstəʊn/
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• Scotland: /ˈʍɛtˌston/
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• CMU ARPABET: W EH1 T S T OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The benchmark is named after the Whetstone compiler built at an English Electric Company division in Whetstone, Leicestershire.

From Middle English whestone, whetston, whetesston, from Old English hwetstān, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjastain (“whetstone”). Equivalent to whet (“to sharpen”) + stone.

123 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: grihë — stone used to hone tools
• Albanian: gashtë — stone used to hone tools
• Arabic: مِسَنّ (misann) — stone used to hone tools
• Arabic: مِجْلَخَة (mijlaḵa) — stone used to hone tools
• Arabic: مِشْحَذ (mišḥaḏ) — stone used to hone tools
• Armenian: հեսան (hesan) — stone used to hone tools
• Belarusian: асялок (asjalók) — stone used to hone tools
• Bulgarian: точило (točilo) — stone used to hone tools
• Bulgarian: брус (brus) — stone used to hone tools
• Catalan: pedra esmoladora — stone used to hone tools
• Catalan: pedra d'esmolar — stone used to hone tools
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨刀石 (módāoshí) — stone used to hone tools
• Chinese Mandarin: 磨石 (móshí) — stone used to hone tools
• Crimean Tatar: bilev — stone used to hone tools
• Czech: brousek — stone used to hone tools
• Danish: slibesten — stone used to hone tools
• Dutch: slijpsteen — stone used to hone tools
• Esperanto: akrigilo — stone used to hone tools
• Finnish: hiomakivi — stone used to hone tools
• Finnish: kovasin — stone used to hone tools
• French: pierre à aiguiser — stone used to hone tools
• French: aiguisoir — stone used to hone tools
• Galician: moa — stone used to hone tools
• Galician: pedra de afiar — stone used to hone tools
• German: Schleifstein — stone used to hone tools
• German: Wetzstein — stone used to hone tools
• German: Abziehstein — stone used to hone tools
• Greek: ακόνι (akóni) — stone used to hone tools
• Ancient Greek: ἀκόνη (akónē) — stone used to hone tools
• Ancient Greek: θηγάνη (thēgánē) — stone used to hone tools
• Gurani: ھەسان (hasān) — stone used to hone tools
• Hebrew: אבן השאה (éven hasaá) — stone used to hone tools
• Hebrew: אבן משחזת (éven mashkhézet) — stone used to hone tools
• Hungarian: köszörűkő — stone used to hone tools
• Hungarian: fenőkő — stone used to hone tools
• Hungarian: kaszakő — stone used to hone tools
• Ido: akutigilo — stone used to hone tools
• Indonesian: batu asah — stone used to hone tools
• Indonesian: batu las — stone used to hone tools
• Ingrian: luiska — stone used to hone tools
• Italian: cote — stone used to hone tools
• Japanese: 砥石 (toishi) — stone used to hone tools
• Japanese: 磨石 (togiishi) — stone used to hone tools
• Kalmyk: бүлү (bülü) — stone used to hone tools
• Khmer: ថ្មសំលៀងកាំបិត (thmɑɑsɑmliəngkambət) — stone used to hone tools
• Kikuyu: inooro — stone used to hone tools
• Korean: 숫돌 (sutdol) — stone used to hone tools
• Central Kurdish: ھەسان (hesan) — stone used to hone tools
• Northern Kurdish: hesan — stone used to hone tools
• Southern Kurdish: ھەسان (hesan) — stone used to hone tools
• Ladin: chëut — stone used to hone tools
• Latgalian: streičs — stone used to hone tools
• Latin: cōs — stone used to hone tools
• Latvian: galoda — stone used to hone tools
• Latvian: tecīla — stone used to hone tools
• Lithuanian: galąstuvas — stone used to hone tools
• Lithuanian: pustyklė — stone used to hone tools
• Lithuanian: tekėlas — stone used to hone tools
• Luxembourgish: Schläifsteen — stone used to hone tools
• Macedonian: точило (točilo) — stone used to hone tools
• Malay: batu pengasah — stone used to hone tools
• Māori: tūāhōanga — stone used to hone tools
• Māori: hōanga — stone used to hone tools
• Megleno-Romanian: cuti — stone used to hone tools
• Middle English: wheston — stone used to hone tools
• Mongolian: билүү (bilüü) — stone used to hone tools
• Mongolian: хайлга (xajlga) — stone used to hone tools
• Navajo: tsé béésh bee daakʼaashígíí — stone used to hone tools
• Norman: affileuse — stone used to hone tools
• Norwegian Bokmål: bryne — stone used to hone tools
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bryne — stone used to hone tools
• Old English: hwetstān — stone used to hone tools
• Old Norse: hein — stone used to hone tools
• Pazeh: zazupayen — stone used to hone tools
• Persian: افسان (afsân) — stone used to hone tools
• Persian: فسان (fasân) — stone used to hone tools
• Persian: سان (sân) — stone used to hone tools
• Plautdietsch: Watsteen — stone used to hone tools
• Plautdietsch: Schliepsteen (nds) — stone used to hone tools
• Polabian: våslă — stone used to hone tools
• Polish: osełka — stone used to hone tools
• Portuguese: mó — stone used to hone tools
• Balkan-Romani: asan — stone used to hone tools
• Balkan-Romani: tros — stone used to hone tools
• Balkan-Romani: beledǐn — stone used to hone tools
• Romanian: gresie — stone used to hone tools
• Romanian: cute — stone used to hone tools
• Russian: осело́к (oselók) — stone used to hone tools
• Russian: брус (brus) — stone used to hone tools
• Russian: точи́льный ка́мень (točílʹnyj kámenʹ) — stone used to hone tools
• Russian: точи́ло (točílo) — stone used to hone tools
• Scots: whatstane — stone used to hone tools
• Scottish Gaelic: clach-ghleusaidh — stone used to hone tools
• Serbo-Croatian: brus — stone used to hone tools
• Serbo-Croatian: брус — stone used to hone tools
• Lower Sorbian: brus — stone used to hone tools
• Southern Altai: билӱ (bilü) — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: muela — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: piedra de afilar — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: piedra de amolar — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: afilador — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: afiladora — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: piedra para afilar — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: asperón — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: afiladera — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: aguzadera — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: aguzadora — stone used to hone tools
• Spanish: amoladera — stone used to hone tools
• Swahili: suguo — stone used to hone tools
• Swedish: brynsten — stone used to hone tools
• Swedish: bryne — stone used to hone tools
• Swedish: hen — stone used to hone tools
• Swedish: slipsten — stone used to hone tools
• Tagalog: bugaan — stone used to hone tools
• Tagalog: kamanga — stone used to hone tools
• Tagalog: hasaan — stone used to hone tools
• Thai: หินลับมีด (hǐn-láp-mîit) — stone used to hone tools
• Turkish: bileği taşı — stone used to hone tools
• Ottoman Turkish: بلگو (bileği) — stone used to hone tools
• Ukrainian: брус (brus) — stone used to hone tools
• Ukrainian: осла́ (oslá) — stone used to hone tools
• Vietnamese: đá mài — stone used to hone tools
• Welsh: agalen — stone used to hone tools