whirlpool

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• General-American: /ˈwɝlpul/
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• General-American: /ˈhwɝlpul/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːlpuːl/
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• CMU ARPABET: W ER1 L P UW2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH W ER1 L P UW2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl + pool. Cognate with Scots quhirlepole, whirle-pule (“whirlpool”). Compare also English whirlpit. Eclipsed non-native Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), borrowed from Latin gurges (“whirlpool”).

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vorbull — swirling body of water
• Albanian: shtjellë — swirling body of water
• Albanian: gjeratore — swirling body of water
• Arabic: دَوَّامَة (dawwāma) — swirling body of water
• Arabic: غمر (ḡamr) — swirling body of water
• Armenian: ջրապտույտ (ǰraptuyt) — swirling body of water
• Armenian: հորձանուտ (horjanut) — swirling body of water
• Aromanian: viro — swirling body of water
• Aromanian: vãltoari — swirling body of water
• Belarusian: вір (vir) — swirling body of water
• Bulgarian: водовъртеж (vodovǎrtež) — swirling body of water
• Catalan: remolí — swirling body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 渦流 /涡流 (wōliú) — swirling body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 渦 /涡 (wō) — swirling body of water
• Chuvash: авӑр (avăr) — swirling body of water
• Cornish: trobol — swirling body of water
• Czech: vír — swirling body of water
• Danish: strømhvirvel — swirling body of water
• Dutch: draaikolk — swirling body of water
• Esperanto: akvokirlo — swirling body of water
• Esperanto: akvoturno — swirling body of water
• Finnish: pyörre — swirling body of water
• Finnish: vesipyörre — swirling body of water
• Finnish: kurimus — swirling body of water
• French: tourbillon — swirling body of water
• Galician: remuíño — swirling body of water
• Galician: rolleiro — swirling body of water
• Georgian: მორევი (morevi) — swirling body of water
• German: Wirbel — swirling body of water
• German: Strudel — swirling body of water
• German: Stromschnelle — swirling body of water
• Greek: δίνη (díni) — swirling body of water
• Ancient Greek: δίνη (dínē) — swirling body of water
• Ancient Greek: ἶλιγξ (îlinx) — swirling body of water
• Hebrew: מְעַרְבֹּלֶת (ma'arbólet) — swirling body of water
• Hindi: जलघुमर (jalghumar) — swirling body of water
• Hungarian: örvény — swirling body of water
• Icelandic: iðustraumur — swirling body of water
• Icelandic: hafsvelgur — swirling body of water
• Ido: aquovortico — swirling body of water
• Italian: vortice — swirling body of water
• Italian: mulinello — swirling body of water
• Italian: gorgo — swirling body of water
• Japanese: 渦 (uzu) — swirling body of water
• Kalmyk: шошлһ (şoşlğ) — swirling body of water
• Latin: gurges — swirling body of water
• Latin: vortex — swirling body of water
• Latin: vertex — swirling body of water
• Latin: Charybdis — swirling body of water
• Macedonian: вител (vitel) — swirling body of water
• Macedonian: вртеж (vrtež) — swirling body of water
• Macedonian: вир (vir) — swirling body of water
• Macedonian: водовртеж (vodovrtež) — swirling body of water
• Maltese: milgħuba — swirling body of water
• Māori: toiremi — swirling body of water
• Māori: kōmingomingo — swirling body of water
• Māori: kororipo — swirling body of water
• Māori: ripo — swirling body of water
• Māori: riporipo — swirling body of water
• Māori: kōripo — swirling body of water
• Māori: auripo — swirling body of water
• Māori: āwhiowhio — swirling body of water
• Māori: au — swirling body of water
• Māori: ririno — swirling body of water
• Norwegian: strømvirvel — swirling body of water
• Persian: گرداب (gerdâb) — swirling body of water
• Persian: ورطه (varte) — swirling body of water
• Plautdietsch: Wirbelstroom — swirling body of water
• Polish: wir wodny — swirling body of water
• Portuguese: redemoinho — swirling body of water
• Portuguese: remoinho — swirling body of water
• Portuguese: rodamoinho — swirling body of water
• Portuguese: turbilhão — swirling body of water
• Portuguese: vórtice — swirling body of water
• Portuguese: sorvedouro — swirling body of water
• Portuguese: voragem — swirling body of water
• Romanian: vâltoare — swirling body of water
• Romanian: volbură — swirling body of water
• Romanian: vârtej — swirling body of water
• Russian: водоворо́т (vodovorót) — swirling body of water
• Scots: swelchie — swirling body of water
• Scottish Gaelic: coire — swirling body of water
• Serbo-Croatian: вртлог — swirling body of water
• Serbo-Croatian: ковитлац — swirling body of water
• Serbo-Croatian: vrtlog — swirling body of water
• Serbo-Croatian: kovitlac — swirling body of water
• Spanish: remolino — swirling body of water
• Spanish: vorágine — swirling body of water
• Swedish: strömvirvel — swirling body of water
• Telugu: సుడిగుండము (suḍiguṇḍamu) — swirling body of water
• Turkish: anafor — swirling body of water
• Turkish: girdap — swirling body of water
• Turkish: burgaç — swirling body of water
• Ukrainian: вир (vyr) — swirling body of water
• Vietnamese: xoáy nước — swirling body of water
• Welsh: trobwll — swirling body of water