whorl

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• /(h)wɔː(ɹ)l/
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• homophone: whirl
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• CMU ARPABET: W ER1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: W AO1 R L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: HH W AO1 R L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From alteration of whirl (verb).

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: prstenec — pattern of concentric circles.
• Dutch: kringel — pattern of concentric circles.
• Dutch: wervel — pattern of concentric circles.
• Dutch: winding — pattern of concentric circles.
• Dutch: wartel — pattern of concentric circles.
• Dutch: werdel — pattern of concentric circles.
• Finnish: pyörre — pattern of concentric circles.
• French: volute — pattern of concentric circles.
• German: Wirbel — pattern of concentric circles.
• German: Kringel — pattern of concentric circles.
• German: Windung — pattern of concentric circles.
• Māori: tōrino — pattern of concentric circles.
• Persian: پیچاپیچ (pičâpič) — pattern of concentric circles.
• Bulgarian: венче (venče) — circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs.
• Czech: přeslen — circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs.
• Dutch: bladerkrans — circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs.
• Finnish: kiehkura — circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs.
• French: verticille — circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs.
• Portuguese: verticilo — circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs.
• Romanian: verticil — circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs.
• Bulgarian: витка (vitka) — volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
• Finnish: kierre — volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
• French: tour de spire — volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
• Albanian: qerthull — weight attached to a spindle
• Albanian: agërshak — weight attached to a spindle
• Armenian: լիսեռ (liseṙ) — weight attached to a spindle
• Catalan: tortera — weight attached to a spindle
• Catalan: fusaiola — weight attached to a spindle
• Danish: tenvægt — weight attached to a spindle
• Dutch: spinsteen — weight attached to a spindle
• Dutch: spinsteentje — weight attached to a spindle
• Dutch: spinschijf — weight attached to a spindle
• Finnish: värttinänkehrä — weight attached to a spindle
• French: fusaïole — weight attached to a spindle
• Galician: fusaiola — weight attached to a spindle
• German: Spinnwirtel — weight attached to a spindle
• Greek: σφοντύλι (sfontýli) — weight attached to a spindle
• Icelandic: snældusnúður — weight attached to a spindle
• Irish: roithleán eiteáin — weight attached to a spindle
• Italian: fusaiolo — weight attached to a spindle
• Norwegian: håndteinsnelle — weight attached to a spindle
• Portuguese: fusaiola — weight attached to a spindle
• Romansh: rudella dal fis — weight attached to a spindle
• Russian: пря́слице (prjáslice) — weight attached to a spindle
• Russian: пря́сло (prjáslo) — weight attached to a spindle
• Russian: пря́слень (prjáslenʹ) — weight attached to a spindle
• Spanish: fusayola — weight attached to a spindle
• Spanish: tortera — weight attached to a spindle
• Swedish: sländtrissa — weight attached to a spindle
• Swedish: trissa — weight attached to a spindle
• Welsh: chwerfan — weight attached to a spindle