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• UK: /waɪə(ɹ)/
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• US: wīʹər
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• US: wīr
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• US: /ˈwaɪɚ/
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• Canada: /waɪ(ə)ɹ/
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• Canada: /wʌɪ(ə)ɹ/
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• Ontario: [wäɪɚ]
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• Ontario: [wəɪɚ]
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• CMU ARPABET: W AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: W AY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh1iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh1y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).

228 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: draad — thin thread of metal
• Albanian: tel — thin thread of metal
• Southern Altai: эмик (emik) — thin thread of metal
• Western Apache: bitsʼǫǫs — thin thread of metal
• Arabic: سِلْك (silk) — thin thread of metal
• Arabic: سِلْك (silk) — thin thread of metal
• Arabic: سِلِك (silik) — thin thread of metal
• Armenian: մետաղալար (metaġalar) — thin thread of metal
• Assamese: তাৰ (tar) — thin thread of metal
• Azerbaijani: tel — thin thread of metal
• Azerbaijani: məftil — thin thread of metal
• Azerbaijani: sim — thin thread of metal
• Bashkir: тимерсыбыҡ (timersıbıq) — thin thread of metal
• Basque: hari — thin thread of metal
• Belarusian: про́вад (próvad) — thin thread of metal
• Belarusian: дрот (drot) — thin thread of metal
• Bengali: তার (tar) — thin thread of metal
• Bulgarian: жи́ца (žíca) — thin thread of metal
• Bulgarian: тел (tel) — thin thread of metal
• Burmese: ဝိုင်ယာကြိုး (wuing-ya-krui:) — thin thread of metal
• Catalan: filferro — thin thread of metal
• Catalan: fil d'aram — thin thread of metal
• Chamicuro: alampre — thin thread of metal
• Cherokee: ᎤᏯᏅᎯ (uyanvhi) — thin thread of metal
• Chinese Mandarin: 線 /线 (xiàn) — thin thread of metal
• Chinese Mandarin: 鐵絲 /铁丝 (tiěsī) — thin thread of metal
• Czech: drát — thin thread of metal
• Danish: tråd — thin thread of metal
• Dutch: draad — thin thread of metal
• Esperanto: drato — thin thread of metal
• Estonian: traat — thin thread of metal
• Finnish: lanka — thin thread of metal
• Finnish: metallilanka — thin thread of metal
• French: fil — thin thread of metal
• Galician: arame — thin thread of metal
• Georgian: მავთული (mavtuli) — thin thread of metal
• German: Draht — thin thread of metal
• Greek: σύρμα (sýrma) — thin thread of metal
• Greenlandic: nimissiaq — thin thread of metal
• Hebrew: חוּט (khut) — thin thread of metal
• Hindi: तार (tār) — thin thread of metal
• Hungarian: huzal — thin thread of metal
• Hungarian: drót — thin thread of metal
• Icelandic: vír — thin thread of metal
• Ilocano: barot — thin thread of metal
• Indonesian: kawat — thin thread of metal
• Ingrian: proovolka — thin thread of metal
• Italian: filo — thin thread of metal
• Italian: filo metallico — thin thread of metal
• Japanese: 針金 (harigane) — thin thread of metal
• Japanese: 線 (sen) — thin thread of metal
• Japanese: ワイヤー (waiyā) — thin thread of metal
• Javanese: kawat — thin thread of metal
• Old Javanese: kawat — thin thread of metal
• Kazakh: сым (sym) — thin thread of metal
• Khmer: លួស (luəh) — thin thread of metal
• Korean: 철사 (cheolsa) — thin thread of metal
• Central Kurdish: تێل (têl) — thin thread of metal
• Kyrgyz: сым (sım) — thin thread of metal
• Lao: ລວດ (lūat) — thin thread of metal
• Lao: ສາຍ (sāi) — thin thread of metal
• Latvian: stieple — thin thread of metal
• Lithuanian: viela — thin thread of metal
• Luxembourgish: Drot — thin thread of metal
• Macedonian: жица (žica) — thin thread of metal
• Malay: wayar — thin thread of metal
• Malay: kawat — thin thread of metal
• Malay: dawai — thin thread of metal
• Māori: waea — thin thread of metal
• Maranao: kawat — thin thread of metal
• Central Melanau: waya — thin thread of metal
• Mongolian: төмөр утас (tömör utas) — thin thread of metal
• Navajo: bééshtsʼósí — thin thread of metal
• Nepali: तार (tār) — thin thread of metal
• Norwegian Bokmål: ledning — thin thread of metal
• Norwegian Bokmål: tråd — thin thread of metal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: leidning — thin thread of metal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tråd — thin thread of metal
• Ossetian: тел (tel) — thin thread of metal
• Pashto: تار (tār) — thin thread of metal
• Iranian Persian: سیم (sim) — thin thread of metal
• Plautdietsch: Drot — thin thread of metal
• Polish: drut — thin thread of metal
• Portuguese: arame — thin thread of metal
• Romanian: fir — thin thread of metal
• Romanian: sârmă — thin thread of metal
• Russian: про́волока (próvoloka) — thin thread of metal
• Russian: про́вод (próvod) — thin thread of metal
• Kildin-Sami: проавлогк (pråvlogk) — thin thread of metal
• Kildin-Sami: страӈӈ (straŋŋ) — thin thread of metal
• Scottish Gaelic: uèir — thin thread of metal
• Serbo-Croatian: жи̏ца — thin thread of metal
• Serbo-Croatian: žȉca — thin thread of metal
• Sikkimese: ལྕགས་སྐུད (lcags skud) — thin thread of metal
• Slovak: drôt — thin thread of metal
• Slovene: žica — thin thread of metal
• Spanish: alambre — thin thread of metal
• Spanish: hilo — thin thread of metal
• Spanish: arambre — thin thread of metal
• Swahili: waya — thin thread of metal
• Swedish: tråd — thin thread of metal
• Sylheti: ꠔꠣꠞ (tar) — thin thread of metal
• Tagalog: alambre — thin thread of metal
• Tahitian: niuniu — thin thread of metal
• Tajik: сим (sim) — thin thread of metal
• Thai: ลวด (lûuat) — thin thread of metal
• Thai: สาย (sǎai) — thin thread of metal
• Tibetan: ལྕགས་སྐུད (lcags skud) — thin thread of metal
• Turkish: tel — thin thread of metal
• Ottoman Turkish: سیم (sim) — thin thread of metal
• Turkmen: sim — thin thread of metal
• Ukrainian: про́від (próvid) — thin thread of metal
• Ukrainian: дріт (drit) — thin thread of metal
• Urdu: تار (tār) — thin thread of metal
• Uyghur: سىم (sim) — thin thread of metal
• Uzbek: sim — thin thread of metal
• Vietnamese: dây — thin thread of metal
• Vietnamese: dây thép — thin thread of metal
• Welsh: gwifren — thin thread of metal
• Welsh: weiren — thin thread of metal
• Yiddish: דראָט (drot) — thin thread of metal
• Zazaki: tel — thin thread of metal
• Southern Altai: эмик (emik) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Azerbaijani: məftil — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Bulgarian: жи́ца (žíca) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Catalan: cable — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Chinese Mandarin: 電線 /电线 (diànxiàn) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Dutch: elektriciteitsdraad — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Dutch: snoer — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Dutch: ader — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Finnish: sähköjohto — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Finnish: johdin — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Georgian: სადენი (sadeni) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• German: Draht — metal conductor that carries electricity
• German: Ader — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Greek: καλώδιο (kalódio) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Italian: filo elettrico — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Italian: cavo — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Italian: cavo elettrico — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Japanese: 電線 (densen) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Khmer: ខ្សែភ្លើង (khsae phləəng) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Korean: 전선 (jeonseon) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Latvian: stieple — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Macedonian: жица (žica) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Malay: wayar — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Central Melanau: waya — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Polish: przewód — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Polish: kabel — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Portuguese: fio — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Romanian: fir — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Russian: про́вод (próvod) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Scottish Gaelic: uèir — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Serbo-Croatian: жи̏ца — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Serbo-Croatian: žȉca — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Slovene: žica — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Spanish: cable — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Swahili: waya — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Swedish: ledning — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Swedish: kabel — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Swedish: elkabel — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Thai: สายไฟฟ้า (sǎai-fai-fáa) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Thai: สายไฟ (sǎai-fai) — metal conductor that carries electricity
• Afrikaans: draadheining — fence made of usually barbed wire
• Bulgarian: те́лена огра́да (télena ográda) — fence made of usually barbed wire
• Finnish: piikkilanka-aita — fence made of usually barbed wire
• Greek: συρματόπλεγμα (syrmatóplegma) — fence made of usually barbed wire
• Italian: filo spinato — fence made of usually barbed wire
• Khmer: លួសបន្លា (luŏsbânléa) — fence made of usually barbed wire
• Korean: 철조망 (cheoljomang) — fence made of usually barbed wire
• Macedonian: бодликава жица (bodlikava žica) — fence made of usually barbed wire
• Swahili: waya — fence made of usually barbed wire
• Swedish: taggtrådsstaket — fence made of usually barbed wire
• Finnish: maalinauha — sports: finish line of a racetrack
• Italian: traguardo — sports: finish line of a racetrack
• Italian: arrivo — sports: finish line of a racetrack
• Swahili: waya — sports: finish line of a racetrack
• Swedish: målsnöre — sports: finish line of a racetrack
• German: Wanze — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Greek: κοριός (koriós) — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Italian: cimice — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Italian: microspia — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Polish: pluskwa — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Polish: kabel — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Portuguese: escuta — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Portuguese: grampo — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Russian: жучо́к (žučók) — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Russian: прослу́шка (proslúška) — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Swahili: waya — slang: hidden listening device on the person
• Dutch: vastbinden — to fasten with wire
• Finnish: sitoa — to fasten with wire
• Greek: στερεώνω με σύρμα (stereóno me sýrma) — to fasten with wire
• Italian: fissare con filo metallico — to fasten with wire
• Swahili: waya — to fasten with wire
• Swedish: fästa med ståltråd — to fasten with wire
• Finnish: pujottaa — to string on a wire
• Italian: infilzare — to string on a wire
• Swahili: waya — to string on a wire
• Bulgarian: окабелявам (okabeljavam) — to equip with wires for use with electricity
• Dutch: electrificeren — to equip with wires for use with electricity
• Finnish: johdottaa — to equip with wires for use with electricity
• Greek: καλωδιώνω (kalodióno) — to equip with wires for use with electricity
• Italian: stendere fili elettrici — to equip with wires for use with electricity
• Italian: installare impianto elettrico — to equip with wires for use with electricity
• Italian: elettrificare — to equip with wires for use with electricity
• Spanish: cablear — to equip with wires for use with electricity
• Swahili: waya — to equip with wires for use with electricity
• Dutch: aansluiten — to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring
• Finnish: kytkeä — to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring
• Italian: collegare tramite cavo — to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring
• Swahili: waya — to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring
• Bulgarian: телеграфирам (telegrafiram) — informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system
• German: Geld überweisen — informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system
• Greek: τηλεγραφώ (tilegrafó) — informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system
• Greek: στέλνω (stélno) — informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system
• Italian: telegrafare — informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system
• Norwegian: overføre — informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system
• Swedish: skicka — informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system
• Swedish: överföra — informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system
• Turkish: para havale etmek — informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system
• Greek: τσιτώνω (tsitóno) — to make someone tense or psyched-up
• Italian: eccitare — to make someone tense or psyched-up
• Italian: gasare — to make someone tense or psyched-up
• Italian: avere nervi a fior di pelle — to make someone tense or psyched-up
• Swahili: waya — to make someone tense or psyched-up
• Greek: βάζω κοριό (vázo korió) — slang: to install eavesdropping equipment
• Hungarian: bedrótoz — slang: to install eavesdropping equipment
• Italian: installare microspie — slang: to install eavesdropping equipment
• Swahili: waya — slang: to install eavesdropping equipment