wool

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• UK, US: /wʊl/
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• rhymes with -ʊl
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• homophone: wool
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• Received-Pronunciation: /wʊl/
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• General-American: wo͝ol
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• General-American: /wʊl/
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• General-American: [wʊ̠ɫ]
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• General-American: [wəl]
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• General-American: [wul]
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /wʉl/
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• CMU ARPABET: W UH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English wolle, from Old English wull, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h2wĺ̥h1neh2. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wulle, German Low German Wull, Dutch wol, German Wolle, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ull, Danish uld; also Welsh gwlân, Latin lāna, Lithuanian vi̇̀lna, Russian во́лос (vólos), Slovak vlna, Bulgarian влас (vlas), Albanian lesh (“wool, hair, fleece”). Doublet of lana. The vowel development u → o → oo is purely graphical. Modern English generally avoids the string ⟨wu⟩ in favour of ⟨wo⟩, and the resulting woll was then altered to wool (as supposedly better representing the pronunciation).

237 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: wol — hair of sheep, etc.
• Albanian: lesh — hair of sheep, etc.
• Southern Altai: јум (ǰum) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Arabic: صُوف (ṣūf) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Arabic: صوف (ṣūf) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Armenian: բուրդ (burd) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Armenian: գեղմ (geġm) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Aromanian: lãnã — hair of sheep, etc.
• Assamese: উণ (un) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Asturian: llana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Azerbaijani: yun — hair of sheep, etc.
• Bactrian: παμανο (pamano) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Baluchi: پژم (pažm, pažam) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Bashkir: йөн (yön) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Basque: artile — hair of sheep, etc.
• Belarusian: во́ўна (vówna) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Belarusian: шэрсць (šerscʹ) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Bengali: ঊণ (un) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Bengali: মেষলোম (meslōm) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Bengali: উল (ul) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Breton: gloan — hair of sheep, etc.
• Bulgarian: въ́лна (vǎ́lna) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Burmese: သိုးမွေး (sui:mwe:) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Catalan: llana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Cherokee: ᎤᏩᏂ (uwani) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊毛 (yángmáo) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Cornish: gwlan — hair of sheep, etc.
• Corsican: lana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Czech: vlna — hair of sheep, etc.
• Dalmatian: luona — hair of sheep, etc.
• Danish: uld — hair of sheep, etc.
• Dutch: wol — hair of sheep, etc.
• Esperanto: lano — hair of sheep, etc.
• Estonian: vill — hair of sheep, etc.
• Evenki: инңакта — hair of sheep, etc.
• Fala: lana (Lagarteiru) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Fala: lan (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Finnish: villa — hair of sheep, etc.
• Franco-Provençal: lana — hair of sheep, etc.
• French: laine — hair of sheep, etc.
• Friulian: lane — hair of sheep, etc.
• Galician: la — hair of sheep, etc.
• Ge'ez: ፀምር (ṣ́ämr) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Georgian: მატყლი (maṭq̇li) — hair of sheep, etc.
• German: Wolle — hair of sheep, etc.
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Greek: μαλλί (mallí) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Ancient Greek: ἔριον (érion) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Ancient Greek: εἶρος (eîros) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Mycenaean Greek: 𐀔𐀪 (ma-ri) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Hausa: ulu — hair of sheep, etc.
• Hebrew: צֶמֶר (tsémer) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Hindi: ऊन (ūn) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Hungarian: gyapjú — hair of sheep, etc.
• Icelandic: ull — hair of sheep, etc.
• Indonesian: wol — hair of sheep, etc.
• Ingrian: villa — hair of sheep, etc.
• Interlingua: lana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Irish: olann — hair of sheep, etc.
• Istro-Romanian: lărę — hair of sheep, etc.
• Istro-Romanian: lărĕ — hair of sheep, etc.
• Italian: lana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Japanese: ウール (ūru) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Japanese: 羊毛 (yōmō) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Kalasha: paṣ — hair of sheep, etc.
• Kazakh: жүн (jün) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Khmer: ឧណ្ណា (ʼunnaa) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Khmer: រោមចៀម (room ciəm) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Khowar: پوݰپ (poṣp) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Korean: 털실 (teolsil) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Korean: 양모 (yangmo) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Central Kurdish: خوری (xurî) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Northern Kurdish: hirî — hair of sheep, etc.
• Kyrgyz: жүн (jün) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Lao: ຂົນ (khon) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Latin: lāna — hair of sheep, etc.
• Latvian: vilna — hair of sheep, etc.
• Laz: მონტკორი (monťǩori) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Lithuanian: vilna — hair of sheep, etc.
• Luxembourgish: Woll — hair of sheep, etc.
• Macedonian: во́лна (vólna) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Malagasy: volonondry — hair of sheep, etc.
• Malay: wul — hair of sheep, etc.
• Malay: suf — hair of sheep, etc.
• Malayalam: കമ്പിളി (kampiḷi) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Maltese: suf — hair of sheep, etc.
• Māori: wūru — hair of sheep, etc.
• Eastern Mari: меж (mež) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Western Mari: миж (miž) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Megleno-Romanian: lǫnă — hair of sheep, etc.
• Mingrelian: მონტყორი (monṭq̇ori) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Mongolian: ноос (noos) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Mongolian: ᠨᠣᠣᠰᠤ (noosu) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Nanai: сингакта (siŋakta) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Navajo: aghaaʼ — hair of sheep, etc.
• Navajo: dibé bighaaʼ — hair of sheep, etc.
• Navajo: hakʼaz ayání bighaaʼ — hair of sheep, etc.
• Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ tłʼízí bighaaʼ — hair of sheep, etc.
• Norman: laine — hair of sheep, etc.
• Norwegian Bokmål: ull — hair of sheep, etc.
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ull — hair of sheep, etc.
• Occitan: lana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Odia: ଉଲ (ula) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Church Slavic: вльна (vlĭna) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Old Galician-Portuguese: lãa — hair of sheep, etc.
• Ossetian: фист (fist) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Ossetian: фӕсм (fæsm) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Pannonian Rusyn: волна (volna) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Dari: پَشْم (pašm) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Iranian Persian: پَشْم (pašm) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Plautdietsch: Woll — hair of sheep, etc.
• Polish: wełna — hair of sheep, etc.
• Portuguese: lã — hair of sheep, etc.
• Quechua: millwa — hair of sheep, etc.
• Romanian: lână — hair of sheep, etc.
• Romansh: launa — hair of sheep, etc.
• Romansh: lana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Romansh: làna — hair of sheep, etc.
• Romansh: langa — hair of sheep, etc.
• Russian: шерсть (šerstʹ) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Samoan: vulu — hair of sheep, etc.
• Sardinian: lana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Scots: oo — hair of sheep, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: clòimh — hair of sheep, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: olann — hair of sheep, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ву̏на — hair of sheep, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: vȕna — hair of sheep, etc.
• Sicilian: lana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Slovak: vlna — hair of sheep, etc.
• Slovene: volna — hair of sheep, etc.
• Somali: suuf — hair of sheep, etc.
• Lower Sorbian: wałma — hair of sheep, etc.
• Spanish: lana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Svan: მა̈ტყ (mäṭq̇) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Swahili: sufu — hair of sheep, etc.
• Swedish: ull — hair of sheep, etc.
• Sylheti: ꠃꠟ (ul) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Tagalog: lana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Tajik: пашм (pašm) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Tarifit: taḍuft — hair of sheep, etc.
• Tashelhit: taḍutt — hair of sheep, etc.
• Tatar: йон (yon) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Telugu: బొచ్చు (boccu) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Thai: ขนแกะ (kǒn-gɛ̀) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Thai: ขน (kǒn) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Tibetan: བལ (bal) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Tigrinya: ጸምሪ (ṣämri) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Tok Pisin: wul — hair of sheep, etc.
• Turkish: yün — hair of sheep, etc.
• Turkmen: ýüň — hair of sheep, etc.
• Udi: ха (ꭓa) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Ukrainian: во́вна (vóvna) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Ukrainian: шерсть (šerstʹ) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Urdu: اُون (ūn) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Uyghur: يۇڭ (yung) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Uyghur: موي (moy) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Uyghur: جاۋىغا (jawigha) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Uyghur: كۈزەم (küzem) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Uzbek: jun — hair of sheep, etc.
• Venetan: łana — hair of sheep, etc.
• Vietnamese: len — hair of sheep, etc.
• Vietnamese: lông — hair of sheep, etc.
• Volapük: lain — hair of sheep, etc.
• Walloon: linne — hair of sheep, etc.
• Welsh: gwlân — hair of sheep, etc.
• Yiddish: וואָל (vol) — hair of sheep, etc.
• Zazaki: peşmi — hair of sheep, etc.
• Zulu: uvolo — hair of sheep, etc.
• Arabic: صُوف (ṣūf) — cloth or yarn
• Armenian: բուրդ (burd) — cloth or yarn
• Asturian: llana — cloth or yarn
• Basque: ardile — cloth or yarn
• Belarusian: пра́жа (práža) — cloth or yarn
• Belarusian: во́ўна (vówna) — cloth or yarn
• Breton: gloanaj — cloth or yarn
• Breton: gloanenn — cloth or yarn
• Bulgarian: вълна́ (vǎlná) — cloth or yarn
• Bulgarian: пре́жда (préžda) — cloth or yarn
• Burmese: သိုးမွေး (sui:mwe:) — cloth or yarn
• Chinese Mandarin: 羊毛 (yángmáo) — cloth or yarn
• Chinese Mandarin: 毛線 /毛线 (máoxiàn) — cloth or yarn
• Czech: vlna — cloth or yarn
• Czech: příze — cloth or yarn
• Dutch: wol — cloth or yarn
• Estonian: vill — cloth or yarn
• Finnish: villa — cloth or yarn
• French: laine — cloth or yarn
• Georgian: შალის ქსოვილი (šalis ksovili) — cloth or yarn
• Georgian: შალი (šali) — cloth or yarn
• German: Wolle — cloth or yarn
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰 (wulla) — cloth or yarn
• Greek: μαλλί (mallí) — cloth or yarn
• Ancient Greek: ἔριον (érion) — cloth or yarn
• Mycenaean Greek: 𐀔𐀪 (ma-ri) — cloth or yarn
• Hausa: ulu — cloth or yarn
• Hindi: ऊन (ūn) — cloth or yarn
• Hungarian: gyapjú — cloth or yarn
• Italian: lana — cloth or yarn
• Japanese: 羊毛 (yōmō) — cloth or yarn
• Khmer: រោមចៀម (room ciəm) — cloth or yarn
• Korean: 털실 (teolsil) — cloth or yarn
• Korean: 양모 (yangmo) — cloth or yarn
• Lao: ຂົນສັດ (khon sat) — cloth or yarn
• Latvian: dzija — cloth or yarn
• Lithuanian: vilnonas — cloth or yarn
• Macedonian: во́лница (vólnica) — cloth or yarn
• Macedonian: пре́ѓа (préǵa) — cloth or yarn
• Navajo: aghaaʼ — cloth or yarn
• Norman: laine — cloth or yarn
• Norwegian Bokmål: ull — cloth or yarn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ull — cloth or yarn
• Pannonian Rusyn: волна (volna) — cloth or yarn
• Polish: wełna — cloth or yarn
• Polish: przędza — cloth or yarn
• Portuguese: lã — cloth or yarn
• Romanian: lână — cloth or yarn
• Russian: шерсть (šerstʹ) — cloth or yarn
• Russian: пря́жа (prjáža) — cloth or yarn
• Scottish Gaelic: clòimh — cloth or yarn
• Scottish Gaelic: olann — cloth or yarn
• Serbo-Croatian: predja — cloth or yarn
• Serbo-Croatian: prtilica — cloth or yarn
• Slovak: vlna — cloth or yarn
• Slovak: priadza — cloth or yarn
• Lower Sorbian: wałma — cloth or yarn
• Spanish: lana — cloth or yarn
• Swedish: ylle — cloth or yarn
• Telugu: ఉన్ని (unni) — cloth or yarn
• Thai: ผ้าขนสัตว์ (pâa-kǒn-sàt) — cloth or yarn
• Thai: สักหลาด (sàk-gà-làat) — cloth or yarn
• Ukrainian: во́вна (vóvna) — cloth or yarn
• Ukrainian: пря́жа (prjáža) — cloth or yarn
• Urdu: اُون (ūn) — cloth or yarn
• Uyghur: يۇڭ (yung) — cloth or yarn
• Vietnamese: len — cloth or yarn
• Finnish: villa — anything with a texture like that of wool
• Hindi: ऊनी (ūnī) — anything with a texture like that of wool