wormhole

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• General-American: /ˈwɝmˌhoʊl/
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• CMU ARPABET: W ER1 M HH AO2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 蟲洞 /虫洞 (chóngdòng) — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Finnish: madonreikä — a hole burrowed by a worm
• French: trou de ver — a hole burrowed by a worm
• German: Wurmloch — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Indonesian: lubang cacing — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Irish: poll péiste — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Macedonian: црвоточина (crvotočina) — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Malay: lubang cacing — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Polish: otwór wygryziony przez robaka — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Russian: червото́чина (červotóčina) — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Serbo-Croatian: црвото̀чина — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Serbo-Croatian: crvotòčina — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Spanish: agujero de gusano — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Swedish: maskhål — a hole burrowed by a worm
• Arabic: ثَقْب دُودِيّ (ṯaqb dūdiyy) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Arabic: مَمَرّ دُودِيّ (mamarr dūdiyy) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Azerbaijani: soxulcan dəliyi — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Basque: zizare zulo — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Catalan: forat de cuc — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Chinese Mandarin: 蟲洞 /虫洞 (chóngdòng) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛀孔 (zhùkǒng) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Chinese Mandarin: 蠹孔 (dùkǒng) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Czech: červí díra — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Finnish: madonreikä — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• French: trou de ver — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Georgian: ჭიის ხვრელი (č̣iis xvreli) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• German: Wurmloch — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Hebrew: חור תולעת — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Hebrew: חֹר תּוֹלַעַת (khor toláat) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Hungarian: féreglyuk — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Hungarian: féregjárat — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Icelandic: ormagöng — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Indonesian: lubang cacing — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Irish: poll péiste — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Italian: cunicolo — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Japanese: ワームホール (wāmuhōru) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Korean: 웜홀 (womhol) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Macedonian: црвоточина (crvotočina) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Malay: lubang cacing — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Malay: lubang cecacing — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Polish: tunel czasoprzestrzenny — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Portuguese: buraco de verme — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Portuguese: buraco de minhoca — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Portuguese: fenda espacial — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Portuguese: túnel espacial — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Russian: крото́вая нора́ (krotóvaja norá) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Russian: крото́вина (krotóvina) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Russian: червото́чина (červotóčina) — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Serbo-Croatian: црвото̀чина — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Serbo-Croatian: crvotòčina — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Spanish: agujero de gusano — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Swedish: maskhål — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Turkish: solucan deliği — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Vietnamese: lỗ sâu — a shortcut between distant parts of space
• Vietnamese: lỗ giun — a shortcut between distant parts of space