maelstrom

Significat (Anglès)

1. A large and violent whirlpool.
2. (figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation.

Conceptes

remolí

voràgine

vòrtex

ull de cicló

re- molí

xuclador

Sinònims

whirlpool

vortex

whirl

eddy

whirlwind

chaos

turmoil

upheaval

tourbillon

convulsions

gyre

hurly-burly

swirl

Traduccions

vorágine

tourbillon

maalstroom

vortice

redemoinho

vórtice

turbilhão

remolino

Strudel

Mahlstrom

torbellino

maëlstrom

voragem

vórtice

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmeɪlˌstɹəm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès: maalstroom

Cognat amb danès: malstrøm

Cognat amb alemany: Mahlstrom

Cognat amb suec: malström

In summary

The word was originally the name of a giant whirlpool off Norway in the Arctic Ocean which was said to destroy all ships that came close to it, likely the actual tidal pool system of Moskstraumen in Lofoten.
It is borrowed from early modern Dutch maelstrom (“whirlpool”) (obsolete) (modern Dutch maalstroom), from malen (“to whirl around; to grind”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”)) + stroom (“stream; river; current or flow of water or other liquid”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”)), and was popularized by Edgar Allen Poe’s short story A Descent into the Maelström (1841).
Cognates
* Danish malstrøm
* German Mahlstrom
* Swedish malström