swirl

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
2. To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl.
3. (figuratively) To circulate.
4. (dated) To mingle interracially.

Noun

1. A whirling eddy.
2. A twist or coil of something.
3. The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.
4. (dated) Interracial mingling (e.g. dating, sex, marriage, etc.).

Conceptes

remolí

arrombollar-se

arrombollar

girar

arremolinar

arremolinar-se

vèrtebra

fer girar

Sinònims

whirl

eddy

whirlpool

curl

vortex

twirl

spin

revolve

twiddle

convolution

rotate

wind round

spiral

turn around

twist

rise

whirlwind

purl

wind

gyrate

wreathe

scurry

staggers

stir

swing

swivel

troll

🧌

billow

turbine

turbulence

turbulent flow

turn

vertigo

waft

wave

👋

whorl

wreath

mill about

whirl around

tumble

clew

clue

coil

dispersed

dizziness

drift

eddy current

flutter

gargle

get around

Traduccions

tourbillon

remolino

Wirbel

wervelen

arremolinarse

wirbeln

redemoinho

kolken

tourbillonner

Strudel

remous

dwarrelen

warrelen

strudeln

torbellino

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/swɜːl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: swirlen

Cognat amb escocès: swirl

Cognat amb noruec nynorsk: svirla

Cognat amb suec: sorla

Cognat amb neerlandès: zwirrelen

Cognat amb frisó occidental: swiere

Cognat amb neerlandès: zwieren

Cognat amb alemany: schwirren

Cognat amb suec: svirra

Cognat amb danès: svirre

Cognat amb anglès: swarm

In summary

From Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”), probably from Old Norse *svirla (“to swirl”), a frequentative form of Old Norse sverra (“to swing, twirl”). Cognate with Scots swirl, sworl (“to eddy, swirl”), Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”), Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”), Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”). Compare also West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”), Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”), German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”), German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”), Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”), Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”). Related to English swarm.