needle
Signification (Anglais)
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- A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
- Any slender, pointed object resembling a needle, such as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
- A fine measurement indicator on a dial or graph.
- (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus.
- A needle-like leaf found on some conifers.
- A strong beam resting on props, used as a temporary support during building repairs.
- (informal) The death penalty carried out by lethal injection.
- A text string that is searched for within another string. (see: needle in a haystack)
- Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.
Concepts
canule d’injection
aiguille hypodermique
aiguille à coudre
aiguill
aiguille de montre
saphir de tourne-disque
lime à aiguille
écoinette
lime en aiguille
Synonymes
phonograph needle
acerate leaf
needle file
sewing pin
needle roller
broach file
reproducing stylus
needle point file
keen point
needle leaf
reproducing needle
pick-up needle
smooth sewing needle
cross bar
hard metal
knitting-needle
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈniː.dəl/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
From Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from pre-Germanic *neh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch naald (“needle”), German Nadel (“needle, pin, crochet hook”), German nähen (“sew”), Danish nål (“needle”), Norwegian nål (“needle”), Finnish neula (“needle”). Further related with Welsh nyddu, Latin nēre, Sanskrit स्नायति (snāyati, “wraps up, winds”). Related to snood.
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