swirl

Signification (Anglais)

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.).

Concepts

tourbillon

remous

tourbillonner

tourbilloner

tournoyer

tourbillon longitudinal

contre-courant

vortex

tourbillonnement

Synonymes

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

Traductions

Wirbel

remolino

wervelen

dwarrelen

redemoinho

arremolinarse

wirbeln

Strudel

kolken

warrelen

torbellino

girdap

remolí

strudeln

arrombollar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/swɜːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: swirlen

Appartenant à écossais: swirl

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: svirla

Appartenant à suédois: sorla

Appartenant à néerlandais: zwirrelen

Appartenant à frison occidental: swiere

Appartenant à néerlandais: zwieren

Appartenant à allemand: schwirren

Appartenant à suédois: svirra

Appartenant à danois: svirre

Appartenant à anglais: 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.