wand

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
2. A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
3. (broadly) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
4. A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
5. A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
6. (UK, figuratively, informal) A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.

Verb

1. (transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector.
2. (transitive) To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part).

Concepts

baguette

badine

canne

sceptre

verge

Synonymes

baton

rod

stick

staff

scepter

sceptre

cane

pole

switch

verge

mace

truncheon

supple stick

ferule

twig

ingot

drub

crozier

shaft

sprig

crook

conductor’s baton

bow

🙇

birch

bandy

bar

walking stick

yard

mahlstick

long handle

perch

Traductions

roede

Zauberstab

🪄

varita

Stab

spitsroede

stokje

vara

bacchetta

gard

varinha

staf

toverstaf

🪄

varilla

virga

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wɒnd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: wand

Appartenant à islandais: vendi

Appartenant à danois: vånd

Appartenant à allemand: Wand

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃

In summary

From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).

Phrases

The S . W . A . T . entry team used an optical wand to observe the proceedings behind the door .

Le S.W.A.T. L'équipe d'entrée a utilisé une baguette optique pour observer la procédure derrière la porte.