eddy

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
2. A circular current; a whirlpool.

Verb

To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.

Concetti

mulinello

gorgo

vortice

molinello

turbine di vento

controcorrente

mulinello di vento

sinonimi

whirlpool

vortex

swirl

whirl

whirlwind

twist

maelstrom

dust devil

curl

purl

tornado

🌪️

turbulence

twirl

whirling current

wreath

remous

circular blowing wind

weel

eddy flow

erratic current

vortexing

eddy-current

coil

flow in vortex

current

eddying

gyrate

gyroscope

hurly-burly

perish

ripple

ruined

stream

Traduzioni

remolino

Wirbel

tourbillon

torbellino

remous

Strudel

contre-courant

vórtice

redemoinho

maalstroom

anafor

Wirbelwind

tourbillonner

girdap

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɛd.i/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: eddy

Ereditato da inglese antico: edēa

Affine latino: et

Affine danese: ide

Affine svedese: eda

Affine norvegese: ida

Affine islandese: iða

In summary

From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”).