wire

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (uncountable) Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
2. (countable, uncountable) A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
3. (countable, uncountable) A metal conductor that carries electricity.
4. (countable, uncountable) A fence made of usually barbed wire.
5. (countable, uncountable) A finish line of a racetrack.
6. (countable, informal, uncountable) A telecommunication wire or cable.
7. (broadly, countable, uncountable) An electric telegraph; a telegram.
8. (countable, slang, uncountable) A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
9. (countable, informal, uncountable) A deadline or critical endpoint.
10. (countable, uncountable) A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
11. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
12. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A pickpocket, especially one who targets women.
13. (countable, slang, uncountable) A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
14. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) A knitting needle.
15. (countable, uncountable) The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
16. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable) Clipping of wire service and/or newswire.

Verb

1. To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
2. To string on a wire.
3. To equip with wires for use with electricity.
4. To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
5. To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
6. To connect, embed, incorporate, or include (something) into (something else) by or as if by wires:
7. (figuratively, passive, usually) To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
8. To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
9. (slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
10. (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.
11. To snare by means of a wire or wires.
12. (transitive) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.

Concetti

filo

🧵

filo metallico

cavo

filo di ferro

telegrafare

telegramma

cablare

filamento

fil di ferro

filo elettrico

filo spinato

infilzare

🪢

gasare

corda dell’arco

corda grossa

cavo di metallo

corda forte

corda grossa di cuoio

microspia

🐛

fildiferro

filodiferro

fare l’impianto elettrico di

installare microspie

collegare tramite cavo

stendere fili elettrici

installare impianto elettrico

legare con filo metallico

fissare con filo metallico

assicurare con filo metallico

arrivo

di filo di ferro

cimice

legare

traguardo

eccitare

elettrificare

elettrizzare

sinonimi

cable

telegraph

telegram

thread

🧵

line

string

🪢

rope

🪢

conducting wire

electric wire

cord

electrify

metal wire

cablegram

chain

conductor

send a telegram

band

beam

flash

lead

vine

wiring

strand

pin on

iron wire

guide line

hair

hang

hang up

iron

medium

message

metallic

nail

needle

network

power

power line

ray

reeve

row

shoestring

startle

steel wire

suspend

tape

telephone call

tinsel

transmitter

traverse

Traduzioni

Draht

fil

🧶

alambre

draad

🧵

arame

fil de fer

filferro

σύρμα

télégramme

metaaldraad

fio

🧵

fil métallique

telegram

Kabel

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/waɪə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: wir

Ereditato da inglese antico: wīr

In summary

From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).

Frasi

Give me that call on Patrick's wire !

Dammi quella chiamata sul filo di Patrick!

My Wacom tablet has a dodgy wire .

La mia tavoletta Wacom ha un filo schifoso.