swirl

Significado (Inglês)

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.).

Conceitos

redemoinho

vórtice

rodopio

turbilhão

torvelinho

remoinho

espiral

agitar

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

tourbillon

Wirbel

remolino

wervelen

kolken

remous

warrelen

arremolinarse

wirbeln

dwarrelen

Strudel

tourbillonner

torbellino

remolí

strudeln

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/swɜːl/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: swirlen

Cognato com scots: swirl

Cognato com nynorsk norueguês: svirla

Cognato com sueco: sorla

Cognato com holandês: zwirrelen

Cognato com frísio ocidental: swiere

Cognato com holandês: zwieren

Cognato com alemão: schwirren

Cognato com sueco: svirra

Cognato com dinamarquês: svirre

Cognato com inglês: 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.