"maalstroom" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈmaːl.stroːm/ Audio: Nl-maalstroom.ogg Forms: maalstromen [plural], maalstroompje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Compound of malen + stroom. First attested in the 16th century. Etymology templates: {{compound|nl|malen|stroom}} malen + stroom Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|maalstroompje}} maalstroom m (plural maalstromen, diminutive maalstroompje n)
  1. An aquatic vortex, maelstrom, large whirlpool; especially a tidal vortex. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maalstroom-nl-noun-cMN~LAK8
  2. (also figurative) Any kind of vortex. Tags: also, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-maalstroom-nl-noun-Z1NvRK0l Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maelstroom [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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          "english": "The largest maelstrom, that is known, is the one of the Norwegian Sea, one insists that it covers more than twenty hours in circumference; it swallows during six hours everything in that it encounters in its circumference, water, whales and schips, and it subsequently reemits everything again during that same expanse of time, what it has swallowed in.",
          "text": "1769, Charles Papillon, Algemeen en beredenerent woordenboek der natuurlyke historie, tr. by Valmont de Bomare from French, publ. by Abraham Blussé & son, page 846.\nDe grootſte maalſtroom die men kent, is die van de Noorweegſche Zee, men verzekert dat hy meer als twintig uuren in omtrek beſlaat; hy zwelgt gedurende zes uuren alles in wat hy in zynen omtrek ontmoet, Water, Walviſſchen en Schepen, en hy geeft vervolgens, gedurende dezelve uitgeſtrektheid van tyd alles weder uit, wat hy ingezwolgen heeft.",
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