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{
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}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "swirlen",
"t": "to eddy, swirl"
},
"expansion": "Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”)",
"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "non",
"3": "*svirla",
"t": "to swirl"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse *svirla (“to swirl”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "non",
"3": "sverra",
"t": "to swing, twirl"
},
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},
{
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"1": "sco",
"2": "swirl"
},
"expansion": "Scots swirl",
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},
{
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"2": "sworl",
"t": "to eddy, swirl"
},
"expansion": "sworl (“to eddy, swirl”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "svirla",
"t": "to whirl around; swirl"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "sorla",
"t": "to murmur, buzz"
},
"expansion": "Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "zwirrelen",
"t": "to swirl"
},
"expansion": "Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "swiere",
"t": "to reel, whirl"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "zwieren",
"t": "to reel, swing around"
},
"expansion": "Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "swirren",
"t": "to whizz, whirl or buzz around"
},
"expansion": "German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schwirren",
"t": "to whirr, whizz, buzz"
},
"expansion": "German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "svirra",
"t": "to whirr about, buzz, hum"
},
"expansion": "Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "svirre",
"t": "to whizz, whirr"
},
"expansion": "Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "swarm"
},
"expansion": "English swarm",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "swirls",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "swirling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "swirled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "swirled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I swirled my brush around in the paint."
},
{
"ref": "2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "The contest was a lot more even in the second half, as the wind swirled around the Stadium of Light, but it took Craig Gardner's superb block to prevent Young getting on the scoresheet.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To twist or whirl, as an eddy."
],
"id": "en-swirl-en-verb-SfimTJ-O",
"links": [
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"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"twist",
"twist"
],
[
"whirl",
"whirl"
],
[
"eddy",
"eddy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zavihrjam se",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "завихрям се"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "旋动"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "hvirvle"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "keerlema"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "pyörteillä"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "kieppua"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "tourbillonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "vorticare"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "turbinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "巻く"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "渦巻く"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kuəch",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "កួច"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "māwe"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "māue"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "whirowhiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "kōripo"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "miro"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "kōmingo"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "pioi"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "pīoioi"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "girar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "rotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 8 2 2",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to twist or whirl",
"word": "têvden"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"To be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl."
],
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"links": [
[
"arranged",
"arranged"
],
[
"twist",
"twist"
],
[
"spiral",
"spiral"
],
[
"whorl",
"whorl"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 95 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl",
"word": "kiertyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 1 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "bɑɑbɑngvɨl",
"sense": "to be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl",
"word": "បង្វិល"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 95 1 1",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "to be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl",
"word": "tahnen"
}
]
},
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-05-29",
"text": "Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To circulate."
],
"id": "en-swirl-en-verb-kxSLMPC4",
"links": [
[
"circulate",
"circulate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To circulate."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "African-American Vernacular English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "4 5 29 22 2 3 5 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To mingle interracially."
],
"id": "en-swirl-en-verb-3FUOSXL7",
"links": [
[
"mingle",
"mingle"
],
[
"interracially",
"interracially"
]
],
"qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
"raw_glosses": [
"(African-American Vernacular, dated) To mingle interracially."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/swɜːl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/swɜɹl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)l"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "swirl"
}
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "preswirl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "swirl flap"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "swirly"
}
],
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"name": "der"
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},
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"2": "swirl"
},
"expansion": "Scots swirl",
"name": "cog"
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"t": "to eddy, swirl"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "svirla",
"t": "to whirl around; swirl"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "sorla",
"t": "to murmur, buzz"
},
"expansion": "Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "zwirrelen",
"t": "to swirl"
},
"expansion": "Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "swiere",
"t": "to reel, whirl"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "zwieren",
"t": "to reel, swing around"
},
"expansion": "Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "swirren",
"t": "to whizz, whirl or buzz around"
},
"expansion": "German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schwirren",
"t": "to whirr, whizz, buzz"
},
"expansion": "German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "svirra",
"t": "to whirr about, buzz, hum"
},
"expansion": "Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "svirre",
"t": "to whizz, whirr"
},
"expansion": "Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "swarm"
},
"expansion": "English swarm",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "swirls",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "swirl (plural swirls)",
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A whirling eddy."
],
"id": "en-swirl-en-noun-85oQnExG",
"links": [
[
"whirling",
"whirling"
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[
"eddy",
"eddy"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "duwwāma",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دُوَّامَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vodovǎrtež",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "водовъртеж"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "remolí"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "漩渦"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuánwō",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "漩涡"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hvirvel"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "draaikolk"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "keeris"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "pyörre"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tourbillon"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"singular"
],
"word": "remous"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remuíño"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rodopío"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sorbedoiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wirbel"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "örvény"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "vortico"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vortice"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"alt": "うずまき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uzumaki",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "渦巻き"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"alt": "うず",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uzu",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "渦"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "soyongdori",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "소용돌이"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "kōriporipo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "redemoinho"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remoinho"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vodovorót",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "водоворо́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "remolino"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toubion"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 1 3 2",
"code": "wa",
"english": "water",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neyisse"
}
]
},
{
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"A twist or coil of something."
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-swirl.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-swirl.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-swirl.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-swirl.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "duwwāma",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "دُوَّامَة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vodovǎrtež",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "водовъртеж"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "remolí"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "漩渦"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuánwō",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "漩涡"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hvirvel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "draaikolk"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "keeris"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "pyörre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tourbillon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"singular"
],
"word": "remous"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remuíño"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rodopío"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sorbedoiro"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wirbel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "örvény"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "vortico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vortice"
},
{
"alt": "うずまき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uzumaki",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "渦巻き"
},
{
"alt": "うず",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "uzu",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "渦"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "soyongdori",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "소용돌이"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "kōriporipo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "redemoinho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remoinho"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vodovorót",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "водоворо́т"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"word": "remolino"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toubion"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"english": "water",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "whirling eddy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neyisse"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vitka",
"sense": "twist or coil of something",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "витка"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "twist or coil of something",
"word": "kierre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "twist or coil of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "riccio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zavitók",
"sense": "twist or coil of something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "завито́к"
}
],
"word": "swirl"
}
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