"whirl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /wɜːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʍɜːl/ (note: without the wine–whine merger, non-rhotic), /(h)wɝl/ [General-American], /ˈʍɪɾ(ə̯)l/ [Ireland, Scotland] Audio: En-us-whirl.ogg Forms: whirls [plural]
enPR: wûrl [General-American] (note: h) Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology: From Middle English whirl, wherwille, whorwhil, wervel, from Old English hwirfel, hwyrfel (“whirlpool”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwirbil, from Proto-Germanic *hwirbilaz, *hwarbilaz (“swirl, whirl, whirlpool”), equivalent to wharve + -el; and also Old Norse hvirfill (“ring, circle, crown”), whence Danish hvirvel (“cowlick”), Dutch werveling (“whirling, vortex”), German Low German Warvel (“whirl, whirlpool”), German Wirbel (“whirl, whirlpool”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whirl}} Middle English whirl, {{inh|en|ang|hwirfel}} Old English hwirfel, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hwirbil}} Proto-West Germanic *hwirbil, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hwirbilaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwirbilaz, {{suf|en|wharve|-el|nocat=1}} wharve + -el, {{der|en|non|hvirfill|t=ring, circle, crown}} Old Norse hvirfill (“ring, circle, crown”), {{cog|da|hvirvel|t=cowlick}} Danish hvirvel (“cowlick”), {{cog|nl|werveling|t=whirling, vortex}} Dutch werveling (“whirling, vortex”), {{cog|nds-de|Warvel|t=whirl, whirlpool}} German Low German Warvel (“whirl, whirlpool”), {{cog|de|Wirbel|t=whirl, whirlpool}} German Wirbel (“whirl, whirlpool”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} whirl (plural whirls)
  1. An act of whirling. Translations (act of whirling): въртене (vǎrtene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Wirbeln [neuter] (German), Wirbel [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-whirl-en-noun-VT9-IePM Disambiguation of 'act of whirling': 90 4 2 2 0 1
  2. Something that whirls.
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  3. A confused tumult. Translations (confused tumult): хаос (haos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), обърканост (obǎrkanost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Trubel [masculine] (German), Durcheinander [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-whirl-en-noun-5~nIkar7 Disambiguation of 'confused tumult': 1 3 93 1 0 1
  4. A rapid series of events. Translations (rapid series of events): Strudel [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-whirl-en-noun-Nc-7strY Disambiguation of 'rapid series of events': 1 1 1 94 0 2
  5. Dizziness or giddiness. Translations (dizziness or giddiness): шемет (šemet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Taumel [masculine] (German), Gewirbel [neuter] (German), Schwindel [masculine] (German), Durcheinander [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-whirl-en-noun-fSmyKOHw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 34 3 4 33 6 5 3 1 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 30 7 7 26 5 6 5 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 35 4 4 34 4 5 3 1 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 39 4 4 38 3 3 2 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 26 6 6 26 10 7 4 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 28 7 6 28 7 6 4 2 5 Disambiguation of 'dizziness or giddiness': 0 5 0 0 94 1
  6. (informal) (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial. Tags: informal Translations (brief experiment or trial): Versuch [masculine] (German), Chance [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-whirl-en-noun-UuBkkNoG Disambiguation of 'brief experiment or trial': 4 4 4 7 3 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: awhirl, fire whirl, give something a whirl, merry-go-whirl, whirl-bone, whirligig, whirlpool, whirly
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /wɜːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʍɜːl/ (note: without the wine–whine merger, non-rhotic), /(h)wɝl/ [General-American], /ˈʍɪɾ(ə̯)l/ [Ireland, Scotland] Audio: En-us-whirl.ogg Forms: whirls [present, singular, third-person], whirling [participle, present], whirled [participle, past], whirled [past]
enPR: wûrl [General-American] (note: h) Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l Etymology: From Middle English whirlen, contracted from earlier *whirvelen, *whervelen, possibly from Old English *hwyrflian, *hweorflian (attested in hwirflung, hwerflung (“change, vicissitude”)), frequentative form of Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”); or perhaps from Old Norse hvirfla (“to go round, spin”). Cognate with Dutch wervelen (“to whirl, swirl”), German wirbeln (“to whirl, swirl”), Danish hvirvle (“to whirl”), Swedish virvla (older spelling hvirfla), Albanian vorbull (“a whirl”). Related to whirr and wharve. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whirlen}} Middle English whirlen, {{inh|en|ang|*hwyrflian}} Old English *hwyrflian, {{der|en|ang|hweorfan|t=to turn}} Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hwerban}} Proto-West Germanic *hwerban, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hwerbaną|t=to turn}} Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”), {{der|en|non|hvirfla|t=to go round, spin}} Old Norse hvirfla (“to go round, spin”), {{cog|nl|wervelen||to whirl, swirl}} Dutch wervelen (“to whirl, swirl”), {{cog|de|wirbeln||to whirl, swirl}} German wirbeln (“to whirl, swirl”), {{cog|da|hvirvle||to whirl}} Danish hvirvle (“to whirl”), {{cog|sv|virvla}} Swedish virvla, {{cog|sq|vorbull||a whirl}} Albanian vorbull (“a whirl”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} whirl (third-person singular simple present whirls, present participle whirling, simple past and past participle whirled)
  1. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly. Tags: intransitive Translations (To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly): въртя се бързо (vǎrtja se bǎrzo) (Bulgarian), vířit [imperfective] (Czech), točit se [imperfective] (Czech), otáčet se [imperfective] (Czech), kroužit [imperfective] (Czech), tourbillonner (French), wirbeln (German), hvirfla (Icelandic), vorticar (Ido), turbinare (Italian), piroettare (Italian), roteare (Italian), kōumuumu (Maori), tāwhirowhiro (Maori), virvle (Norwegian), snurre (Norwegian), wirować (Polish), вертеться (vertetʹsja) (Russian), кружи́ться (kružítʹsja) (Russian), virvla (Swedish), snurra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-whirl-en-verb-x0QZsifJ Categories (other): Terms with French translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Rotation Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 22 20 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 32 23 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 27 26 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 26 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 32 23 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 32 23 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 22 19 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 26 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 23 19 26 Disambiguation of Rotation: 3 0 3 4 13 4 40 4 4 28 Disambiguation of 'To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly': 88 3 0 8
  2. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-whirl-en-verb-XLDKr8DW Categories (other): Terms with French translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 22 20 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 32 23 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 27 26 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 26 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 32 23 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 32 23 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 22 19 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 26 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 23 19 26
  3. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl. Tags: transitive Translations (to make something whirl around): завъртам (zavǎrtam) (Bulgarian), vířit [imperfective] (Czech), točit [imperfective] (Czech), otáčet [imperfective] (Czech), kroužit [imperfective] (Czech), wirbeln (German), schnell drehen (German), im Kreise drehen (German), kōumuumu (Maori), kōripo (Maori), tāwhiuwhiu (Maori)
    Sense id: en-whirl-en-verb-VFT8DkaE Categories (other): Terms with French translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 22 20 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 32 23 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 27 26 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 26 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 32 23 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 32 23 18 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 22 19 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 26 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 23 19 26 Disambiguation of 'to make something whirl around': 0 0 100 0
  4. (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
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          "word": "roteare"
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          "word": "tāwhirowhiro"
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          "roman": "vertetʹsja",
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          "word": "вертеться"
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          "roman": "kružítʹsja",
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          "word": "кружи́ться"
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      "sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "roteare"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "kōumuumu"
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      "word": "tāwhirowhiro"
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      "sense": "To rotate, revolve, spin rapidly",
      "word": "вертеться"
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      "word": "кружи́ться"
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      "word": "tāwhiuwhiu"
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        "(informal) (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɜːl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɜːl/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger, non-rhotic"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "wûrl",
      "note": "h",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)wɝl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʍɪɾ(ə̯)l/",
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-whirl.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/95/En-us-whirl.ogg/En-us-whirl.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/En-us-whirl.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)l"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "whorl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎrtene",
      "sense": "act of whirling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "въртене"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of whirling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wirbeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of whirling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wirbel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "haos",
      "sense": "confused tumult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хаос"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obǎrkanost",
      "sense": "confused tumult",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обърканост"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "confused tumult",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Trubel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "confused tumult",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Durcheinander"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rapid series of events",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Strudel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šemet",
      "sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шемет"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Taumel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gewirbel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dizziness or giddiness",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Durcheinander"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief experiment or trial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Versuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brief experiment or trial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Chance"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whirl"
}

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