whirlpool

See also: Whirlpool

English

WOTD – 25 November 2015

Etymology

From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, equivalent to whirl +‎ pool. Compare whirlpit.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝlpul/, /ˈhwɝlpul/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːlpuːl/
Hyphenation: whirl‧pool

Noun

whirlpool (plural whirlpools)

A swirling body of water.
A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub.
A hot tub, jacuzzi.
Turmoil, or agitated excitement.

Derived terms

whirlpool galaxy

Translations

swirling body of water

Armenian: ջրապտույտ (hy) (ǰraptuyt), հորձանուտ (hy) (horjanut)
Aromanian: viro m, vãltoari f
Belarusian: вір m (vir)
Catalan: remolí (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 渦流 (zh), 涡流 (zh) (wōliú), 渦 (zh), 涡 (zh) (wō)
Cornish: trobol m
Czech: vír (cs) m
Dutch: draaikolk (nl)
Esperanto: akvokirlo, akvoturno
Finnish: pyörre (fi), syöveri, kurimus
French: tourbillon (fr) m
German: Wirbel (de) m, Strudel (de) m, Stromschnelle (de) f (of a river)
Greek: δίνη (el) f (díni)
Hindi: जलघुमर (hi) m (jalghumar)
Ido: aquovortico
Italian: vortice (it) m, mulinello m, gorgo (it) m
Japanese: 渦 (ja) (うず, uzu)
Korean: please add this translation if you can

Latin: vortex m, vertex m, Charybdis m, gurges m
Maori: toiremi, kōmingomingo, kororipo, kōmingomingo, ripo, riporipo, kōripo, toiremi
Persian: گرداب‎‎ (fa) (gerdâb), ورطه‎‎ (fa) (varte)
Polish: wir wodny m
Portuguese: redemoinho (pt) m, remoinho (pt) m, rodamoinho m, turbilhão (pt) f, vórtice (pt) m, sorvedouro (pt) m, voragem (pt) f
Romanian: vâltoare (ro) f, volbură (ro) f
Russian: водоворо́т (ru) m (vodovorót)
Scots: swelchie
Scottish Gaelic: coire m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вртлог m, ковитлац m

Roman: vrtlog (sh) m, kovitlac (sh) m
Spanish: remolino (es) m, vorágine (es)
Swedish: strömvirvel c
Telugu: సుడిగుండము (te) (suḍiguṇḍamu)
Turkish: anafor (tr)
Ukrainian: вир m (vyr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: trobwll m

jacuzzi — see jacuzzi

Verb

whirlpool (third-person singular simple present whirlpools, present participle whirlpooling, simple past and past participle whirlpooled)

To spin like the water in a whirlpool.

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