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spinning_wheel

spinning wheel

English

Noun

spinning wheel ‎(plural spinning wheels)

a domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot

Related terms

spindle

Translations

device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle

Armenian: ճախարակ (hy) ‎(čaxarak)
Breton: karr-nezañ (br) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紡車 (zh), 纺车 (zh) ‎(fǎngchē)
Czech: kolovrat (cs) m
Dutch: spinnewiel n
Esperanto: radŝpinilo
Faroese: rokkur m
Finnish: rukki (fi)
French: rouet (fr) m
Galician: roca (gl) f
German: Spinnrad (de) n
Greek: ανέμη (el) f ‎(anémi)
Hebrew: גלגל טוויה m ‎(galgal tviyah)
Hungarian: rokka (hu)
Icelandic: rokkur (is) m
Ido: filiforoteto (io)
Irish: tuirne (ga) m
Italian: filatoio m, rocca (it) f

Japanese: 糸車 ‎(いとぐるま, itoguruma)
Korean: 물레 ‎(mulle)
Lao: ຫຼາ (lo) ‎(lā)
Latgalian: spriežamais rateņš m, rateņš m
Latin: fusus m
Latvian: vērpjamais ratiņš m, ratiņš m
Macedonian: мотовило n ‎(motóvilo), родан m ‎(ródan)
Manx: queeyl sneeuee f
Norwegian: rokk m, spinnerokk m, spinnrokk m, hjulrokk m
Pennsylvania German: Schpinnraad
Polish: kołowrotek m
Portuguese: roda de fiar f
Russian: пря́лка (ru) f ‎(prjálka)
Scottish Gaelic: cuidheall-shnìomha f
Spanish: rueca f
Swedish: spinnrock c
Tagalog: gantala
Volapük: spulöm (vo)
Walloon: molén a fiyî (wa) m, cariot (wa) m