English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, equivalent to whirl + pool. Compare whirlpit.
Pronunciation[edit]
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.
1995, Orange Coast Magazine, volume 21, number 6, page 56:The meatloaf has been cooking in the oven for the last hour and should be ready just about the time George climbs out of the whirlpool.
- A state of turmoil, or agitated excitement.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
swirling body of water
- Albanian: vorbull (sq), shtjellë (sq), gjeratore (sq)
- Arabic: دَوَّامَة f (dawwāma)
- Egyptian Arabic: غمر m (ḡamr)
- Armenian: ջրապտույտ (hy) (ǰraptuyt), հորձանուտ (hy) (horjanut)
- Aromanian: viro m, vãltoari f
- Belarusian: вір m (vir)
- Bulgarian: водовъртеж (bg) m (vodovǎrtež)
- Catalan: remolí (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 渦流/涡流 (zh) (wōliú), 渦/涡 (zh) (wō)
- Cornish: trobol m
- Czech: vír (cs) m
- Danish: strømhvirvel c
- Dutch: draaikolk (nl)
- Esperanto: akvokirlo, akvoturno
- Finnish: pyörre (fi), vesipyörre, kurimus (fi)
- French: tourbillon (fr) m
- Galician: remuíño (gl) m, rolleiro m
- Georgian: მორევი (morevi)
- German: Wirbel (de) m, Strudel (de) m, Stromschnelle (de) f (of a river)
- Greek: δίνη (el) f (díni)
- Ancient: δίνη f (dínē), ἶλιγξ f (îlinx)
- Hebrew: מְעַרְבֹּלֶת (he) f (ma'arbólet)
- Hindi: जलघुमर (hi) m (jalghumar)
- Hungarian: örvény (hu)
- Ido: aquovortico (io)
- Italian: vortice (it) m, mulinello (it) m, gorgo (it) m
- Japanese: 渦 (ja) (うず, uzu)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: gurges m, vortex m, vertex m, Charybdis m
- Macedonian: вител m (vitel), вртеж m (vrtež), вир m (vir), водовртеж m (vodovrtež)
- Maltese: milgħuba f
- Maori: toiremi, kōmingomingo, kororipo, kōmingomingo, ripo, riporipo, kōripo, toiremi, auripo, āwhiowhio, au, ririno
- Norwegian: strømvirvel
- Persian: گرداب (fa) (gerdâb), ورطه (fa) (varte)
- Plautdietsch: Wirbelstroom m
- 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, vârtej (ro) n
- 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), burgaç (tr)
- Ukrainian: вир m (vyr)
- Vietnamese: xoáy nước
- Welsh: trobwll m
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whirlpool (third-person singular simple present whirlpools, present participle whirlpooling, simple past and past participle whirlpooled)
- (intransitive) To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool.