whirlpool

See also: Whirlpool

English

WOTD – 25 November 2015

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Etymology

From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, apparently from Middle English *whirlpole, potentially coalescing Old English hwierfel (“whirlpool”) and Old English hwierfepōl (“whirlpool”). Equivalent to whirl +‎ pool. Cognate with Scots quhirlepole, whirle-pule (“whirlpool”). Compare also English whirlpit.

Eclipsed non-native Middle English gurges (“whirlpool”), borrowed from Latin gurges (“whirlpool”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɝlpul/, /ˈhwɝlpul/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɜːlpuːl/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Hyphenation: whirl‧pool

Noun

whirlpool (plural whirlpools)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. A state of turmoil, or agitated excitement.

Derived terms

• whirlpool galaxy

Translations

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

jacuzzi — see jacuzzi

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool.

Derived terms

• whirlpooling