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spiral

See also: spirál

English

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Archimedean spiral

Etymology

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From Middle French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira, from Ancient Greek σπείρα (speíra, “wreath, coil, twist”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspaɪɹəl/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪɹəl

Noun

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spiral (plural spirals)

  1. (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
  2. (informal) A helix.
  3. A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
    • 2015, Jane Ward, Not Gay, New York University Press, →ISBN, page xi:
      My beloved friends and family who sustained and grounded me as I fell into the rabbit hole of this project or down the spiral of new parenthood.
  4. (rail transport) A section of track that forms a circle and crosses over itself, used for gaining height in mountainous territory.

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Adjective

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spiral (not comparable)

  1. Helical, like a spiral.
    • 1877, H. F. Blandford, Indian Meteorologist's Vade-mecum, page 140:
      The formation of tornados and water-spouts is very probably identical with that of dust-storms and "devils," viz., a sudden disturbance of the vertical equilibrium of the atmosphere, where by an upward rush of air is generated, which rapidly becomes spiral.

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spiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle (US) spiraling or (UK) spiralling, simple past and past participle (US) spiraled or (UK) spiralled)

  1. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
    The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
  2. (transitive) To cause something to spiral.
    You need to learn how to spiral a ball.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.
    Her debts were spiralling out of control.

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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From French spiral.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: spi‧ral

Noun

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spiral

  1. spiral

Declension

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Declension of spiral
singular plural
nominative spiral spirallar
genitive spiralnıñ spirallarnıñ
dative spiralğa spirallarğa
accusative spiralnı spirallarnı
locative spiralda spirallarda
ablative spiraldan spirallardan

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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spiral c (singular definite spiralen, plural indefinite spiraler)

  1. spiral
  2. coil (contraceptive device)

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Declension of spiral
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spiral spiralen spiraler spiralerne
genitive spirals spiralens spiralers spiralernes

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French

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spiral (feminine spirale, masculine plural spiraux, feminine plural spirales)

  1. spiral

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spiral m (plural spiraux)

  1. spiral

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈspiral/

Noun

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spiral

  1. hip

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

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 spiral (prevensjonsmiddel) on Norwegian Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira.

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spiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiraler, definite plural spiralene)

  1. a spiral, coil
  2. a coil (contraceptive device)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira.

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spiral m (definite singular spiralen, indefinite plural spiralar, definite plural spiralane)

  1. a spiral, coil
  2. a coil (contraceptive device)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French spiral.

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spiral m or n (feminine singular spirală, masculine plural spirali, feminine and neuter plural spirale)

  1. spiral

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Declension of spiral
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite spiral spirală spirali spirale
definite spiralul spirala spiralii spiralele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite spiral spirale spirali spirale
definite spiralului spiralei spiralilor spiralelor

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Swedish

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spiral c

  1. a spiral
  2. an intrauterine device, a coil (contraceptive device)

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Declension of spiral 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative spiral spiralen spiraler spiralerna
Genitive spirals spiralens spiralers spiralernas

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