spiraal

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira, from Ancient Greek σπείρα (speíra, wreath, coil, twist).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spiˈraːl/
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  • Hyphenation: spi‧raal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

spiraal f (plural spiralen, diminutive spiraaltje n)

  1. (geometry) A spiral.
  2. (chiefly diminutive, medicine) An intrauterine device, a IUD.
    Hypernym: voorbehoedsmiddel
    Hyponyms: hormoonspiraal, koperspiraal
    Door haar spiraaltje heeft ze heftige krampen.She has heavy cramps due to her IUD.

Derived terms

References

  • spiraal” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Estonian

Noun

spiraal (genitive spiraali, partitive spiraali)

  1. spiral

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • spiraal”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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