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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: spi‧raal
- Rhymes: -aːl
Noun
spiraal f (plural spiralen, diminutive spiraaltje n)
- (geometry) A spiral.
- (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
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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