coil

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Quotations 1.4 External links 1.5 Anagrams 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪl

[edit] Etymology 1

< Middle French coillir (“‘to gather, pluck, pick, cull’”) (French: cueillir) < Latin colligere (“‘to gather together’”), pp. collectus < com- (“‘together’”) ; legere (“‘to gather’”); see legend.

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coil (plural coils)

1. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
2. Common name for any intra-uterine contraceptive device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
3. (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.

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• (coil of conductive wire): inductor

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to coil (third-person singular simple present coils, present participle coiling, simple past and past participle coiled)

1. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.

   A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.

2. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.

   The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Celtic origin, cf. Gaelic goil (“‘fume, rage’”).

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coil (plural coils)

1. (dated) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil

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• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] External links

• coil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• coil in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: cilo
• Clio
• loci
• Æolic

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [kɛlʲ]

[edit] Noun

coil

1. Genitive singular form of col.

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coil	choil	gcoil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.