Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 79687 6817328 2009-06-18T11:18:16Z Bjankuloski06en 28238 t+mk:[[вретено]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia|dab=spindle}} ==English== ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} ''[[spinel]]'' ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|spɪndəl}} * {{rhymes|ɪndəl}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # (''[[spinning]]'') A [[rod]] used for [[spinning]] and then [[winding]] natural fibres (especially [[wool]]), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread. # A rod which turns, or on which something turns. # A worldwide tree of the genus ''[[Euonymus]]'', originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool. # An upright [[spike]] for holding paper documents by [[skewer|skewering]]. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|rod for winding thread}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|värttinä}} * French: {{t+|fr|fuseau}} * German: {{t|de|Spindel|f}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|вретено|n|tr=vréteno|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: [[vreteno]] {{n}} * Slovak: [[vreteno]] {{n}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|rod which turns, or on which something turns round}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|akseli}}, {{t-|fi|tappi}} * German: {{t|de|Spindel|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Hebrew: {{he-translation|סרן|seren}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|осовина|f|tr=osóvina|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|стожер|m|tr=stóžer|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|tree of the genus ''Euonymus''}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|sorvarinpensas}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|upright spike for holding papers}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|piikki}}, {{t-|fi|paperipiikki}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|spindl|ing}} # To make into a long tapered shape. # To impale on a device for holding paper documents. #: ''Do not fold, '''spindle''' or mutilate this document.'' [[ang:spindle]] [[fa:spindle]] [[fr:spindle]] [[io:spindle]] [[nl:spindle]] [[ta:spindle]] [[te:spindle]] [[vi:spindle]] [[tr:spindle]] [[zh:spindle]]