Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf 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 9844 6998532 2009-07-18T03:07:49Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates ==English== {{wikipedia|dab=wire (disambiguation)|mul=wire}} [[Image:Stranded lamp wire.jpg|thumb|Stranded electrical wire.]] ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} ''[[wir#Old English|wīr]]'' < Proto-Germanic ''*wiraz'' < Proto-Indo-European ''*wei-'' ('to turn,' 'to twist,' 'to plait'). Cognate with Swedish [[vira]] ('to twist'), Latin ''vieo, [[viere]]'' ('to weave together'), Welsh [[gwyr]] ('bent'), and Greek [[ίρις]] ('rainbow'). ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/waɪə/}} * {{audio|en-us-wire.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|aɪə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|s|-}} # {{uncountable}} Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. # A piece of such material; a [[thread]] or slender rod of [[metal]], a [[cable]] # A metal conductor that carries electricity. # A [[fence]] made of usually [[barbed]] wire. # {{sports}} A finish line of a racetrack. # {{informal}} A [[telecommunication]] wire or cable; hence, an [[electric]] [[telegraph]]; a [[telegram]] # {{slang}} A hidden listening device on the person of an [[undercover]] operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence. # {{informal}} A deadline or critical endpoint. #: ''This election is going to go right to the '''wire''''' ====Synonyms==== * (''thin thread of metal''): [[cable]], [[steel wire]], [[thread]] * (''metal conductor that carries electricity''): [[conducting wire]] * (''fencing made of usually barbed wire''): [[barbed wire]] * (''informal: telegraph''): ''See'' '''[[telegraph]]''' * (''informal: message transmitted by telegraph''): ''See'' '''[[telegram]]''' ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top3|Terms derived from the noun "wire"}} * [[baling wire]] * [[barbed wire]], [[barbed-wire]] * [[be on the wire]] * [[by wire]] * [[chicken wire]] * [[down to the wire]] * [[earthing wire]] * [[get one's wires crossed|get one’s wires crossed]], [[have one's wires crossed|have one’s wires crossed]] * [[guy wire]]/[[guy-wire]] {{rel-mid3}} * [[haywire]] * [[live wire]] * [[piano wire]] * [[pull wires]] * [[pull the wires]] * [[razor wire]] * [[trip wire]] * [[under the wire]] * [[wireless]] {{rel-mid3}} * [[wire broadcasting]] * [[wire clippers]] * [[wire cutter]] * [[wire entanglement]] * [[wire recorder]] * [[wire rope]] * [[wiretap]] * [[woven wire]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|thin thread of metal}} * [[Afrikaans]]: [[draad]] * Albanian: {{t-|sq|tel|m|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[سلك]]}} (silk) {{m}} * Bulgarian: [[жица]] (žitsa) {{f}} * [[Catalan]]: [[filferro]] {{m}} * [[Chamicuro]]: {{tø|ccc|alampre}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|žica|f}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|drát|m}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|draad|m}} * Esperanto: [[drato]] * French: {{t+|fr|fil|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Draht|m}} * Hungarian: {{t-|hu|huzal}}, {{t+|hu|drót}} * Italian: {{t+|it|filo|m}} * Japanese: [[針金]] (はりがね, harigane) {{trans-mid}} * Korean: [[철사]] ([[鐵絲]], chulsa) * Kurdish: *: Sorani: {{t|ku|تێل|tr=tael|sc=ku-Arab}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|жица|f|tr=žíca|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|ledning|m}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|drut|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|arame|m}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|fir|n}}, {{t-|ro|sirmă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|проволока|f|tr=próvoloka|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|žica|f}} * Spanish: [[alambre]] {{m}}, [[hilo]] {{m}} (1) * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|tråd|c}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|tel}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|metal conductor that carries electricity}} * Italian: {{t|it|filo elettrico}}, {{t+|it|cavo}} * Korean: [[전선]] ([[電線]], jeonseon) * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|жица|f|tr=žíca|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fio}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|провод|m|tr=próvod|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|žica|f}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|ledning|c}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|fence made of usually barbed wire}} * [[Afrikaans]]: [[draadheining]] * Italian: {{t-|it|filo spinato}} * Korean: [[철조망]] ([[鐵條網]], cheoljomang) {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|бодликава жица|f|tr=bodlíkava žíca|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|sports: finish line of a racetrack}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: [[målsnöre]] {{n}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-see|informal'': telegraph|telegraph}} {{trans-see|informal'': message transmitted by telegraph|telegram}} {{trans-top|''slang'': hidden listening device on the person}} * Italian: {{t+|it|cimice}} * Portuguese: {{t-|pt|escuta|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Chinese}}: [[铁丝]] (tiěsī) * {{ttbc|Telugu}}: [[తీగ]] (teega) (1), [[తంత్రి]] (taMtri) (2) * {{ttbc|German}}: [[Kabel]] {{m}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * [[filament]] * [[hawser]] * [[cable]] ===Verb=== {{en-verb|wir|ing}} # To [[fasten]] with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing. #: ''We need to '''wire''' that hole in the fence.'' # To [[string]] on a wire. #: '''''wire''' beads'' # To equip with wires for use with electricity. # To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something. #: ''I'll just '''wire''' your camera to the computer screen.'' # {{informal}} To send a [[message]] or a [[money]] value to another person through a [[telecommunications]] system, formerly predominately by [[telegraph]]. #: ''Urgent: please '''wire''' me another 100 pounds sterling.'' # To make someone tense or psyched-up. #: ''I'm never going to sleep – I'm completely '''wired''' from all that coffee.'' # {{slang}} To install [[eavesdropping]] equipment. #: ''We '''wired''' the suspects house.'' ====Synonyms==== * (''to equip for use with electricity''): [[electrify]] * (''informal: to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system''): [[cable]], [[telegraph]] ====Antonyms==== * (''to fasten with wire''): [[unwire]] ====Troponyms==== * (''to fasten with wire''): [[rewire]] * (''to equip for use with electricity''): [[rewire]] ====Derived terms==== {{top2}} * [[wire away]] * [[wire in]] {{mid2}} * [[wire into]] {{bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to fasten with wire}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|vastbinden}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|sitoa}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: [[fästa]] med [[ståltråd]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to string on a wire}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|pujottaa}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to equip with wires for use with electricity}} * Dutch: [[electrificeren]] {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|johdottaa}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to add something into an electrical system by means of wiring}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|aansluiten}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kytkeä}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|''informal'': to send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to make someone tense or psyched-up}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|''slang'': to install eavesdropping equipment}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|waya|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Anagrams=== * [[weir]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Technology]] [[ar:wire]] [[da:wire]] [[de:wire]] [[es:wire]] [[fa:wire]] [[fr:wire]] [[io:wire]] [[id:wire]] [[it:wire]] [[sw:wire]] [[ku:wire]] [[hu:wire]] [[nl:wire]] [[pl:wire]] [[ru:wire]] [[simple:wire]] [[fi:wire]] [[sv:wire]] [[ta:wire]] [[te:wire]] [[th:wire]] [[uk:wire]] [[vi:wire]] [[zh:wire]]