bobbin

English

Pronunciation

A bobbin (2)

• Rhymes: -ɒbɪn

Etymology

From French bobine, recorded in English since 1530

Noun

bobbin (plural bobbins)

1. A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
   • Jan. 8, 2004, Machine Design Magazine, p. 108

     Ignition coils using a bobbin molded from high-performance polyester withstand open-circuit bench tests to 70kV.

2. In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.

   Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.

Derived terms

• bobbinless
• bobbinlike

Translations

spool around which wire is coiled

Armenian: կոճ (hy) (koč̣) Bulgarian: макара (bg) f., шпула (bg) f. Dutch: bobijn f., spoel (nl) m. and f. Finnish: kela (fi), rulla (fi); puola (fi) (in ignition coil)

French: bobine (fr) f. Irish: eiteán (ga) m. Spanish: bobina (es) f. Swedish: spole (sv) c.

small spool in a sewing machine

Bulgarian: масур (bg) m. Dutch: bobijn f., klos (nl) m. and f., spoel (nl) m. and f. Finnish: puola (fi)

French: bobine (fr) f. Irish: eiteán (ga) m.

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Ido: bobino Italian: bobina f.