eddy

WOTD - 9 April 2010    

See also Eddy

English

Etymology

Middle English, from either Old English edēa (< ed- "turning" + ēa "water") or from Old Norse iða.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɛd.i/
• Rhymes: -ɛdi

Noun

eddy (plural eddies)

1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. Especially a circular current.

Translations

air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current

Afrikaans: warrelstrome (af) Bulgarian: вихър (bg) m., вихрушка (bg) f. Finnish: akanvirta (fi) French: contre-courant (fr) German: Wirbel (de) m. Hungarian: bukószél (hu) (air) Italian: vortice (it) m., gorgo (it) m., mulinello (it) m.

Polish: wir (pl) m. Portuguese: vórtice (pt) m., remoinho (pt) m. Romanian: contracurent (ro) m. Russian: завихрение (ru) n. Spanish: contracorriente (es) f., revesa (es) f., remolino (es) m.

See also

• countercurrent
• dust devil

Verb

eddy (third-person singular simple present eddies, present participle eddying, simple past and past participle eddied)

1. (intransitive) To form an eddy.

Anagrams

• dyed