whorled

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /wɜːld/, X-SAMPA: /w3:ld/ or IPA: /ʍɜːld/, X-SAMPA: /W3:ld/ (in Scottish English and some English accents)
• (US) enPR: wûrld, IPA: /wɝld/, X-SAMPA: /w3`ld/ or enPR: hwûrld, IPA: /ʍɝld/, X-SAMPA: /W3:`ld/ (in Scottish English and some English accents)

Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ld

• Homophones: whirled, world (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Adjective

whorled (comparative more whorled, superlative most whorled)

1. formed from whorls; having whorls

Translations

formed from whorls; having whorls

• Ancient Greek: τροχοειδής (trokhoeidēs)
• German: wirtelig (de)

• Irish: fáinneach (ga)