winding

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

wind +‎ -ing, from wind (“to wrap”).

Verb

winding

1. Present participle of wind.

Noun

winding (countable and uncountable; plural windings)

1. something wound around something else
2. the manner in which something is wound
3. one complete turn of something wound
4. (electrical) a length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer

Translations

something wound around something else

• Finnish: käämi (fi), kela (fi)

• Russian: обмотка (ru) (obmótka) f 

the manner in which something is wound

• Finnish: käämintä (fi), kelaus (fi)

• Russian: наматывание (ru) (namátyvanije) n , мотка (ru) (mótka) f , обмотка (ru) (obmótka) f , намотка (ru) (namótka) f 

one complete turn of something wound

• Finnish: kierros (fi)

• Russian: обмотка (ru) (obmótka) f 

length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer

• Finnish: käämi (fi)
• Italian: avvolgimento (it) m

• Russian: обмотка (ru) (obmótka) f 

Adjective

winding (comparative more winding, superlative most winding)

1. twisting, turning or sinuous
2. spiral or helical

Translations

twisting, turning or sinuous

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 曲折 (cmn) (qūzhé)

• Finnish: kiemurteleva (fi), mutkikas (fi), mutkitteleva (fi)
• French: tortueux (fr)
• German: gewunden (de)
• Hungarian: kanyargós (hu)

• Japanese: 曲がりくねっている (ja) (まがりくねっている, magarikunette iru)
• Portuguese: tortuoso (pt), sinuoso (pt)
• Russian: извилистый (ru) (izvílistyj) , вьющийся (ru) (vʹjúščijsja) , петляющий (ru) (petljájuščij) 
• Scottish Gaelic: lùbach (gd)

Etymology 2

wind +‎ -ing, from wind (“movement of air”), as the wind was used to assist turning.

Verb

winding

1. Present participle of wind.

Noun

winding (countable and uncountable; plural windings)

1. the act or process of winding (turning around)

Derived terms

Wikipedia

• winding hole

Anagrams

• dwining