bobbin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bobine, recorded in English since 1530.

Pronunciation

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Three bobbins(2)

• Rhymes: -ɒbɪn

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.

3. The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
4. (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.

Derived terms

• bobbin-and-fly frame
• bobbin lace
• bobbinless
• bobbinlike
• bobbin tank

 

Translations

spool around which wire or thread is coiled

• Arabic: بَكَرَة f (bakara)
• Armenian: կոճ (hy) (koč)
• Belarusian: кату́шка f (katúška), бабі́на f (babína), шпу́лька f (špúlʹka)
• Bulgarian: макара́ (bg) f (makará), шпу́ла (bg) f (špúla), боби́на (bg) f (bobína)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 線軸／线轴 (zh) (xiànzhóu), 线轴 (zh) (xiànzhóu)

• Danish: spole c, kniplepind c (relating to the making of bobbin lace)
• Dutch: bobijn (nl) f, spoel (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: bobeno
• Finnish: kela (fi), rulla (fi), puola (fi) (in ignition coil)
• French: bobine (fr) f
• Galician: carrete m, birlo m (bobbin lace)
• Georgian: თითისტარი (titisṭari)
• German: Spule (de) f, Rolle (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: πήνη f (pḗnē), πηνίον n (pēníon)

• Irish: eiteán m
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• Japanese: ボビン (bobin)
• Khmer: ត្រសាល់ (km) (trɑsal)
• Korean: 실패 (ko) (silpae)
• Maori: tākaimiro
• Polish: szpula (pl) f, szpulka (pl) f
• Portuguese: bobina (pt) f, carretel (pt) m
• Russian: кату́шка (ru) f (katúška), боби́на (ru) f (bobína), шпу́лька (ru) f (špúlʹka)
• Spanish: bobina (es) f
• Swedish: spole (sv) c
• Tagalog: busug-sudlan, simpian
• Thai: กระสวย (th) (grà-sǔai)
• Ukrainian: коту́шка f (kotúška), боби́на f (bobýna), шпу́лька f (špúlʹka)
• Vietnamese: ống chỉ (vi), suốt chỉ
• Walloon: boubene (wa) f

small spool in a sewing machine

• Bulgarian: масу́р (bg) m (masúr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 線軸／线轴 (zh) (xiànzhóu), 线轴 (zh) (xiànzhóu)

• Danish: spole c
• Dutch: bobijn (nl) f, klos (nl) m or f, spoel (nl) m or f
• Finnish: puola (fi)
• French: bobine (fr) f, canette (fr) f
• German: Spule (de) f
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• Irish: eiteán m, spóilín m
• Persian: ماسوره (fa) (mâsure)
• Polish: szpulka (pl) f
• Portuguese: carretel (pt) m
• Russian: шпу́лька (ru) f (špúlʹka)
• Spanish: carrete (es) m, carreta (es) f (Bolivia, Colombia)
• Tagalog: busug-sudlan, simpian

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} bobino (io)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} baibín m
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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} bobina (it) f