cotton swab

English

Noun

cotton swab (plural cotton swabs)

1. A small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod, made of wood, rolled paper, or plastic. The most common uses for cotton swabs include aural hygiene and cosmetics application.

Synonyms

• (cotton wrapped around end of rod): cotton bud (Britain, New Zealand, Philippines), cotton wool bud (Britain), ear bud (South Africa), Q-tip

Translations

a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod

• Arabic: عُود أُذُن m (ʕūd ʔuḏun)
• Armenian: բամբակով ձողիկ (bambakov joġik), բամբակաձողիկ (bambakajoġik)
• Belarusian: тупфер m (tupfjer)
• Bulgarian: клечка за уши n (klečka za uši)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棉花棒 (zh) (miánhuābàng), 棉棒 (zh) (miánbàng), 棉籤／棉签 (zh) (miánqiān)

• Czech: vatová tyčinka f, tyčinka do uší f, uchošťour m
• Danish: vatpind c
• Dutch: wattenstaafje (nl) n
• Finnish: pumpulipuikko, vanupuikko (fi), korvapuikko, topsipuikko
• French: coton-tige (fr) m, coton tige m, bâtonnet ouaté (fr) m
• German: Wattestäbchen (de) n
• Greek: ωτογλυφίδα (el) f (otoglyfída), ωτοκαθαριστής (el) f (otokatharistís), μπατονέτα (el) f (batonéta)
• Hebrew: מַקֵּל נִקּוּי אָזְנַיִם m (maqqēl niqqui ʾå̄zənayim)
• Hungarian: fültisztító pálcika
• Icelandic: eyrnapinni m
• Irish: baitín cadáis m
• Italian: cotton fioc m, bastoncino cotonato (it) m, nettaorecchi m, pulisciorecchi m
• Japanese: 綿棒 (ja) (めんぼう, menbō)
• Korean: 면봉 (myeonbong)
• Malay: putik kapas, kapas kesat
• Norwegian: bomullspinne m
• Persian: گوش‌پاک‌کن (gôš-pâk-kon)
• Polish: patyczek do uszu (pl) m, patyczek higieniczny m, wymazówka f, wacik (pl) m
• Portuguese: cotonete (pt) m, suabe (pt) m, zaragatoa (pt) f
• Romanian: bețișor de vată n, bețișor cu vată n
• Russian: ва́тный ту́пфер m (vátnyj túpfer), ту́пфер m (túpfer), ва́тная па́лочка (ru) f (vátnaja páločka)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: watowy kołk m

• Spanish: bastoncillo m, bastoncillo de algodón m, hisopo (es) m, hisopo de algodón m, cotonete (es) m, copito m (Colombia)
• Swedish: bomullspinne (sv) c, tops (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kulak çubuğu (tr)
• Ukrainian: ва́тяна па́личка f (vátjana pályčka), ва́тна па́личка f (vátna pályčka)
• Vietnamese: tăm bông (vi)
• Welsh: ffon gotwm f
• Yiddish: וואַטע שפּיץ m or f (vate shpits)

Further reading

cotton swab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia