maelstrom
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From obsolete Dutch maelstrom (modern Dutch maalstroom),[1] from malen (“to whirl, grind”) (from Proto-Germanic *malaną) and stroom (“stream”).[2] Compare German Mahlstrom, Danish malstrøm, both equally borrowed from Dutch.
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Noun[edit]
maelstrom (plural maelstroms)
- A large and violent whirlpool.
- 2001 — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 212
- A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.
- 2001 — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 212
- (figuratively) Any violent or turbulent situation.
Translations[edit]
large whirlpool
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any violent or turbulent situation
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See also[edit]
Maelstrom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Moskstraumen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl