coil

Etymology 1
From, from , (modern 🇨🇬), from , past participle , from  + ; compare legend. .



Noun

 * 1) Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
 * 2) Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
 * 3)  A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
 * 4) A cylinder of clay.
 * 5)  Entanglement; perplexity.
 * 1)  A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
 * 2) A cylinder of clay.
 * 3)  Entanglement; perplexity.
 * 1)  Entanglement; perplexity.

Translations

 * Arabic: مِلَفّ, وَشِيعَة
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, нави́вка
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: spiral
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: keerd, spiraal
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: σπείραμα
 * Icelandic: spírall, verri
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 渦状,
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: на́мотка
 * Maori: pōkai, pōkai
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: spiral
 * Nynorsk: spiral
 * Occitan: espira
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: lùb
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: кото́к, коту́шка, спіра́ль


 * Arabic: وَشِيعَة
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: spole
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: bobeno
 * Estonian:, mähis
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: spóla
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: បូប៊ីន
 * Mongolian:
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kidkid
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: коту́шка, кото́к
 * Vietnamese:

Verb

 * 1) To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
 * 2) To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
 * 3) To wind cylindrically or spirally.
 * 4) To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
 * 5)  To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
 * 6) * a. 1757,, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason
 * Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare
 * 1) To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
 * 2)  To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
 * 3) * a. 1757,, sonnet to Mr. Nathanael Mason
 * Pleasure coil thee in her dangerous snare

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: sno, rulle sammen
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:, περισπειρώ,
 * Maori: pōkai, niko, pōkuru
 * Occitan: enrotlar
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ви́ти, завива́ти, зави́ти, закру́чувати, закрути́ти


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:, revirichar
 * Greek:, περισπειρώ
 * Maori: niko, pōkuru
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: намо́тувати, намота́ти


 * Danish: vinde op
 * Finnish:, , kiertää rullalle
 * Galician:, revirichar
 * Swedish:, rulla ihop sig (reflexive)

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1)  A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
 * 2) * a. 1738,, , and (translators), , 
 * And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Ukrainian: га́лас,, , га́мір