dial

Etymology
The original meaning was 'sundial' and/or 'clock dial'; from, from , from , because of its use in telling the time of day, from. Compare 🇨🇬 and.

Noun



 * 1) A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
 * 2) A clock face.
 * 3) A sundial.
 * 4) A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
 * 5) A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
 * 6)  A person's face.
 * 7) A miner's compass.
 * 1)  A person's face.
 * 2) A miner's compass.
 * 1) A miner's compass.
 * 1) A miner's compass.
 * 1) A miner's compass.
 * 1) A miner's compass.

Translations

 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܘܿܓ݂ܬܵܐ
 * Bulgarian: цифербла́т
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Maori: mataine
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Welsh: deial, deialau


 * Arabic: مُؤَشِّر
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܘܿܓ݂ܬܵܐ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: kanalvælger
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kanavanvalitsin
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Welsh: deial, deialau


 * Arabic: مِزْوَل, مُدَرَّجَة
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܘܿܓ݂ܬܵܐ
 * Bulgarian: телефо́нна ша́йба
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: rotační číselnice
 * Danish: drejeskive
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: valintalevy
 * French:
 * German:, Nummernschalter, Nummernscheibe
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: telefontárcsa
 * Italian: disco combinatore
 * Japanese: ダイヤル
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tallskive
 * Persian: شماره‌گیر
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, , набо́рный диск
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, номеронабира́ч


 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
 * 2)  To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone.
 * 3)  To use a dial or a telephone.
 * 1)  To use a dial or a telephone.
 * 1)  To use a dial or a telephone.

Usage notes

 * The spellings and  are more common in the US.  and  are more common elsewhere.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Russian: ,


 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܘܸܓ݂
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 打電話
 * Danish: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: חייג
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 電話をかける
 * Korean: 전화-를 걸다
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: comharraich
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: ملانا
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 and its modern derivatives.

Noun

 * 1) revenge, vengeance

Verb

 * 1) to avenge, to get one's own back

Usage notes

 * This verb is followed by the preposition.