Awl

//ɔːl//

Synonyms for "awl" (7 found)

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Strong matches (2)

Related words (3)

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derived

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is a

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related to

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Translations

124 translations across 90 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • fëndyell noun (pointed instrument)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • χήλευμα noun (pointed instrument)
  • ὄπεας noun (pointed instrument)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مسَلّة noun (pointed instrument)
  • مِخْرَز noun (pointed instrument)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բիզ noun (pointed instrument)
  • հերյուն noun (pointed instrument)

Asturian

3 entries
  • llesna noun (pointed instrument)
  • llédena noun (pointed instrument)
  • subiella noun (pointed instrument)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • biz noun (pointed instrument)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • беҙ noun (pointed instrument)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • шы́ла noun (pointed instrument)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ши́ло noun (pointed instrument)

Catalan

1 entries
  • alena noun (pointed instrument)

Chechen

1 entries
  • йу noun (pointed instrument)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 錐子 /锥子 noun (pointed instrument)

Czech

1 entries
  • šídlo noun (pointed instrument)

Danish

1 entries
  • syl noun (pointed instrument)

Daur

1 entries
  • sheugw noun (pointed instrument)

Dutch

2 entries
  • els noun (pointed instrument)
  • priem noun (pointed instrument)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • вӱрж noun (pointed instrument)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • aleno noun (pointed instrument)

Estonian

4 entries
  • naaskel noun (pointed instrument)
  • nõel noun (pointed instrument)
  • ora noun (pointed instrument)
  • pistel noun (pointed instrument)

Even

1 entries
  • хулгун noun (pointed instrument)

Evenki

1 entries
  • силгивӯн noun (pointed instrument)

Faroese

2 entries
  • sýl noun (pointed instrument)
  • sýlur noun (pointed instrument)

Finnish

1 entries
  • purasin noun (pointed instrument)

French

2 entries
  • alène noun (pointed instrument)
  • alêne noun (pointed instrument)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • biz noun (pointed instrument)

Galician

1 entries
  • subela noun (pointed instrument)

Georgian

1 entries
  • სადგისი noun (pointed instrument)

German

2 entries
  • Ahle noun (pointed instrument)
  • Pfriem noun (pointed instrument)

Greek

1 entries
  • σουβλί noun (pointed instrument)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַרְצֵעַ noun (pointed instrument)

Hindi

1 entries
  • सूजा noun (pointed instrument)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • ár noun (pointed instrument)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • alur noun (pointed instrument)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • alat pelubang noun (pointed instrument)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • naaskali noun (pointed instrument)

Ingush

1 entries
  • юв noun (pointed instrument)

Irish

1 entries
  • meana noun (pointed instrument)

Italian

2 entries
  • lesina noun (pointed instrument)
  • punteruolo noun (pointed instrument)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 千枚通し noun (pointed instrument)
  • 突きぎり noun (pointed instrument)
  • 錐 noun (pointed instrument)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries
  • миз noun (pointed instrument)

Khakas

1 entries
  • піс noun (pointed instrument)

Korean

1 entries
  • 송곳 noun (pointed instrument)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • миз noun (pointed instrument)
  • шибеге noun (pointed instrument)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • eilyns noun (pointed instrument)

Latin

1 entries
  • subula noun (pointed instrument)

Latvian

1 entries
  • īlens noun (pointed instrument)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • yla noun (pointed instrument)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • шило noun (pointed instrument)

Magahi

2 entries
  • 𑂮𑂳𑂞𑂰𑂩𑂲 noun (pointed instrument)
  • 𑂮𑂴𑂄 noun (pointed instrument)

Maithili

2 entries
  • सूआ noun (pointed instrument)
  • सूतारी noun (pointed instrument)

Maltese

2 entries
  • timplor noun (pointed instrument)
  • xifa noun (pointed instrument)

Mangghuer

1 entries
  • shubige noun (pointed instrument)

Mongghul

1 entries
  • shuuga noun (pointed instrument)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • шивүүр noun (pointed instrument)
  • шөвөг noun (pointed instrument)

Māori

1 entries
  • oka noun (pointed instrument)

Nogai

1 entries
  • биз noun (pointed instrument)

Northern Altai

1 entries
  • шибиге noun (pointed instrument)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • syl noun (pointed instrument)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • syl noun (pointed instrument)

Occitan

1 entries
  • alzena noun (pointed instrument)

Old English

1 entries
  • æl noun (pointed instrument)

Old High German

1 entries
  • ala noun (pointed instrument)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • alr noun (pointed instrument)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • بیز noun (pointed instrument)
  • مخرز noun (pointed instrument)

Polish

1 entries
  • szydło noun (pointed instrument)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • almofate noun (pointed instrument)
  • furador noun (pointed instrument)
  • sovela noun (pointed instrument)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • puntiröl noun (pointed instrument)

Romanian

1 entries
  • sulă noun (pointed instrument)

Russian

1 entries
  • ши́ло noun (pointed instrument)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • आरा noun (pointed instrument)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • šilo noun (pointed instrument)
  • шило noun (pointed instrument)

Slovak

1 entries
  • šidlo noun (pointed instrument)

Slovene

1 entries
  • šilo noun (pointed instrument)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • мис noun (pointed instrument)
  • шибеге noun (pointed instrument)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alesna noun (pointed instrument)
  • lesna noun (pointed instrument)
  • lezna noun (pointed instrument)
  • punzón noun (pointed instrument)

Sudovian

1 entries
  • īla noun (pointed instrument)

Swahili

1 entries
  • maharazi noun (pointed instrument)

Swedish

2 entries
  • pryl noun (pointed instrument)
  • syl noun (pointed instrument)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • balibol noun (pointed instrument)
  • pambalibol noun (pointed instrument)
  • punson noun (pointed instrument)
  • suligi noun (pointed instrument)

Tatar

1 entries
  • без noun (pointed instrument)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఆరె noun (pointed instrument)

Turkish

1 entries
  • biz noun (pointed instrument)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • шигбей noun (pointed instrument)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • пежъян noun (pointed instrument)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ши́ло noun (pointed instrument)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • bigiz noun (pointed instrument)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • dùi noun (pointed instrument)
  • giùi noun (pointed instrument)
  • lẹm noun (pointed instrument)

Welsh

1 entries
  • mynawyd noun (pointed instrument)

Western Mari

1 entries
  • вуйжыр noun (pointed instrument)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • ukicissuun noun (pointed instrument)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free: His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.

Source: tatoeba (8088279)

Ziri asked Yazid if he could borrow his awl.

Source: tatoeba (10237041)

Ziri asked Yazid if he could borrow his scratch awl.

Source: tatoeba (10237042)

He dressed himself in some old ragged clothes, and took a tame white bear, which he had, with him, as well as an awl, some pitch, and twine.

Source: wiktionary

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