Bead

//biːd//

Synonyms for "bead" (78 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Strong matches (23)

Noun(1 words)
drop

Related words (39)

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8 relation types

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15 entries

More specific

1 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

derived

68 entries

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has context

2 entries

is a

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3 entries

related to

21 entries

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Translations

142 translations across 53 languages.

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Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • muncuq noun (rosary ball)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • капчица noun (small drop of liquid)
  • мънисто noun (rosary ball)
  • топче noun (small, round, pierced object)

Catalan

1 entries
  • dena noun (rosary ball)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • مووروو noun (small, round, pierced object)

Chickasaw

2 entries
  • oksop noun (rosary ball)
  • oksop noun (small, round, pierced object)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 小滴 noun (small drop of liquid)
  • 念珠 noun (rosary ball)
  • 珠 noun (rosary ball)
  • 珠子 noun (small, round, pierced object)

Chiricahua

1 entries
  • yoo noun (small, round, pierced object)

Dutch

4 entries
  • druppel noun (small drop of liquid)
  • korrel noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • kraal noun (rosary ball)
  • parel noun (small, round, pierced object)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • bido noun (rosary ball)
  • bido noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • guto noun (small drop of liquid)

Finnish

4 entries
  • helmi noun (rosary ball)
  • helmi noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • helmi noun (small drop of liquid)
  • pisara noun (small drop of liquid)

French

3 entries
  • gouttelette noun (small drop of liquid)
  • grain noun (rosary ball)
  • perle noun (small, round, pierced object)

Galician

4 entries
  • abelorio noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • adramán noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • doa noun (rosary ball)
  • doa noun (small, round, pierced object)

German

3 entries
  • Korn noun (front sight of a gun)
  • Perle noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • Tropfen noun (small drop of liquid)

Greek

2 entries
  • στάλα noun (small drop of liquid)
  • χάντρα noun (small, round, pierced object)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • મણકો noun (rosary ball)
  • મણકો noun (small, round, pierced object)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csepp noun (small drop of liquid)
  • célgömb noun (front sight of a gun)
  • golyócska noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • gyöngy noun (small, round, pierced object)

Irish

2 entries
  • boilgeog noun (small drop of liquid)
  • mónóg noun (small drop of liquid)

Italian

4 entries
  • goccia noun (small drop of liquid)
  • gocciolina noun (small drop of liquid)
  • grano noun (rosary ball)
  • grano noun (small, round, pierced object)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ビーズ noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • ロザリオ noun (rosary ball)
  • 南京玉 noun (small, round, pierced object)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • духа́р noun (small, round, pierced object)

Korean

2 entries
  • 구슬 noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • 비즈 noun (rosary ball)

Kumyk

2 entries
  • инжи noun (rosary ball)
  • минчакъ noun (rosary ball)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • мончок noun (rosary ball)

Lipan

1 entries
  • yoo noun (small, round, pierced object)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • монисто noun (rosary ball)
  • монисто noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • монистро noun (rosary ball)
  • монистро noun (small, round, pierced object)

Malay

1 entries
  • manik noun (small, round, pierced object)

Middle English

2 entries
  • bede noun (rosary ball)
  • bede noun (small, round, pierced object)

Māori

1 entries
  • pirepire noun (small, round, pierced object)

Navajo

1 entries
  • yoo’ noun (small, round, pierced object)

Occitan

1 entries
  • grun noun (rosary ball)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • بونجق noun (rosary ball)
  • بونجق noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • مهره noun (small, round, pierced object)

Persian

3 entries
  • بلژی noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • منجوق noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • مهره noun (rosary ball)

Plains Apache

1 entries
  • zhoo noun (small, round, pierced object)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Krall noun (rosary ball)
  • Krall noun (small, round, pierced object)

Polish

4 entries
  • koralik noun (rosary ball)
  • koralik noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • kropla noun (small drop of liquid)
  • paciorek noun (rosary ball)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • conta noun (rosary ball)
  • conta noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • gota noun (small drop of liquid)
  • missanga noun (small, round, pierced object)

Russian

4 entries
  • би́сер noun (rosary ball)
  • бу́сина noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • бу́сы noun (rosary ball)
  • ка́пелька noun (small drop of liquid)

Slovak

4 entries
  • korálka noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • kropaj noun (small drop of liquid)
  • kvapôčka noun (small drop of liquid)
  • muška noun (front sight of a gun)

Slovene

3 entries
  • jagoda noun (rosary ball)
  • koralda noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • perla noun (small, round, pierced object)

Southern Altai

3 entries
  • мончок noun (rosary ball)
  • мончок noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • јинји noun (rosary ball)

Spanish

4 entries
  • abalorio noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • agallón noun (rosary ball)
  • cuenta noun (rosary ball)
  • cuenta noun (small, round, pierced object)

Swahili

2 entries
  • tasbihi noun (rosary ball)
  • ushanga noun (small, round, pierced object)

Swedish

2 entries
  • pärla noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • pärla noun (small drop of liquid)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • tadmant noun (rosary ball)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పూస noun (rosary ball)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลูกปัด noun (small, round, pierced object)

Turkish

3 entries
  • boncuk noun (rosary ball)
  • boncuk noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • damla noun (small drop of liquid)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • бісери́на noun (rosary ball)
  • нами́стина noun (small, round, pierced object)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مونچاق noun (small, round, pierced object)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • chuỗi hạt noun (rosary ball)
  • tràng hạt noun (rosary ball)

Walloon

1 entries
  • gotlete noun (small drop of liquid)

Welsh

3 entries
  • glain noun (rosary ball)
  • glain noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • pader noun (rosary ball)

Western Apache

2 entries
  • yoo noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • yoo’ noun (small, round, pierced object)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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He drew a bead on a stag at bay.

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A bead of sweat started forming on his brow.

Source: tatoeba (558339)

The old woman fingered each bead of her rosary with deep devotion.

Source: tatoeba (595801)

Achieving a nice weld bead is not within everyone's reach!

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