Coil

//kwaɪl//

Synonyms for "coil" (99 found)

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Translations

168 translations across 40 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σπείραμα noun (something wound)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مِلَفّ noun (something wound)
  • وَشِيعَة noun (something wound)
  • وَشِيعَة noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Armenian

4 entries
  • գալար noun (something wound)
  • կոճ noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • գալարել verb (wind into regular rings)
  • գալարել verb (wind into loops)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • sarğac noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • боби́на noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • нави́вка noun (something wound)
  • намо́тка noun (something wound)
  • навивам verb (wind into regular rings)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 線圈 /线圈 noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • 螺旋 noun (something wound)
  • 螺線 /螺线 noun (something wound)
  • verb (wind into regular rings)

Czech

2 entries
  • cívka noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • spirála noun (something wound)

Danish

4 entries
  • spiral noun (something wound)
  • spole noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • rulle sammen verb (wind into regular rings)
  • sno verb (wind into regular rings)

Dutch

4 entries
  • rumoer noun (noise)
  • spiraal noun (something wound)
  • spoel noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • veer noun (something wound)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • bobeno noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Estonian

4 entries
  • keerd noun (something wound)
  • mähis noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • pool noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • spiraal noun (something wound)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kela noun (something wound)
  • kela noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • kierukka noun (something wound)
  • käämi noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

French

4 entries
  • bobine noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • spire noun (something wound)
  • embobiner verb (wind into regular rings)
  • enrouler verb (wind into regular rings)

Galician

4 entries
  • enrolar verb (wind into regular rings)
  • enrolar verb (wind into loops)
  • enrolar verb (to wind cylindrically or spirally)
  • revirichar verb (wind into loops)

German

4 entries
  • Rolle noun (something wound)
  • Spirale noun (something wound)
  • Spule noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • Wickel noun (something wound)

Greek

4 entries
  • θόρυβος noun (noise)
  • κουλούρα noun (something wound)
  • πηνίο noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • σπείρα noun (something wound)

Hindi

3 entries
  • कुंडली noun (something wound)
  • कुंडली verb (wind into regular rings)
  • कुंडली verb (wind into loops)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • spírall noun (something wound)
  • spóla noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • verri noun (something wound)

Italian

2 entries
  • bobina noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • spirale noun (something wound)

Japanese

4 entries
  • とぐろ noun (something wound)
  • コイル noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • 渦状 noun (something wound)
  • 螺旋 noun (something wound)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បូប៊ីន noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Latvian

1 entries
  • ritulis noun (something wound)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • на́мотка noun (something wound)

Māori

4 entries
  • pōkai noun (something wound)
  • pōkai noun (something wound)
  • niko verb (wind into regular rings)
  • niko verb (wind into loops)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • kveil noun (something wound)
  • spiral noun (something wound)
  • kveile verb (to wind cylindrically or spirally)
  • vikle verb (wind into regular rings)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • spiral noun (something wound)

Occitan

3 entries
  • bobina noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • espira noun (something wound)
  • enrotlar verb (wind into regular rings)

Old English

1 entries
  • bend noun (something wound)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بوبین noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Polish

2 entries
  • cewka noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • zwój noun (something wound)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • bobina noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • espiral noun (something wound)
  • enrolar verb (wind into regular rings)
  • enrolar verb (wind into loops)

Russian

4 entries
  • беспоря́док noun (noise)
  • боби́на noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • вито́к noun (something wound)
  • кату́шка noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • lùb noun (something wound)

Slovene

1 entries
  • tuljava noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Spanish

4 entries
  • arrollamiento noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • bobina noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • bobinado noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • carrete noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Swedish

4 entries
  • rulle noun (something wound)
  • spiral noun (something wound)
  • spole noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • rulla ihop verb (wind into loops)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kidkid noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Turkish

2 entries
  • bobin noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)
  • makara noun (something wound)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • га́лас noun (noise)
  • га́мір noun (noise)
  • кото́к noun (something wound)
  • кото́к noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cuộn cảm noun (coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When a coil is moved near to a wire with current flowing in it current flows in the coil as well.

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A Renault 6 doesn't use coil springs or leaf springs. It uses torsion bars in the suspension.

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To sleep, perchance to dream; aye, there's the rub, for in that sleep of death, what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause.

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When a coil is moved near a wire through which current is flowing, current is generated in the coil as well.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.