Cylinder

//ˈsɪləndɚ//

Synonyms for "cylinder" (24 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(1 words)
annulus

Strong matches (7)

Related words (12)

Noun(1 words)
piston chamber

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

derived

47 entries

Showing 16 of 47 words.

has context

3 entries

is a

12 entries

part of

3 entries

related to

16 entries

Translations

238 translations across 70 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • cilindër noun (geometry: surface)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • κύλινδρος noun (geometry: surface)
  • κύλινδρος noun (geometry: solid)
  • κύλινδρος noun (any cylindrical object)

Arabic

1 entries
  • أُسْطُوَانَة noun (geometry: surface)

Armenian

3 entries
  • գլան noun (geometry: surface)
  • գլան noun (geometry: solid)
  • գլան noun (any cylindrical object)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • silindr noun (geometry: surface)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • цылі́ндар noun (geometry: surface)
  • цылі́ндар noun (geometry: solid)
  • цылі́ндр noun (geometry: surface)
  • цылі́ндр noun (geometry: solid)

Bengali

2 entries
  • নল noun (geometry: surface)
  • বেলন noun (geometry: solid)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бараба́н noun (container)
  • бараба́н noun (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)
  • ва́ляк noun (any cylindrical object)
  • цили́ндър noun (geometry: surface)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဆလင်ဒါ noun (geometry: surface)

Catalan

4 entries
  • cilindre noun (geometry: surface)
  • cilindre noun (geometry: solid)
  • cilindre noun (any cylindrical object)
  • cilindre noun (cavity or chamber)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 圓柱 /圆柱 noun (geometry: surface)
  • 圓柱體 /圆柱体 noun (geometry: surface)
  • 彈巢 /弹巢 noun (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)
  • 氣缸 /气缸 noun (the space in which a piston travels)

Czech

4 entries
  • válcová plocha noun (geometry: surface)
  • válec noun (geometry: surface)
  • válec noun (geometry: solid)
  • válec noun (any cylindrical object)

Danish

4 entries
  • cylinder noun (geometry: surface)
  • cylinder noun (geometry: solid)
  • cylinder noun (any cylindrical object)
  • cylinder noun (cavity or chamber)

Dutch

4 entries
  • cilinder noun (geometry: surface)
  • cilinder noun (geometry: solid)
  • cilinder noun (any cylindrical object)
  • cilinder noun (cavity or chamber)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • cilindro noun (geometry: solid)

Estonian

1 entries
  • silinder noun (geometry: surface)

Faroese

1 entries
  • sylindari noun (geometry: surface)

Finnish

4 entries
  • lieriö noun (geometry: surface)
  • lieriö noun (geometry: solid)
  • lieriö noun (any cylindrical object)
  • lieriö noun (recording)

French

4 entries
  • barillet noun (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)
  • bonbonne noun (container)
  • cylindre noun (geometry: surface)
  • cylindre noun (geometry: solid)

Galician

4 entries
  • cilindro noun (geometry: surface)
  • cilindro noun (any cylindrical object)
  • cilindro noun (the space in which a piston travels)
  • tambor noun (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცილინდრი noun (geometry: surface)

German

4 entries
  • Brennkammer noun (cavity or chamber)
  • Rolle noun (recording)
  • Zylinder noun (geometry: surface)
  • Zylinder noun (geometry: solid)

Greek

4 entries
  • κύλινδρος noun (geometry: surface)
  • κύλινδρος noun (geometry: solid)
  • κύλινδρος noun (any cylindrical object)
  • κύλινδρος noun (cavity or chamber)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • גָּלִיל noun (geometry: surface)
  • גָּלִיל noun (any cylindrical object)
  • גָּלִיל noun (cavity or chamber)
  • גָּלִיל noun (container)

Hindi

1 entries
  • सिलिंडर noun (geometry: surface)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • henger noun (geometry: surface)
  • palack noun (container)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • sívalningur noun (geometry: surface)

Ido

1 entries
  • cilindro noun (geometry: solid)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • silinder noun (geometry: surface)
  • sillinder noun (the space in which a piston travels)

Irish

2 entries
  • sorcóir noun (geometry: surface)
  • sorcóir soladach noun (geometry: solid)

Italian

4 entries
  • cilindro noun (geometry: surface)
  • cilindro noun (geometry: solid)
  • cilindro noun (any cylindrical object)
  • cilindro noun (cavity or chamber)

Japanese

3 entries
  • シリンダー noun (geometry: surface)
  • 円柱 noun (geometry: surface)
  • 気筒 noun (cavity or chamber)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • цилиндр noun (geometry: surface)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ស៊ីឡាំង noun (geometry: surface)

Korean

3 entries
  • 실린더 noun (geometry: surface)
  • 원기둥 noun (geometry: surface)
  • 원통 noun (geometry: surface)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • цилиндр noun (geometry: surface)

Lao

2 entries
  • ກະບອກ noun (geometry: surface)
  • ກະບັ້ງ noun (geometry: surface)

Latin

4 entries
  • cylindrus noun (geometry: surface)
  • cylindrus noun (geometry: solid)
  • cylindrus noun (any cylindrical object)
  • modiolus noun (the space in which a piston travels)

Latvian

1 entries
  • cilindrs noun (geometry: surface)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • cilindras noun (geometry: surface)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • буренце noun (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)
  • валец noun (any cylindrical object)
  • цилиндар noun (geometry: surface)
  • цилиндар noun (geometry: solid)

Malay

4 entries
  • belujur noun (geometry: solid)
  • bulat buluh noun (geometry: surface)
  • silinder noun (geometry: surface)
  • silinder noun (geometry: solid)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • цилиндр noun (geometry: surface)

Māori

4 entries
  • puoto noun (any cylindrical object)
  • puoto noun (cavity or chamber)
  • puoto noun (the space in which a piston travels)
  • rango noun (geometry: solid)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • sylinder noun (geometry: surface)
  • sylinder noun (geometry: solid)
  • tønne noun (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • سلندر noun (geometry: surface)
  • سلندر noun (geometry: solid)
  • مردانه noun (any cylindrical object)

Persian

1 entries
  • استوانه noun (geometry: surface)

Polish

4 entries
  • butla noun (container)
  • cylinder noun (geometry: surface)
  • cylinder noun (any cylindrical object)
  • walec noun (geometry: surface)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • botija noun (container)
  • botijão noun (container)
  • bujão noun (container)
  • cilindro noun (geometry: surface)

Romanian

3 entries
  • cilindru noun (geometry: surface)
  • cilindru noun (geometry: solid)
  • cilindru noun (any cylindrical object)

Russian

4 entries
  • балло́н noun (container)
  • бараба́н noun (container)
  • бараба́н noun (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)
  • бидо́н noun (container)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • cilìndar noun (geometry: surface)
  • stublina noun (geometry: solid)
  • váljak noun (geometry: surface)
  • váljak noun (geometry: solid)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • සිලින්ඩරය noun (geometry: surface)

Slovak

3 entries
  • valec noun (geometry: surface)
  • valec noun (geometry: solid)
  • valec noun (any cylindrical object)

Slovene

3 entries
  • valj noun (geometry: surface)
  • valj noun (geometry: solid)
  • valj noun (any cylindrical object)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bombona noun (container)
  • cilindro noun (geometry: surface)
  • cilindro noun (geometry: solid)
  • cilindro noun (any cylindrical object)

Swedish

1 entries
  • cylinder noun (geometry: surface)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • bumbong noun (geometry: surface)
  • bumbong noun (geometry: solid)
  • bumbong noun (any cylindrical object)

Tajik

2 entries
  • силиндр noun (geometry: surface)
  • устувона noun (geometry: surface)

Tatar

1 entries
  • цилиндр noun (geometry: surface)

Thai

2 entries
  • กระบอก noun (geometry: surface)
  • ทรงกระบอก noun (geometry: surface)

Turkish

4 entries
  • dürük noun (any cylindrical object)
  • dürüm noun (geometry: surface)
  • dürüm noun (geometry: solid)
  • itenek noun (the space in which a piston travels)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • silindr noun (geometry: surface)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вало́к noun (any cylindrical object)
  • валок noun (geometry: surface)
  • валок noun (geometry: solid)
  • цилі́ндр noun (geometry: surface)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • سىلىندىر noun (geometry: surface)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • silindr noun (geometry: surface)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • hình trụ tròn noun (geometry: surface)
  • xi lanh noun (the space in which a piston travels)
  • xi-lanh noun (the space in which a piston travels)

Vurës

1 entries
  • wövötu noun (geometry: surface)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • צילינדער noun (geometry: surface)
  • צילינדער noun (geometry: solid)
  • צילינדער noun (any cylindrical object)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • silindir noun (geometry: surface)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The gas was compressed into a gas cylinder.

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A normal person might spend a lifetime at it and still not succeed but faced with a determined Ren it was not greatly different from a normal cylinder lock.

Source: tatoeba (328382)

The lock itself is a normal cylinder lock so it doesn't automatically lock when you shut the door.

Source: tatoeba (329078)

The piston does not come into contact with the cylinder cover.

Source: tatoeba (1582776)

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