Pushing that button will make the object pivot around the y axis.
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Pivot
//ˈpɪv.ɪt//
Synonyms for "pivot" (181 found)
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Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
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3 entriesmanner of
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Translations
89 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- γίγγλυμος noun (that on which something turns)
- θαιρός noun (that on which something turns)
- κνώδαξ noun (that on which something turns)
- στρόφιγξ noun (that on which something turns)
Armenian
2 entries- առանցք noun (that on which something turns)
- առանցք noun (something having a paramount significance)
Belarusian
2 entries- стрыжэ́нь noun (that on which something turns)
- шпяня́ noun (that on which something turns)
Bulgarian
4 entries- главна точка noun (something having a paramount significance)
- ос noun (that on which something turns)
- пивотаж noun (act of turning on one foot)
- център noun (something having a paramount significance)
Catalan
2 entries- piu noun (that on which something turns)
- pivotar verb (to turn on an exact spot)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 樞 /枢 noun (that on which something turns)
- 樞紐 /枢纽 noun (that on which something turns)
- 樞軸 /枢轴 noun (that on which something turns)
Czech
3 entries- pilíř noun (something having a paramount significance)
- střed noun (that on which something turns)
- střed otáčení noun (that on which something turns)
Estonian
2 entries- telg noun (that on which something turns)
- pöörlema verb (to turn on an exact spot)
Finnish
3 entries- sarana noun (that on which something turns)
- tappi noun (that on which something turns)
- kääntyä verb (to turn on an exact spot)
French
3 entries- pivot noun (that on which something turns)
- pivotement noun (act of turning on one foot)
- pivoter verb (to turn on an exact spot)
German
4 entries- Angelpunkt noun (that on which something turns)
- Angelpunkt noun (something having a paramount significance)
- Drehpunkt noun (that on which something turns)
- Zapfen noun (that on which something turns)
Hebrew
1 entries- צִיר noun (that on which something turns)
Indonesian
1 entries- pangsi noun (that on which something turns)
Irish
1 entries- maighdeog noun (that on which something turns)
Italian
3 entries- fulcro noun (something having a paramount significance)
- perno noun (that on which something turns)
- imperniare verb (to turn on an exact spot)
Japanese
2 entries- ピボット noun (that on which something turns)
- 枢 noun (that on which something turns)
Korean
1 entries- 피벗 noun (that on which something turns)
Latin
1 entries- cnodax noun (that on which something turns)
Macedonian
1 entries- стожер noun (that on which something turns)
Malay
1 entries- pangsi noun (that on which something turns)
Māori
3 entries- kauhuri verb (to turn on an exact spot)
- kaurori verb (to turn on an exact spot)
- taka verb (to turn on an exact spot)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- ایك noun (that on which something turns)
- قازیق noun (that on which something turns)
- قطب noun (that on which something turns)
Polish
4 entries- obrót na pięcie noun (act of turning on one foot)
- rdzeń noun (that on which something turns)
- sedno noun (something having a paramount significance)
- sworzeń noun (that on which something turns)
Portuguese
3 entries- pivô noun (that on which something turns)
- pivô noun (something having a paramount significance)
- girar verb (to turn on an exact spot)
Romanian
3 entries- pivot noun (that on which something turns)
- pivotare noun (act of turning on one foot)
- pivotări noun (act of turning on one foot)
Russian
4 entries- гла́вный пункт noun (something having a paramount significance)
- ключево́й моме́нт noun (something having a paramount significance)
- ось noun (that on which something turns)
- сте́ржень noun (that on which something turns)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- osovina noun (that on which something turns)
- stožer noun (that on which something turns)
Spanish
4 entries- perno noun (that on which something turns)
- pivote noun (that on which something turns)
- pívot noun (something having a paramount significance)
- pivotar verb (to turn on an exact spot)
Swedish
4 entries- kärnpunkt noun (something having a paramount significance)
- medelpunkt noun (something having a paramount significance)
- svängtapp noun (that on which something turns)
- vridning noun (act of turning on one foot)
Ukrainian
2 entries- стри́жень noun (that on which something turns)
- шпень noun (that on which something turns)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
You're not allowed to walk with the ball in your hands, but you can pivot on one foot.
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Algeria needs to pivot its economy away from oil and gas.
Source: tatoeba (10120491)
Two big pivot guns throw eleven inch shells.
Source: tatoeba (10649882)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.