I had never seen a windmill until I visited the Netherlands.
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Windmill
Synonyms for "windmill" (16 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (8)
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14 entriesderived from
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6 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
134 translations across 61 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- windmeul noun (machine)
- windmeule noun (machine)
Arabic
1 entries- طاحونة هوائية noun (machine)
Armenian
4 entries- հողմաղաց noun (machine)
- հողմաղաց noun (structure)
- քամաղաց noun (machine)
- քամաղաց noun (structure)
Basque
1 entries- haize-errota noun (machine)
Belarusian
1 entries- вятра́к noun (machine)
Breton
2 entries- milin-avel noun (machine)
- milin-avel noun (structure)
Bulgarian
4 entries- въображаем противник noun (metaphorical: imaginary enemy)
- въртележка noun (child's toy)
- вятърна мелница noun (machine)
- вятърна мелница noun (structure)
Catalan
2 entries- molí de vent noun (machine)
- molí de vent noun (structure)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 風車 /风车 noun (machine)
Czech
2 entries- větrný mlýn noun (machine)
- větrný mlýn noun (structure)
Danish
2 entries- vindmølle noun (machine)
- vindmølle noun (structure)
Dutch
4 entries- windmolen noun (machine)
- windmolen noun (structure)
- windmolentje noun (child's toy)
- molenwieken verb (to rotate with a sweeping motion)
Dutch Low Saxon
2 entries- wiendmeule noun (machine)
- windmölle noun (machine)
Esperanto
2 entries- ventmuelejo noun (machine)
- ventmuelejo noun (structure)
Finnish
4 entries- tuulihyrrä noun (child's toy)
- tuulimylly noun (machine)
- tuulimylly noun (structure)
- tuulimylly noun (basketball: type of dunk)
French
2 entries- moulin à vent noun (machine)
- moulin à vent noun (structure)
Galician
2 entries- muíño noun (machine)
- muíño de vento noun (structure)
Georgian
2 entries- ქარის წისქვილი noun (machine)
- ქარის წისქვილი noun (structure)
German
3 entries- Windmühle noun (machine)
- Windmühle noun (structure)
- Windrad noun (child's toy)
Greek
2 entries- ανεμόμυλος noun (machine)
- ανεμόμυλος noun (structure)
Greenlandic
1 entries- aserorterivik anorisaatilik noun (machine)
Hawaiian
1 entries- wili makani noun (machine)
Hebrew
2 entries- טַחֲנַת רוּחַ noun (machine)
- טַחֲנַת רוּחַ noun (structure)
Hindi
1 entries- पवनचक्की noun (machine)
Hungarian
1 entries- szélmalom noun (structure)
Icelandic
2 entries- vindmylla noun (machine)
- vindmylla noun (structure)
Ido
1 entries- ventomuelilo noun (machine)
Indonesian
2 entries- kincir angin noun (machine)
- kincir angin noun (child's toy)
Irish
1 entries- muileann gaoithe noun (machine)
Italian
3 entries- girandola noun (child's toy)
- mulino a vento noun (machine)
- mulino a vento noun (structure)
Japanese
4 entries- ウインドミル noun (basketball: type of dunk)
- 風車 noun (machine)
- 風車 noun (child's toy)
- 風車奏法 noun (guitar move)
Kazakh
2 entries- жел диірмені noun (machine)
- желдиірмен noun (machine)
Khakas
1 entries- чил тербені noun (machine)
Korean
1 entries- 풍차 noun (machine)
Low German
1 entries- Windmöhl noun (machine)
Macedonian
3 entries- вете́рница noun (machine)
- вете́рница noun (structure)
- вете́рница noun (child's toy)
Malay
1 entries- kincir angin noun (machine)
Marathi
1 entries- पवनचक्की noun (machine)
Māori
3 entries- pekapeka noun (child's toy)
- pūrere kapo hau noun (machine)
- pūrere kapo hau noun (child's toy)
Northern East Cree
2 entries- ᒌᓂᐧᑳᓈᔮᔥᑎᐦᑖᑭᓐ noun (machine)
- ᒌᓂᐧᑳᓈᔮᔥᑎᐦᑖᑭᓐ noun (structure)
Norwegian
1 entries- vindmølle noun (child's toy)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- vindmølle noun (machine)
- vindmølle noun (structure)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- vindmylne noun (machine)
- vindmylne noun (structure)
- vindmølle noun (machine)
- vindmølle noun (structure)
Persian
1 entries- آسیای بادی noun (machine)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wintmäl noun (machine)
Polish
3 entries- wiatraczek noun (child's toy)
- wiatrak noun (machine)
- wiatrak noun (structure)
Portuguese
3 entries- cata-vento noun (child's toy)
- moinho de vento noun (machine)
- moinho de vento noun (structure)
Romanian
2 entries- moară de vânt noun (machine)
- moară de vânt noun (structure)
Russian
3 entries- верту́шка noun (child's toy)
- ветряна́я ме́льница noun (machine)
- ветряна́я ме́льница noun (structure)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- muileann-gaoithe noun (machine)
- muileann-gaoithe noun (structure)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- vetrenjača noun (machine)
- vetrenjača noun (structure)
- vetrenjača noun (child's toy)
Southern Altai
2 entries- салкынла иштеер теермен noun (machine)
- јел теермен noun (machine)
Southern East Cree
2 entries- ᑳᒌᓂᐧᑳᓈᔥᑎᐦᒡ noun (machine)
- ᑳᒌᓂᐧᑳᓈᔥᑎᐦᒡ noun (structure)
Spanish
3 entries- molinillo de viento noun (child's toy)
- molino de viento noun (machine)
- molino de viento noun (structure)
Swedish
3 entries- mölla noun (machine)
- vindmölla noun (machine)
- väderkvarn noun (machine)
Tagalog
3 entries- gilingang-hangin noun (machine)
- mulino noun (machine)
- mulino noun (structure)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вітря́к noun (machine)
- вітря́к noun (structure)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cối xay gió noun (machine)
Volapük
2 entries- vienamül noun (machine)
- vienamülöp noun (structure)
Welsh
1 entries- melin wynt noun (machine)
West-Frisian
1 entries- wynmûne noun (machine)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Napoleon's headquarters were in an unused windmill.
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There is a windmill on the hill.
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When there's more wind, the windmill spins faster.
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