Clew
//kluː//
Translations of "clew" (23 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarusian | клубо́к(ball of thread) | klubók | |
| Bulgarian | кълбо(roughly spherical mass or body), кълбо(ball of thread) | kǎlbo, kǎlbo | |
| Czech | smotek(ball of thread) | — | |
| Danish | nøgle(ball of thread) | — | |
| Dutch | kluwen(ball of thread) | — | |
| Finnish | johtolanka(yarn used to guide one's way through a maze, clue), kerä(roughly spherical mass or body), kerä(ball of thread), kiinnitysnarut(nautical: cords suspending a hammock), lankakerä(ball of thread), pallero(roughly spherical mass or body), skuutti(nautical: sheet attached to this sail corner), skuuttikulma(nautical: sail corner) | — | |
| French | pelote(ball of thread) | — | |
| German | Knäuel(ball of thread) | — | |
| Greek | μίτος(ball of thread) | mítos | |
| Hungarian | gombolyag(ball of thread) | — | |
| Irish | ceirtlín(roughly spherical mass or body), ceirtlín(ball of thread) | — | |
| Italian | bugna(nautical: sail corner), gomitolo(ball of thread) | — | |
| Korean | 꾸러미(ball of thread), 꾸리(ball of thread) | kkureomi, kkuri | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ariadnetråd(yarn used to guide one's way through a maze, clue), ledetråd(yarn used to guide one's way through a maze, clue), nøste(ball of thread) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | دامن(nautical: sail corner), یوماق(ball of thread) | daman, yumak | |
| Punjabi | ਪਿੰਨਾ(ball of thread) | pinnā | |
| Romanian | ghem(ball of thread) | — | |
| Russian | клубо́к(ball of thread), мото́к(ball of thread), шко́товый у́гол па́руса(nautical: sail corner) | klubók, motók, škótovyj úgol párusa | |
| Spanish | ovillo(ball of thread) | — | |
| Swedish | nystan(ball of thread) | — | |
| Turkish | yumak(ball of thread) | — | |
| Ukrainian | клубо́к(ball of thread) | klubók | |
| Welsh | pellen(ball of thread) | — |
smotek
nøgle
kluwen
johtolanka, kerä, kerä, kiinnitysnarut, lankakerä, pallero, skuutti, skuuttikulma
pelote
Knäuel
gombolyag
ceirtlín, ceirtlín
bugna, gomitolo
ariadnetråd, ledetråd, nøste
ghem
ovillo
nystan
yumak
pellen
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