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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestournoyant
Pronunciation / Transliteration: toor-nwa-yahn
"Les feuilles tournoyantes dansaient dans le vent."
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Characterized by spinning, whirling, or revolving movement.
"The children chased the whirly patterns made by the autumn leaves in the wind."
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A colloquial term for a helicopter or a spinning toy.
"We watched the whirly rise above the city skyline."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English verb 'whirl', originating from Middle English 'whirlen', which is of Scandinavian origin (akin to Old Norse 'hvirfla'). The suffix '-y' was added in the 19th century to form an adjective describing things characterized by a spinning or rotating motion.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Whirly" is said worldwide
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घुमावदार
Transliteration: ghumaavdaar
"हवा में घूमते हुए पत्ते बहुत सुंदर लग रहे थे।"
tournoyant
Transliteration: toor-nwa-yahn
"Les feuilles tournoyantes dansaient dans le vent."
wirbelnd
Transliteration: vir-belnt
"Die wirbelnden Blätter flogen durch die Luft."
turbinoso
Transliteration: toor-bi-no-zo
"Il vento autunnale ha sollevato foglie turbinose."
giratorio
Transliteration: hee-ra-to-ryo
"Había patrones giratorios en el suelo."
giratório
Transliteration: ʒi-ra-to-ryu
"O movimento giratório fascinou as crianças."
旋转的
Transliteration: xuánzhuǎn de
"树叶在风中形成旋转的图案。"
회전하는
Transliteration: hoewjeonhaneun
"바람에 흩날리는 회전하는 나뭇잎들을 보았다."
旋回する
Transliteration: senkai suru
"風の中で旋回する落ち葉を見つめた。"
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