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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

車輪

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sharin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wheel/wiːl/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"車の車輪がパンクした。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground.

    "The car got a flat tire when it hit a sharp object on the road."
  2. 2

    A circular device used for steering a vehicle, such as a ship or automobile.

    "She gripped the steering wheel tightly as she navigated the winding mountain road."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'hwēol', which traces back to the Proto-Germanic '*hwewlan-' and ultimately to the Proto-Indo-European root '*kʷékʷlos', a reduplicated form of '*kʷel-' meaning 'to revolve' or 'move around'. Historically, the invention of the wheel in the 4th millennium BC revolutionized transport, pottery, and machinery across ancient civilizations.

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