Maelstrom — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈeɪlstɹɑːm/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈeɪlstɹɒm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈeɪlstɹɒm/

2 syllables Say it as /mˈeɪlstɹɑːm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

whirlpool vortex

Word Forms

whirlpool

verb

flow in a circular current, of liquids

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Sog

eine starke kreisförmige Wasserströmung (normalerweise das Ergebnis widersprüchlicher Gezeiten)

🇮🇹Italian

vortice

una potente corrente d'acqua circolare (di solito il risultato di maree contrastanti)

🇳🇱Dutch

maalstroom

een krachtige cirkelvormige waterstroom (meestal het resultaat van tegenstrijdige getijden)

🇵🇹Portuguese

redemoinho

uma poderosa corrente circular de água (geralmente o resultado de marés conflitantes)

🇷🇺Russian

водоворот

мощный круговой поток воды (обычно результат противоречивых приливов и отливов)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भंवर

पानी की एक शक्तिशाली गोलाकार धारा (आमतौर पर परस्पर विरोधी ज्वार का परिणाम)

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষোভ

জলের একটি শক্তিশালী বৃত্তাকার স্রোত (সাধারণত পরস্পরবিরোধী জোয়ারের ফল)

🇮🇳Tamil

புயல்

நீரின் சக்திவாய்ந்த வட்ட மின்னோட்டம் (பொதுவாக முரண்பட்ட அலைகளின் விளைவு)

🇮🇳Telugu

సుడిగుండం

నీటి యొక్క శక్తివంతమైన వృత్తాకార ప్రవాహం (సాధారణంగా విరుద్ధమైన ఆటుపోట్ల ఫలితం)

🇮🇳Marathi

गोंधळ

पाण्याचा एक शक्तिशाली वर्तुळाकार प्रवाह (सामान्यतः परस्परविरोधी भरतीचा परिणाम)

🇮🇳Gujarati

મેલેસ્ટ્રોમ

પાણીનો શક્તિશાળી ગોળાકાર પ્રવાહ (સામાન્ય રીતે વિરોધાભાસી ભરતીનું પરિણામ)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸುಳಿಗಾಳಿ

ನೀರಿನ ಶಕ್ತಿಯುತ ವೃತ್ತಾಕಾರದ ಪ್ರವಾಹ (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಸಂಘರ್ಷದ ಅಲೆಗಳ ಪರಿಣಾಮ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റ്

ശക്തമായ വൃത്താകൃതിയിലുള്ള ജലപ്രവാഹം (സാധാരണയായി വൈരുദ്ധ്യമുള്ള വേലിയേറ്റങ്ങളുടെ ഫലം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭੜਕਾਹਟ

ਪਾਣੀ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਸ਼ਾਲੀ ਗੋਲਾਕਾਰ ਕਰੰਟ (ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਲਹਿਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਨਤੀਜਾ)

🇵🇰Urdu

میلسٹروم

پانی کا ایک طاقتور سرکلر کرنٹ (عام طور پر متضاد لہروں کا نتیجہ)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

漩涡

强大的循环水流（通常是潮汐冲突的结果）

🇯🇵Japanese

大渦巻き

強力な円形の水流（通常、相反する潮流の結果として生じる）

🇰🇷Korean

큰 소용돌이

강력한 순환형 물 흐름(보통 조수 간만의 결과)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tình trạng rối loạn

một dòng nước tuần hoàn mạnh mẽ (thường là kết quả của thủy triều xung đột)

🇹🇭Thai

ห้วงมหาภัย

กระแสน้ำที่มีพลังเป็นวงกลม (มักเป็นผลมาจากกระแสน้ำที่ขัดแย้งกัน)

🇮🇩Indonesian

pusaran air

arus air melingkar yang kuat (biasanya akibat konflik pasang surut)

🇲🇾Malay

pusaran air

arus air bulat yang kuat (biasanya hasil daripada pasang surut yang bertentangan)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

دوامة

تيار مائي دائري قوي (عادة ما يكون نتيجة للمد والجزر المتعارضة)

🇮🇷Persian

گرداب

جریان دایره ای قدرتمند آب (معمولاً نتیجه جزر و مد متضاد)

🇹🇷Turkish

girdap

güçlü dairesel bir su akıntısı (genellikle çatışan gelgitlerin sonucu)

🇮🇱Hebrew

מְעַרבּוֹלֶת

זרם מים מעגלי חזק (בדרך כלל תוצאה של גאות ושפל סותרים)

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The primary meaning of 'maelstrom' is 'a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)'.

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Using 'maelstrom' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'maelstrom' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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