Whirlpool — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

flow in a circular current, of liquids

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɜːlpuːl/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɜːlpuːl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɜːlpuːl/

2 syllables Say it as /wˈɜːlpuːl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

whirl swirl vortex maelstrom eddy purl

Parts of Speech

noun	a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
verb	flow in a circular current, of liquids

Word Forms

whirlpool	verb	flow in a circular current, of liquids
eddy	noun	a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
whirlpool	noun	a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
swirl	noun	the shape of something rotating rapidly
whirl	noun	confused movement

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

tourbillon

un puissant courant d'eau circulaire (généralement le résultat de marées contradictoires)

🇪🇸Spanish

torbellino

una poderosa corriente circular de agua (generalmente el resultado de mareas en conflicto)

🇮🇹Italian

idromassaggio

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

🇳🇱Dutch

draaikolk

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

🇵🇹Portuguese

hidromassagem

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

व्हर्लपूल

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

🇧🇩Bengali

ঘূর্ণি

জলের একটি শক্তিশালী বৃত্তাকার স্রোত (সাধারণত পরস্পরবিরোধী জোয়ারের ফল)

🇮🇳Tamil

நீர்ச்சுழி

நீரின் சக்திவாய்ந்த வட்ட மின்னோட்டம் (பொதுவாக முரண்பட்ட அலைகளின் விளைவு)

🇮🇳Telugu

సుడిగుండం

నీటి యొక్క శక్తివంతమైన వృత్తాకార ప్రవాహం (సాధారణంగా విరుద్ధమైన ఆటుపోట్ల ఫలితం)

🇮🇳Marathi

व्हर्लपूल

पाण्याचा एक शक्तिशाली वर्तुळाकार प्रवाह (सामान्यतः परस्परविरोधी भरतीचा परिणाम)

🇮🇳Gujarati

વમળ

પાણીનો શક્તિશાળી ગોળાકાર પ્રવાહ (સામાન્ય રીતે વિરોધાભાસી ભરતીનું પરિણામ)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸುಂಟರಗಾಳಿ

ನೀರಿನ ಶಕ್ತಿಯುತ ವೃತ್ತಾಕಾರದ ಪ್ರವಾಹ (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಸಂಘರ್ಷದ ಅಲೆಗಳ ಪರಿಣಾಮ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചുഴി

ശക്തമായ വൃത്താകൃതിയിലുള്ള ജലപ്രവാഹം (സാധാരണയായി വൈരുദ്ധ്യമുള്ള വേലിയേറ്റങ്ങളുടെ ഫലം)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਰਲਪੂਲ

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

🇵🇰Urdu

بھنور

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

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

소용돌이

강력한 순환형 물 흐름(보통 조수 간만의 결과)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xoáy nước

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

🇹🇭Thai

อ่างน้ำวน

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

jakuzi

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 'whirlpool' is 'a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)'.

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

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

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