Wick — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action

a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɪk/

1 syllable Say it as /wˈɪk/.

Examples

the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

taper

Parts of Speech

noun	any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action “the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it”
noun	a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Docht

Jedes Stück Schnur, das Flüssigkeit durch Kapillarwirkung transportiert

🇫🇷French

mèche

tout morceau de cordon qui transporte un liquide par capillarité

🇪🇸Spanish

mecha

cualquier trozo de cordón que transporta líquido por acción capilar

🇮🇹Italian

stoppino

qualsiasi pezzo di corda che convoglia liquido per azione capillare

🇳🇱Dutch

lont

elk stukje koord dat vloeistof transporteert door capillaire werking

🇵🇹Portuguese

pavio

qualquer pedaço de cordão que transporta líquido por ação capilar

🇷🇺Russian

фитиль

любой кусок шнура, который передает жидкость за счет капиллярного действия

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बाती

नाल का कोई भी टुकड़ा जो केशिका क्रिया द्वारा तरल पहुंचाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

বাতি

কর্ডের যে কোনো টুকরো যা কৈশিক ক্রিয়া দ্বারা তরল বহন করে

🇮🇳Tamil

திரி

தந்துகி நடவடிக்கை மூலம் திரவத்தை கடத்தும் எந்த தண்டு துண்டு

🇮🇳Telugu

విక్

కేశనాళిక చర్య ద్వారా ద్రవాన్ని తెలియజేసే ఏదైనా త్రాడు ముక్క

🇮🇳Marathi

वात

कॉर्डचा कोणताही तुकडा जो केशिका क्रियेद्वारे द्रव पोहोचवतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

વાટ

કોર્ડનો કોઈપણ ભાગ કે જે કેશિલરી ક્રિયા દ્વારા પ્રવાહી પહોંચાડે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬತ್ತಿ

ಕ್ಯಾಪಿಲ್ಲರಿ ಕ್ರಿಯೆಯಿಂದ ದ್ರವವನ್ನು ರವಾನಿಸುವ ಯಾವುದೇ ಬಳ್ಳಿಯ ತುಂಡು

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിരി

കാപ്പിലറി പ്രവർത്തനത്തിലൂടെ ദ്രാവകം എത്തിക്കുന്ന ഏതെങ്കിലും ചരട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੱਤੀ

ਰੱਸੀ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਟੁਕੜਾ ਜੋ ਕੇਸ਼ਿਕਾ ਕਿਰਿਆ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਤਰਲ ਪਹੁੰਚਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

灯芯

任何通过毛细作用输送液体的绳索

🇯🇵Japanese

芯

毛細管現象によって液体を運ぶコードの一部

🇰🇷Korean

등심

모세관 현상에 의해 액체를 운반하는 코드 조각

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tim

bất kỳ đoạn dây nào truyền chất lỏng bằng tác động mao dẫn

🇹🇭Thai

ไส้ตะเกียง

สายไฟใดๆ ที่ลำเลียงของเหลวโดยการกระทำของเส้นเลือดฝอย

🇮🇩Indonesian

sumbu

setiap bagian kabel yang mengalirkan cairan melalui aksi kapiler

🇵🇭Filipino

mitsa

anumang piraso ng kurdon na naghahatid ng likido sa pamamagitan ng pagkilos ng maliliit na ugat

🇲🇾Malay

sumbu

sebarang kepingan kord yang menghantar cecair melalui tindakan kapilari

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ذبالة

أي قطعة من الحبل التي تنقل السائل عن طريق العمل الشعري

🇮🇷Persian

فتیله

هر قطعه بند ناف که مایع را با عمل مویرگی منتقل می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

fitil

sıvıyı kılcal hareketle ileten herhangi bir kablo parçası

🇮🇱Hebrew

פְּתִילָה

כל פיסת חוט שמעבירה נוזל בפעולה נימית

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