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Pronunciation / Transliteration: tour-nay
"La Terre tourne autour du soleil."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly.
"The dancer began to spin gracefully across the stage."
- 1
A rapid turning or whirling motion.
"The car went into a spin on the icy patch of road."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'spinnan', meaning to draw out and twist fibers into yarn, tracing back to Proto-Germanic *spinnaną and ultimately to the Indo-European root *spei- meaning to twist or stretch. Over the centuries, the physical action of rotating rapidly expanded metaphorically into nautical, political, and psychological senses, such as losing control or putting a biased interpretation on events.
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tourner
Transliteration: tour-nay
"La Terre tourne autour du soleil."
drehen
Transliteration: drey-hen
"Das Rad dreht sich sehr schnell."
girare
Transliteration: jee-ra-re
"La chiave gira nella serratura."
girar
Transliteration: hee-rar
"La bailarina empezó a girar."
girar
Transliteration: ghee-rar
"A terra continua a girar."
घुमाना
Transliteration: Ghumana
"उसने चाबी को घुमाया।"
旋转
Transliteration: xuánzhuǎn
"地球自西向东旋转。"
회전하다
Transliteration: hoejeonhada
"지구는 자체축을 중심으로 회전한다."
回る
Transliteration: mawaru
"地球は太陽の周りを回る。"
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