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Native Script:じょうご
Pronunciation / Transliteration: jōgo
"じょうごを使って液体を瓶に移します。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A tube or pipe that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, used for guiding liquid or powder into a small opening.
"She used a plastic funnel to pour the motor oil into the engine without spilling."
- 1
To guide or direct something through or as if through a funnel; to move toward a central point or through a narrow space.
"Additional police forces were funneled into the city center to manage the growing crowds."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in the late 14th century from the Old Provençal word 'fonilh', derived from the Latin 'infundibulum' (meaning a pouring in or funnel), ultimately coming from 'infundere' (to pour in). Over centuries, the term expanded from physical devices used for channeling liquids into containers to abstract concepts of directing flow or concentration.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Funnel" is said worldwide
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entonnoir
Transliteration: ɑ̃.tɔ.nwaʁ
"Utilisez un entonnoir pour verser le liquide dans la bouteille."
Trichter
Transliteration: ˈtʁɪç.tɐ
"Benutzen Sie einen Trichter, um das Öl einzufüllen."
imbuto
Transliteration: imˈbu.to
"Versa l'acqua usando un imbuto."
embudo
Transliteration: emˈbu.ðo
"Usa un embudo para no derramar el aceite."
funil
Transliteration: fuˈniw
"Despeje o líquido no frasco usando um funil."
कीप
Transliteration: keep
"तेल डालने के लिए कीप का प्रयोग करें।"
漏斗
Transliteration: lòudǒu
"请用漏斗把液体倒进瓶子里。"
깔때기
Transliteration: kkaldaeggi
"깔때기를 사용하여 병에 액체를 부으세요."
漏斗
Transliteration: jōgo
Script: じょうご
"じょうごを使って液体を瓶に移します。"
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