wheel

CEFRA2

/wiːl/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A round object that turns to help a vehicle move.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.

Examples

  • The driver turned the wheel to the right.

  • You are not to speak to the man at the wheel.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /wil/
  • /ʍiːl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The instrument attached to the rudder by which a vessel is steered.

  2. A spinning wheel.

  3. A steering wheel and its implied control of a vehicle.

More examples

In context

  • The real numbers can be extended to a wheel, as can any commutative ring.

  • He fell asleep at the wheel.

  • the wheel of life

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, *hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂, reduplication of *kʷel- (“to turn”) and a suffix (literally "(the thing that) turns and turns"). See also West Frisian tsjil, Dutch wiel, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hjul; also Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”), Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “cycle, wheel”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra), Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá); and Latin colō (“to till, cultivate”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B käl- (“to bear; bring”), Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō, “to come into existence, become”), Old Church Slavonic коло...