whirlwind

English

Etymology

whirl +‎ wind

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)wɜːlwɪnd/

Noun

whirlwind (plural whirlwinds)

A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion.
(figuratively) A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward.
The weeks leading up to the convention were a whirlwind of preparation and hurried activity.

Once he got that new scooter he turned into a whirlwind and damaged all the flowers.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

Translations

a violent windstorm of limited extent characterised by an inward spiral motion of the air

Albanian: shakullinë (sq) f
Arabic: زَوْبَعَة‎ f (zawbaʿa)
Armenian: մրրիկ (hy) (mrrik)
Azerbaijani: qasırğa, burağan
Bashkir: ҡойон (qoyon)
Belarusian: ві́хур m (víxur), ві́хура f (víxura)
Breton: avel-dro (br) f
Bulgarian: ви́хър (bg) m (víhǎr), вихрушка (bg) f (vihruška)
Burmese: လေကတော့ (my) (leka.tau.), လေပွေ (my) (le-pwe), ရေကတော့ (my) (reka.tau.)
Catalan: terbolí (ca) m
Chinese:
Dungan: щүанфыр (xyanfɨr)

Mandarin: 旋風 (zh), 旋风 (zh) (xuànfēng)
Chukchi: янрайгын (janrajgyn)
Czech: smršť (cs) f
Danish: hvirvelvind c
Dutch: windhoos (nl) m or f, wervelwind (nl) m
Esperanto: ciklono
Estonian: tuulispask
Finnish: pyörremyrsky (fi), pyörretuuli
French: cyclone (fr) m
Georgian: გრიგალი (grigali), ქარიშხალი (karišxali)
German: Wirbelwind m, Wirbelsturm (de) m
Greek: ανεμοστρόβιλος (el) m (anemostróvilos)
Greenlandic: anoraarsuaq
Hindi: बवंडर (hi) m (bavaṇḍar), चक्रवात (hi) m (cakravāt)
Hungarian: forgószél (hu)
Ido: aerovortico
Italian: turbine (it) m
Japanese: 旋風 (ja) (つむじかぜ, tsumujikaze)
Kazakh: құйын (quyın)
Khmer: កំបុតត្បូង (km) (kɑmbot tboung)
Korean: 선풍 (ko) (seonpung)
Kyrgyz: куюн (kuyun)
Lao: ຫົວກຸດ (hūa kut), ຈັກກະວາດ (chak ka wāt)

Latin: turbō (la) f
Latvian: viesulis m
Lithuanian: viesulas m
Macedonian: ви́ор m (víor)
Maori: tūkauati, āwhiowhio, ānewa o te rangi, urupuhau
Mongolian: хуй (mn) (huj)
Navajo: náátsʼóʼoołdísii
Norwegian:
Bokmål: virvelvind m

Nynorsk: virvelvind m, kvervelvind
Old English: þoden m
Persian: گردباد‎ (fa) (gerdbâd)
Polish: trąba powietrzna (pl)
Portuguese: turbilhão (pt) m
Russian: вихрь (ru) m (vixrʹ), смерч (ru) m (smerč) (tornado)
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-ghaoth f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ви̏хор m

Roman: vȉhor (sh) m
Slovak: víchrica f
Slovene: vihar (sl) m
Spanish: torbellino (es) m
Swedish: virvelvind (sv) c
Tagalog: buhawi, ipu-ipo
Tajik: гирдбод (tg) (girdbod)
Tatar: коен (qoyen)
Telugu: సుడిగాలి (te) (suḍigāli)
Thai: ลมวน (lom-won), พายุหมุน (paa-yú-mǔn), บ้าหมู (bâa-mǔu)
Turkish: kasırga (tr)
Ukrainian: ви́хор m (výxor)
Uyghur: قۇيۇن‎‎ (quyun‎)
Uzbek: uyurma (uz), quyun (uz)
Vietnamese: gió lốc (vi), lốc (vi)
Welsh: troellwynt m, awel dro f, corwynt m, trowynt m
Westrobothnian: vedervissp m, verwisp f

figuratively: a body of objects or events sweeping violently onward

Chinese:
Mandarin: 一片忙亂, 一片忙乱 (yī piàn mángluàn)
Finnish: pyörremyrsky (fi)
German: Wirbelwind m
Greek: λαίλαπα (el) f (laílapa), ανεμοστρόβιλος (el) m (anemostróvilos)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: virvelvind m

Nynorsk: virvelvind m, kvervelvind
Russian: урага́н (ru) m (uragán)
Spanish: tromba

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Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} vȉhor (sh)

Adjective

whirlwind (not comparable)

Rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind romance.
- 2016, Nina Milne, Rafael's Contract Bride (page 60)
  So you aren't deserting the Caversham ship. They'll understand. After all, their courtship was pretty whirlwind itself.

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