cotton swab

English

Noun

cotton swab (plural cotton swabs)

A small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod, made of wood, rolled paper, or plastic. The most common uses for cotton swabs include aural hygiene and cosmetics application.

Synonyms

(cotton wrapped around end of rod): cotton bud (Britain, New Zealand, Philippines), cotton wool bud (Britain), ear bud (South Africa), Q-tip

Translations

a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod

Arabic: عُود أُذُن m (ʕūd ʔuḏun)
Armenian: բամբակով ձողիկ (bambakov joġik), բամբակաձողիկ (bambakajoġik)
Belarusian: тупфер m (tupfjer)
Bulgarian: клечка за уши n (klečka za uši)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 棉花棒 (zh) (miánhuābàng), 棉棒 (zh) (miánbàng), 棉籤／棉签 (zh) (miánqiān)
Czech: vatová tyčinka f, tyčinka do uší f, uchošťour m
Danish: vatpind c
Dutch: wattenstaafje (nl) n
Finnish: pumpulipuikko, vanupuikko (fi), korvapuikko, topsipuikko
French: coton-tige (fr) m, coton tige m, bâtonnet ouaté (fr) m
German: Wattestäbchen (de) n
Greek: ωτογλυφίδα (el) f (otoglyfída), ωτοκαθαριστής (el) f (otokatharistís), μπατονέτα (el) f (batonéta)
Hebrew: מַקֵּל נִקּוּי אָזְנַיִם m (maqqēl niqqui ʾå̄zənayim)
Hungarian: fültisztító pálcika
Icelandic: eyrnapinni m
Irish: baitín cadáis m
Italian: cotton fioc m, bastoncino cotonato (it) m, nettaorecchi m, pulisciorecchi m
Japanese: 綿棒 (ja) (めんぼう, menbō)
Korean: 면봉 (myeonbong)
Malay: putik kapas, kapas kesat
Norwegian: bomullspinne m
Persian: گوش‌پاک‌کن (gôš-pâk-kon)
Polish: patyczek do uszu (pl) m, patyczek higieniczny m, wymazówka f, wacik (pl) m
Portuguese: cotonete (pt) m, suabe (pt) m, zaragatoa (pt) f
Romanian: bețișor de vată n, bețișor cu vată n
Russian: ва́тный ту́пфер m (vátnyj túpfer), ту́пфер m (túpfer), ва́тная па́лочка (ru) f (vátnaja páločka)
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: watowy kołk m
Spanish: bastoncillo m, bastoncillo de algodón m, hisopo (es) m, hisopo de algodón m, cotonete (es) m
Swedish: bomullspinne (sv) c, tops (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kulak çubuğu (tr)
Ukrainian: ва́тяна па́личка f (vátjana pályčka), ва́тна па́личка f (vátna pályčka)
Vietnamese: tăm bông (vi)
Welsh: ffon gotwm f
Yiddish: וואַטע שפּיץ m or f (vate shpits)

cotton swab

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