spiraal

Borrowed from French spirale, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira, from Ancient Greek σπείρα (speíra, “wreath, coil, twist”).

• IPA^(key): /spiˈraːl/

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• Hyphenation: spi‧raal
• Rhymes: -aːl

spiraal f (plural spiralen, diminutive spiraaltje n)

1. (geometry) A spiral.
2. (chiefly diminutive, medicine) An intrauterine device, a IUD.

   Hypernym: voorbehoedsmiddel

   Hyponyms: hormoonspiraal, koperspiraal

   Door haar spiraaltje heeft ze heftige krampen. ― She has heavy cramps due to her IUD.

• “spiraal” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

spiraal (genitive spiraali, partitive spiraali)

1. spiral

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “spiraal”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009