English
Pronunciation
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
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, copito m (Colombia)
- 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)
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Further reading
cotton swab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia