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bobbin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Borrowed from French bobine, recorded in English since 1530.

Meanings

1. A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
   • Ignition coils using a bobbin molded from high-performance polyester withstand open-circuit bench tests to 70kV. Jan. 8, 2004, Machine Design Magazine, p. 108
2. In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
   • Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.
3. The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
   • Put the bobbin and the latch will go up 1729, Charles Perrault, Histories, or tales of past times: viz. i. The Little Red Riding-hood, London: Printed for J. Pote, at Sir Isaac New-ton's Head, near Suffolk-street, Charing-cross; and R. Montagu, the corner of Great Queen-street, near Drury-lane. M.DCC.XXIX. FC6 P4262 Eg729s. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., page 4:
   • She went from the linhay and boldly pulled the bobbin of the fuel-house door. 1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, page 152:
4. (qualifier:haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.

Forms

Deriveds

bobbin lace · bobbinet · bobbinwork · bobbin-and-fly frame · bobbinlike · bobbinless · bobbin tank

Translations (113)

nl bobijn (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · tr bobin (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · sl tuljava (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · uz gʻaltak (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ko 실패 (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · pl szpulka (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · uz katushka (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · he בוכייר (small spool in a sewing machine) · da spole (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ro bobină (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · hu cséve (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · gl birlo (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · uk коту́шка (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · tr masura (small spool in a sewing machine) · hi तकली (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · sl vreteno (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · fa-ira قِرْقِرِه (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · de Spule (small spool in a sewing machine) · eo bobeno (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · nl klos (small spool in a sewing machine) · ja ボビン (small spool in a sewing machine) · cmn 線軸 /线轴 (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · cs špulka (small spool in a sewing machine) · be кату́шка (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · pt carretel (small spool in a sewing machine) · vi suốt chỉ (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · uk шпу́лька (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · fi kela (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · km ត្រសាល់ (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · prs قَرْقَرَه (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · nl spoel (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · wa boubene (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ota ماسوره (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · sk cievka (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · be шпу́лька (small spool in a sewing machine) · es canilla (small spool in a sewing machine) · tl busug-sudlan (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · es carrete (small spool in a sewing machine) · pl szpula (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · grc πηνίον (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ota استاج (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · bg боби́на (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ko 보빈 (small spool in a sewing machine) · cmn 線軸 /线轴 (small spool in a sewing machine) · es bobina (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · be шпу́лька (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · pt bobina (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ar بَكَرَة (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · fr bobine (small spool in a sewing machine) · be бабі́на (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · da spole (small spool in a sewing machine) · fi rulla (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ru боби́на (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · de Spule (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · is spóla (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · fi puola (small spool in a sewing machine) · fi puola (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · kk шарғы (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ky катушка (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ms peleting (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · fr canette (small spool in a sewing machine) · ru шпу́лька (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · fr bobine (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · he בֻּכְיָר (small spool in a sewing machine) · mk ка́лем (small spool in a sewing machine) · sq bobinë (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · fa-ira ماسورِه (small spool in a sewing machine) · tg ғалтак (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · gl carrete (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · es bobina (small spool in a sewing machine) · tr masura (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ga spóilín (small spool in a sewing machine) · tl simpian (small spool in a sewing machine) · ru кату́шка (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · tl busug-sudlan (small spool in a sewing machine) · nl spoel (small spool in a sewing machine) · pt carretel (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · uk шпу́лька (small spool in a sewing machine) · el καρούλι (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · it bobina (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · tr makara (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ko 보빈 (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · bg масу́р (small spool in a sewing machine) · tl simpian (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · hi तकला (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · cs cívka (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · uk боби́на (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · grc πήνη (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ru шпу́лька (small spool in a sewing machine) · ota مقره (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ota بوبین (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · nb spole (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · pl szpulka (small spool in a sewing machine) · mi tākaimiro (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · es carreta (small spool in a sewing machine) · vi ống chỉ (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · sv spole (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · da kniplepind (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ca bobina (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · hy կոճ (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · kk катушка (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · bg шпу́ла (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ga eiteán (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · bg макара́ (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · ga eiteán (small spool in a sewing machine) · ja ボビン (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · hi तकली (small spool in a sewing machine) · ka თითისტარი (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · nl bobijn (small spool in a sewing machine) · de Rolle (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · th กระสวย (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · mk ма́кара (spool around which wire or thread is coiled) · nb snelle (spool around which wire or thread is coiled)