straw
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The meaning (definition) of the word straw
a thin tube for sipping a drink
The word straw used in a sentence
“I drink juice through a straw.”
How the word straw is said around the world
| French | paille (pahy) |
| Spanish | pajita (pahkheetah) |
| Mandarin | 吸管 (xī guǎn) |
| Hindi | स्ट्रॉ (straw) |
| Arabic | شفاطة (shahffahtah) |
| Russian | соломинка (solominka) |
| Portuguese (EU) | palhinha (puhlyeenyuh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | canudo (kanooduu) |
| Japanese | ストロー (sutoroo) |
| German | Strohhalm (shtrohahlm) |
| Urdu | پائپ (pyp) |
| Punjabi | ਸਟ੍ਰਾ (sutrah) |
| Korean | 빨대 (bbaldae) |
| Hebrew | קשית (ksheet) |
| Greek | καλαμάκι (kalamaki) |
| Dutch | rietje (reetyuh) |
| Tagalog | straw (strow) |
| Vietnamese | ống hút (ohurng hoourt) |
| Turkish | pipet (peepet) |
| Persian | نی (nay) |
| Polish | słomka (swawmkah) |
| Ukrainian | соломинка (solomynka) |
| Bengali | স্ট্র (shtraw) |
| Swedish | sugrör (sugrerr) |
| Italian | cannuccia (kahnnoochah) |
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