swab
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The meaning (definition) of the word swab
a small stick with soft cotton on the end
The word swab used in a sentence
“I cleaned the dusty corner of the toy with a swab”
How the word swab is said around the world
| French | coton-tige (koh-tohn TEEZH) |
| Spanish | hisopo (ee-SOH-poh) |
| Mandarin | 棉签 (myen chyen) |
| Hindi | रुई की तीली (roo-EE kee TEE-lee) |
| Arabic | عُودٌ قُطْنِيٌّ (OO-dun kut-NEE-yun) |
| Russian | ватная палочка (VAHT-nuh-yuh PAH-luhch-kah) |
| Portuguese (EU) | cotonete (koo-too-NET-uh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | cotonete (koh-toh-NEH-chee) |
| Japanese | めんぼう (mehn-BOH) |
| German | Wattestäbchen (VAH-tuh-shtayp-khun) |
| Urdu | روئی کی تیلی (roo-EE kee TEE-lee) |
| Punjabi | ਰੂੰ ਵਾਲੀ ਡੰਡੀ (roon VAH-lee DAN-dee) |
| Korean | 면봉 (MYUHN-bohng) |
| Hebrew | מקלון צמר גפן (mahk-LOHN TSEH-mer GEH-fen) |
| Greek | μπατονέτα (bah-toh-NEH-tah) |
| Dutch | wattenstaafje (WAH-tuhn-stahf-yuh) |
| Tagalog | patpat na may bulak (PAHT-paht nah may BOO-lahk) |
| Vietnamese | tăm bông (tum BOHNG) |
| Turkish | pamuklu çubuk (pah-MOOK-loo choo-BOOK) |
| Persian | گوشپاککن (goosh-pahk-KON) |
| Polish | patyczek kosmetyczny (pah-TIH-chek kos-meh-TIHCH-nih) |
| Ukrainian | ватна паличка (VAHT-nah PAH-lych-kah) |
| Bengali | তুলোর কাঠি (TOO-lor KAA-thee) |
| Swedish | bomullspinne (BOO-mul-spin-eh) |
| Italian | bastoncino cotonato (bah-ston-CHEE-noh koh-toh-NAH-toh) |
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