wire
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The meaning (definition) of the word wire
a thin bendy metal string that carries electricity.
The word wire used in a sentence
“A thin wire carries electricity to power the lamp.”
The plural of the word wire
wires
How the word wire is said around the world
| French | fil (feel) |
| Spanish | cable (kahvlay) |
| Mandarin | 金属丝 (jīn shǔ sī) |
| Hindi | तार (tahr) |
| Arabic | سلك (sahlahk) |
| Russian | проволока (provoloka) |
| Portuguese (EU) | arame (uhruhnmi) |
| Portuguese (BR) | arame (ahruhnmew) |
| Japanese | ワイヤー (waiyaa) |
| German | Draht (draht) |
| Urdu | تار (tahr) |
| Punjabi | ਤਾਰ (tahr) |
| Korean | 철사 (ceolsa) |
| Hebrew | חוּט (khoot) |
| Greek | σύρμα (surma) |
| Dutch | draad (draht) |
| Tagalog | alambre (ahlahmbruh) |
| Vietnamese | dây điện (zuhi deeen) |
| Turkish | tel (tal) |
| Persian | سیم (seem) |
| Polish | drut (droot) |
| Ukrainian | дріт (drit) |
| Bengali | তার (tahr) |
| Swedish | tråd (trohd) |
| Italian | filo (feeloh) |
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