bobbin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bobine, recorded in English since 1530.

Pronunciation

A bobbin (2)

Rhymes: -ɒbɪn

Noun

bobbin (plural bobbins)

A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
- Jan. 8, 2004, Machine Design Magazine, p. 108
  Ignition coils using a bobbin molded from high-performance polyester withstand open-circuit bench tests to 70kV.
In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
Wind the bobbin, place it in the machine, and raise the thread.
The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
(haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.

Derived terms

bobbin-and-fly frame
bobbin lace
bobbinless
bobbinlike

Translations

spool around which wire or thread is coiled

Arabic: بَكَرَة‎‎ f (bakara)
Armenian: կոճ (hy) (koč)
Belarusian: кату́шка f (katúška), бабі́на f (babína), шпу́лька f (špúlʹka)
Bulgarian: макара́ (bg) f (makará), шпу́ла (bg) f (špúla), боби́на (bg) f (bobína)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 線軸 (zh), 线轴 (zh) (xiànzhóu)
Danish: spole c, kniplepind c (relating to the making of bobbin lace)
Dutch: bobijn (nl) f, spoel (nl) m or f
Finnish: kela (fi), rulla (fi), puola (fi) (in ignition coil)
French: bobine (fr) f
Georgian: თითისტარი (titisṭari)
German: Spule (de) f, Rolle (de) f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: πηνίον n (pēníon)
Irish: eiteán m

Japanese: ボビン (bobin)
Khmer: ត្រសាល់ (km) (trɑsal)
Korean: 실패 (ko) (silpae)
Maori: tākaimiro
Polish: szpula (pl) f, szpulka (pl) f
Portuguese: bobina (pt) f, carretel (pt) m
Russian: кату́шка (ru) f (katúška), боби́на (ru) f (bobína), шпу́лька (ru) f (špúlʹka)
Spanish: bobina (es) f
Swedish: spole (sv) c
Tagalog: busug-sudlan, simpian
Thai: กระสวย (th) (grà-sǔai)
Ukrainian: коту́шка f (kotúška), боби́на f (bobýna), шпу́лька f (špúlʹka)
Vietnamese: ống chỉ (vi), suốt chỉ
Walloon: boubene (wa) f

small spool in a sewing machine

Bulgarian: масу́р (bg) m (masúr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 線軸 (zh), 线轴 (zh) (xiànzhóu)
Danish: spole c
Dutch: bobijn (nl) f, klos (nl) m or f, spoel (nl) m or f
Finnish: puola (fi)
French: bobine (fr) f, canette (fr) f
German: Spule (de) f

Irish: eiteán m, spóilín m
Persian: ماسوره‎ (fa) (mâsure)
Polish: szpulka (pl) f
Portuguese: carretel (pt) m
Russian: шпу́лька (ru) f (špúlʹka)
Spanish: carrete (es) m, carreta (es) f (Bolivia, Colombia)
Tagalog: busug-sudlan, simpian

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Ido: ^{(please verify)} bobino (io)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} baibín m

Italian: ^{(please verify)} bobina (it) f