maelstrom

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmeɪlstɹəm/

Noun

maelstrom (plural maelstroms)

1. A large and violent whirlpool.
   • 2001 — Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 212

     A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.

2. (figurative) Any violent or turbulent situation.

Translations

• French: tourbillon, maëlstrom
• German: Mahlstrom
• Italian: maelstrom, vortice, voragine
• Portuguese: voragem
• Russian: водоворо́т
• Spanish: vorágine

Translations

• Russian: водоворо́т
• Spanish: vorágine

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