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Meaning of colus | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1

[ˈkɔ.ɫʊs]

Definitions

distaff: a tool used in spinning fiber, such as wool
declension-2, declension-4
spinning, spun thread
declension-2, declension-4

Equivalents

العربية رُكَّة عرناس

Български женски предене

Bosanski predeni preslice rok Ten женски женски

Català filosa

Čeština otáčení předení přeslice rotace spinning

Dansk rok ten

Deutsch Kunkel Rocken Spinnen Spinnerei Spinnrocken Wocken

Ελληνικά γνέσιμο ηλακάτη κλωστικός νηματοποίηση νηματουργία περιδίνηση ρόκα στροφοδίνη

English Distaff Spinning

Esperanto ŝpinado

Español hilatura rueca

Suomi kehrääminen kehräpuu kehräys kehruu kiepunta kiertyminen pyöriminen rukinlapa spinnaus tortti

Français essorage filer quenouille

Gaeilge sníomh

Gàidhlig maide-snìomh snìomh snìomhadh

Galego roca

עברית פלך

हिन्दी घूम

Hrvatski predeni preslice rok Ten женски женски

Magyar guzsaly

Íslenska kven-

Italiano conocchia donnesco femminile Rocca rocchetto spinning

日本語ぐるぐるぐるり女性の仕事糸巻き棒紡績製糸

Kurdî doner fîler rok ten tên tên

Nederlands rokken spinrokken spinstok

Polski przędzenie przęślica

Português fiação roca

Română furcă toarce

Русский женский пря́слица пря́слице спиннинг

Српски predeni preslice rok Ten женски женски

Svenska kvinnlig kvinnogöra slända snurrning

Türkçe çevirme döner öreke

Examples

“Pallade plācāta lānam mollīre puellae”

Once Pallas's favor has been won: Let the girls learn [how] to soften wool, and [how] to unload their full distaffs. (‘‘Pallas’’ was an epithet for the patron of handicraft, the Greek goddess Athena, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. See distaff and spinning.)

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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