kierre

== Finnish == === Etymology === kiertää (“to turn, twist, wind, rotate”) +‎ -e. Cognate with Ingrian kierre, Karelian kierre and Ludian kierde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkie̯rːeˣ/, [ˈk̟ie̞̯rːe̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ierːe Syllabification(key): kier‧re Hyphenation(key): kier‧re === Noun === kierre thread; worm (of a screw or nut) Synonym: ruuvikierre helix (three-dimensionally winding curve) Synonym: ruuviviiva whirl, spiral (a winding shape or thing more generally) Synonym: pyörre spin (rotation of an object around its own axis) twist (vertical rotation of the body in gymnastics) (rope) elbow (two nearby crossings of a rope) (figuratively) spiral (self-sustaining process) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== kierros kierto kiertyä kiertää ==== Related terms ==== kiertää === Further reading === “kierre”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023