meander

== English == === Alternative forms === mæander (archaic) === Etymology === From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course (modern Turkish Menderes). === Pronunciation === (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /miˈæn.də(ɹ)/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /miˈæn.dɚ/ === Noun === meander (plural meanders) (often plural) One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course. (geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse A tortuous or winding journey. Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork. (mathematics) A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times. (possibly obsolete) A path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a land survey. (architecture) A decorative border consisting of a repeated linear motif, particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === meander (third-person singular simple present meanders, present participle meandering, simple past and past participle meandered) (intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage Synonyms: wind, worm, wander (intransitive) To be intricate. (transitive) To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. ==== Translations ==== === References === The Chambers Dictionary (1998) William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “meander”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Further reading === meander on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Büyük Menderes River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === renamed, Deerman, Ramdeen, reamend, enarmed, Merenda, amender, reedman == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin maeander, Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meːˈɑn.dər/ Rhymes: -ɑndər === Noun === meander m (plural meanders, diminutive meandertje n) meander ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === meander on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros). === Noun === meander m (definite singular meanderen, indefinite plural meandere or meandre or meandrer, definite plural meanderne or meandrene) a meander (in a river) ==== Derived terms ==== meandersjø meandrere === References === “meander” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “meander” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros). === Noun === meander m (definite singular meanderen, indefinite plural meandrar, definite plural meandrane) a meander (in a river) ==== Derived terms ==== meandersjø === References === “meander” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Mäander. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛˈan.dɛr/ Rhymes: -andɛr Syllabification: me‧an‧der === Noun === meander m inan (related adjective meandrowy) meander (one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse) Synonym: zakole meander, meandros (decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “meander”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “meander”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meander/, [ˈmeander] Rhymes: -ander Hyphenation: me‧an‧der === Noun === meander m inan (relational adjective meandrový) meander (one of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “meander”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros). === Noun === meander c a meander (in a river) ==== Declension ==== === References === “meander”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “meander”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “meander”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)