wand
A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional…A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
» Where's your magic wand?
Где твоя волшебная палочка?
Де твоя чарівна паличка?
Де ваша чарівна паличка?
Meaning
6 sensesA hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
Stab
па́лочкаpáločka, жезлžezl
па́личкаpályčka, жезлžezl, па́лкаpálka
a rod used by a magician or water diviner
A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).
(broadly)An instrument shaped like a wand.
curling wand
A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
(UK, figuratively, informal)A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.
Examples
33 sentencesWhere's your magic wand?
Де твоя чарівна паличка?
ruГде твоя волшебная палочка?
This is a magic wand.
Це чарівна паличка.
ruЭто волшебная палочка.
deDas ist ein Zauberstab.
I wish I had a magic wand.
ruЖаль, у меня нет волшебной палочки.
Give me the wand.
Дай мені паличку.
deGib mir den Zauberstab.
These magic wands are edible.
Ці чарівні палички їстівні.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-GermanicFrom Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).
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