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? — Karok
Де твоя чарівна паличка? — deniko
Де ваша чарівна паличка? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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? — deniko
ruГде твоя волшебная палочка? — Karok
This is a magic wand.
Це чарівна паличка. — deniko
ruЭто волшебная палочка. — marafon
deDas ist ein Zauberstab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I wish I had a magic wand.
ruЖаль, у меня нет волшебной палочки. — odexed
Give me the wand.
Дай мені паличку. — deniko
deGib mir den Zauberstab. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
These magic wands are edible.
Ці чарівні палички їстівні. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
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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