pinwheel

(pĭn'hwēl', -wēl')
n.

1. A toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic pinned to a stick so that they revolve when blown on.
2. A firework that forms a rotating wheel of colored flames. Also called catherine wheel.
3. A wheel with a circle of pins at right angles to its face, used as a tripping device.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
  Synonym: Aeonium haworthii

Meaning #2: circular-shaped firework; spins round and round
  Synonym: catherine wheel

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mølle (legetøj), lille sol (fyrværkeri), taphjul (edb)
v. intr. - dreje/snurre rundt (som mølle)

Nederlands (Dutch)
vuurrad, stok met molentje (speelgoed), iets met de vorm van een vuurrad, zich bewegen als een vuurrad

Français (French)
n. - soleil (feu d'artifice)
v. intr. - tourner rapidement comme un soleil (feu d'artifice)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Feuerrad, Windrädchen
v. - sich wie ein Windrädchen drehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τροχός (περιστρεφόμενο πυροτέχνημα), (παιδικός) χάρτινος ανεμόμυλος (κν. μυλαράκι)
v. - περιστρέφομαι

Italiano (Italian)
girandola, fare fuochi d'artificio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cata-vento (m) de papel, rodinha (f) (fogos de artifício)

Русский (Russian)
цевочное колесо

Español (Spanish)
n. - rueda catalina, girándula, molinillo
v. intr. - prender fuegos artificiales con la rueda catalina

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vindsnurra (leksak), hjul(fyrverkeri)
v. - hjula

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
轮转焰火, 纸风车, 风车似地快速旋转

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 輪轉焰火, 紙風車
v. intr. - 風車似地快速旋轉

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 회전 불꽃, 종이로 만든 팔랑개비, 선동자
v. intr. - 팔랑개비를 돌리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 輪転花火, 風車, ピン歯車, 回転花火

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دولاب الهواء : لعبه للاطفال مؤلفه من دولاب ورقي, دولاب النار : ضرب من الألعاب الناريه (فعل) يلعب بدولاب الهواء, يلعب بالألعاب الناريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גלגל פינים, שבשבת (מנייר), זיקוקין מסתובבים‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתובב כגלגל פינים, סיחרר‬

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