Meanings
nounbarbed wire (usually uncountable, plural barbed wires)
plural barbed wires · alternative barb wire · alternative barb-wire · alternative barbwire · alternative barbed-wire · alternative bob wire · alternative bobbed wire
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Afrikaans doringdraad
- doringdraadtwisted strands of steel wire
Arabic سِلْك شَائِك
- سِلْك شَائِك (silk šāʔik)twisted strands of steel wire
Bengali কাঁটাতার
- কাঁটাতার (kãṭatar)twisted strands of steel wire
Bulgarian бодли́ва тел
- бодли́ва тел (bodlíva tel)twisted strands of steel wire
Catalan filferro espinós
- filferro espinóstwisted strands of steel wire
Chinese Mandarin 鐵絲網 /铁丝网, 有刺的鐵絲網 /有刺的铁丝网
- 鐵絲網 /铁丝网 (tiěsīwǎng)twisted strands of steel wire
- 有刺的鐵絲網 /有刺的铁丝网 (yǒu cì de tiěsīwǎng)twisted strands of steel wire
- 鐵刺絲 /铁刺丝 (tiěcìsī)twisted strands of steel wire
Czech ostnatý drát
- ostnatý dráttwisted strands of steel wire
Danish pigtråd
- pigtrådtwisted strands of steel wire
Dutch prikkeldraad
- prikkeldraadtwisted strands of steel wire
Esperanto pikdrato
- pikdratotwisted strands of steel wire
Estonian okastraat
- okastraattwisted strands of steel wire
Finnish piikkilanka
- piikkilankatwisted strands of steel wire
French fil de fer barbelé, fil barbelé
- fil de fer barbelétwisted strands of steel wire
- fil barbelétwisted strands of steel wire
- barbelétwisted strands of steel wire
German Stacheldraht
- Stacheldrahttwisted strands of steel wire
Greek αγκαθωτό σύρμα
- αγκαθωτό σύρμα (agkathotó sýrma)twisted strands of steel wire
Hebrew גדר תיל
- גדר תילtwisted strands of steel wire
Hungarian szögesdrót
- szögesdróttwisted strands of steel wire
Icelandic gaddavír
- gaddavírtwisted strands of steel wire
Indonesian kawat berduri
- kawat berduritwisted strands of steel wire
Irish sreang dheilgneach, sreang dhealgach
- sreang dheilgneachtwisted strands of steel wire
- sreang dhealgachtwisted strands of steel wire
Italian filo spinato
- filo spinatotwisted strands of steel wire
Japanese 有刺鉄線
- 有刺鉄線 (yūshitessen)twisted strands of steel wire
Korean 가시철사
- 가시철사 (gasicheolsa)twisted strands of steel wire
Latvian dzeloņstieple
- dzeloņstiepletwisted strands of steel wire
Malay kawat berduri
- kawat berduritwisted strands of steel wire
Norwegian piggtråd
- piggtrådtwisted strands of steel wire
Persian سیم خاردار
- سیم خاردار (sim-e xârdâr)twisted strands of steel wire
Polish drut kolczasty
- drut kolczastytwisted strands of steel wire
Portuguese arame farpado
- arame farpadotwisted strands of steel wire
Romanian sârmă ghimpată
- sârmă ghimpatătwisted strands of steel wire
Russian колю́чая про́волока
- колю́чая про́волока (koljúčaja próvoloka)twisted strands of steel wire
Scottish Gaelic uèir bhiorach
- uèir bhiorachtwisted strands of steel wire
Slovak ostnatý drôt
- ostnatý drôttwisted strands of steel wire
Spanish alambre de púas, alambre de espino
- alambre de púastwisted strands of steel wire
- alambre de espinotwisted strands of steel wire
- alambre de espinastwisted strands of steel wire
Swahili seng'enge
- seng'engetwisted strands of steel wire
Swedish taggtråd
- taggtrådtwisted strands of steel wire
Thai ลวดหนาม
- ลวดหนาม (lûuat-nǎam)twisted strands of steel wire
Turkish dikenli tel
- dikenli teltwisted strands of steel wire
Ukrainian колю́чий дріт
- колю́чий дріт (koljúčyj drit)twisted strands of steel wire
Vietnamese dây kẽm gai
- dây kẽm gaitwisted strands of steel wire
Welsh weiren bigog
- weiren bigogtwisted strands of steel wire
Cite this entry
APA
barbed wire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbed%20wire
MLA
“barbed wire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbed%20wire. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barbed wire,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbed%20wire.
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