Meanings
noundrinking straw (plural drinking straws)
plural drinking straws · alternative dated drinking-straw
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA long tube (usually made out of plastic or paper) through which a beverage is drunk via suction.
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Translations
Afrikaans strooitjie
- strooitjiea long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Arabic شَفَّاط, شَفَّاطَة
- شَفَّاط (šaffāṭ)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- شَفَّاطَة (šaffāṭa)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Bulgarian сла́мка
- сла́мка (slámka)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Catalan palla, canya
- pallaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- canyaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Chinese Cantonese 飲筒 /饮筒
- 飲筒 /饮筒a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Chinese Mandarin 吸管, 吸管兒 /吸管儿
- 吸管 (xīguǎn)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- 吸管兒 /吸管儿 (xīguǎnr)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Czech slámka, brčko
- slámkaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- brčkoa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Danish sugerør
- sugerøra long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Dutch rietje, pijpenstrootje
- rietjea long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- pijpenstrootjea long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Esperanto trinkŝalmo
- trinkŝalmoa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Estonian kõrs, joogikõrs
- kõrsa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- joogikõrsa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Finnish pilli, juomapilli
- pillia long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- juomapillia long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
French paille
- paillea long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
German Strohhalm, Trinkhalm
- Strohhalma long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- Trinkhalma long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- Trinkrohra long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Greek καλαμάκι
- καλαμάκι (kalamáki)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Hebrew קַשׁ, קַשִּׁית
- קַשׁ (kash)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- קַשִּׁית (kashít)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- קַשִּׁית שתייה (kashít sh'tiyá)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Hungarian szívószál
- szívószála long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Icelandic drykkjarrör, rör
- drykkjarröra long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- röra long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Indonesian sedotan
- sedotana long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Irish sop, coinlín
- sopa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- coinlína long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Italian cannuccia
- cannucciaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Japanese ストロー
- ストロー (sutorō)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Korean 빨대, 스트로
- 빨대 (ppaldae)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- 스트로 (seuteuro)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Latvian salmiņš
- salmiņša long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Lithuanian šiaudelis
- šiaudelisa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Malay penyedut minuman, peleting (Kelantan)
- penyedut minumana long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- peleting (Kelantan)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Māori ngongo, ngongo inu
- ngongoa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- ngongo inua long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Norwegian Bokmål sugerør
- sugerøra long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Persian نی نوشیدنی, نی
- نی نوشیدنی (ney-e nušidani)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- نی (ney)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Polish słomka
- słomkaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Portuguese canudo, palhinha
- canudoa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- palhinhaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Romanian pai
- paia long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Russian соло́минка, тру́бочка
- соло́минка (solóminka)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- тру́бочка (trúbočka)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Scottish Gaelic sràbh
- sràbha long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Slovak slamka
- slamkaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Spanish absorbente, bombilla
- absorbentea long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- bombillaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- calimetea long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- cañaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- cañitaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- carrizoa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- pajillaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- pajitaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- pitilloa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- popotea long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- sorbetea long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- sorbetoa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Swahili mrija
- mrijaa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Swedish sugrör
- sugröra long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Tagalog halusan
- halusana long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Tamil ஸ்ட்ரா
- ஸ்ட்ரா (sṭrā)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Thai หลอด, หลอดดูด
- หลอด (lɔ̀ɔt)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- หลอดดูด (lòt-dòot)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- หลอดดูดน้ำ (lòt-dòot-nám)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Turkish kamış, pipet
- kamışa long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
- pipeta long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Ukrainian соло́минка
- соло́минка (solómynka)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Vietnamese ống hút
- ống húta long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Welsh gwelltyn
- gwelltyna long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Yiddish שטרוי
- שטרוי (shtroy)a long plastic or paper tube through which a drink is drunk
Cite this entry
APA
drinking straw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20straw
MLA
“drinking straw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20straw. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drinking straw,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drinking%20straw.
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