English-French translations for spiral

• spirale
  Il est temps que cette spirale infernale s'arrête. It is time for this infernal spiral to come to an end.
  Nous assistons à présent à une dangereuse spirale. What we are seeing now is a dangerous spiral.
  Nous sommes dans une spirale descendante, négative et dangereuse. We have a downward spiral, a negative spiral, which is a dangerous one.
• hélice
• spiral
  Il est temps que cette spirale infernale s'arrête. It is time for this infernal spiral to come to an end.
  Nous assistons à présent à une dangereuse spirale. What we are seeing now is a dangerous spiral.
  Nous sommes dans une spirale descendante, négative et dangereuse. We have a downward spiral, a negative spiral, which is a dangerous one.
• spiraler
• spire
• spiruline
• volute

Definition of spiral

• A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point
• A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once
• Helical, like a spiral
• To move along the path of a spiral or helix
• To cause something to spiral
• To increase continually

Examples

• The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
• You need to learn how to spiral a ball.
• Her debts were spiralling out of control.

Related words

• spirally
• spirality
• spiralize
• trochospiral
• spiralisation
• spiral galaxy
• spiral spring
• spiral staircase
• spiral nebula