carousel
English
/ˌkærəˈsɛl/, /ˌkærəˈsɛl/, /ˈkæɹəsɛl/, /ˌkærəˈzɛl/
noun
Definitions
- A merry-go-round type of ride on rotating platform.
- A continuously revolving device for item delivery.
- The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.
- (GUI) A visual component that displays a horizontal series of items one at a time.
- An equestrian discipline in which groups of riders make various formations.
- (historical) A tilting match or tournament accompanied by games, shows, and allegorical performances.
Etymology
Borrowed from French carrousel derived from Italian carosello derived from Latin carrus (wagon, four-wheeled baggage wagon, a car, cart, four-wheeled baggage cart, wheeled vehicle).
Origin
Latin
carrus
Gloss
wagon, four-wheeled baggage wagon, a car, cart, four-wheeled baggage cart, wheeled vehicle
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- baggage English
- baggage carousel English
- carrus English
- (caminus) Latin
- (via) Latin
- (via) carrāria Latin
- *carriāre Latin
- autocarrus Latin
- carrago Latin
- carricare Latin
- carrico Latin
- carricāre Latin
- carricāre, carrico Latin
- carricō Latin
- carrus Latin
- carrāria Latin
- carrārius Latin
- discarricāre Latin
- discarricō Latin
- Karussell German
- carosello Italian
- carretta Italian
- carro Italian
- carrozza Italian
- carrousel Dutch, Flemish
- carrousel French
- carro Spanish, Castilian
- κάρρον Ancient Greek
- *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European
- kerra Old Norse
- cariage Old French
- carier Old French
- char Old French
- chariot Old French
- carro Catalan, Valencian
- car Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- căra Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- carre Middle Dutch
- karra Old High German
- կառք Old Armenian
- karre Middle High German
- kerr Albanian
- qerre Albanian
- carriere Middle French
- carro Old Portuguese
- *karros Proto-Celtic
- car Aromanian
- cariatge Occitan
- carrejar Occitan
- carro Occitan
- kärra Old Swedish
- carru Asturian
- carro Old Spanish
- carier xno
- *karros Gaulish
- carros Gaulish
- karros Gaulish
- carrià Neapolitan