rouler
French
verb
Definitions
- to roll
- to revolve
- (colloquial) to go (of events, to proceed)
- (of a vehicle) to work, to function
- (intransitive) to drive a vehicle
- (colloquial) to dupe, to trick
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ruele inherited from Latin rotulō, rotula (a little wheel, roll, little wheel).
Origin
Latin
rotula
Gloss
a little wheel, roll, little wheel
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rotulus English
- roulade English
- roulette English
- *rotulare Latin
- rollāre Latin
- rota Latin
- rotula Latin
- rotulare Latin
- rotulus Latin
- rotulāre Latin
- rotulō Latin
- Rollo German
- Roulade German
- Roulette German
- roulette Italian
- rollade Dutch, Flemish
- déroulement French
- dérouler French
- enroulement French
- enrouler French
- roulade French
- roulage French
- rouleau French
- roulement French
- roulette French
- roulotte French
- ruleta Spanish, Castilian
- rótula Spanish, Castilian
- rulett Norwegian Bokmål
- roleta Portuguese
- rolha Portuguese
- ルレット Japanese
- ルーレット Japanese
- rolada Polish
- roleta Polish
- rulon Polish
- rulett Norwegian Nynorsk
- roulade Danish
- ruleta Czech
- roler Old French
- rolle Old French
- ruele Old French
- ròtula Catalan, Valencian
- rolla Galician
- rula Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ρολό Greek (modern)
- rouôler Norman
- rouôleux Norman
- rouôlot Norman
- რულეტი Georgian
- roulé Louisiana Creole French