rollercoaster

English

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A rollercoaster

Alternative forms

• roller coaster
• roller-coaster

Noun

rollercoaster (plural rollercoasters)

1. An amusement ride consisting of a buggy on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.
2. (by extension) Any situation in which there are violent changes in status

   Our relationship was quite a rollercoaster. Finally, I had enough of it and left her.

   The stock market has been quite the rollercoaster in the last few weeks.

Synonyms

• big dipper
• switchback
• (situation in which there are violent changes in status): merry-go-round, ride, saga, seesaw, soap opera, stir, yo-yo

Translations

amusement ride

• Arabic: الأفعوانية (ar) (al-af-'o-waa-ni-ya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過山車 (cmn), 过山车 (cmn) (guòshānchē)

• Danish: rutschebane (da)
• Dutch: achtbaan (nl) c
• Esperanto: onda fervojo (eo)
• Estonian: Ameerika mäed (et) pl
• Finnish: vuoristorata (fi)
• French: montagnes russes (fr) f pl
• German: Achterbahn (de) f
• Greek: τρενάκι του λούνα παρκ (el) (trenáki tou loúna park)

• Hebrew: רכבת הרים (he) (rakevet harim) f
• Hungarian: hullámvasút (hu)
• Icelandic: rússíbani (is) m
• Italian: montagne russe (it) f pl
• Japanese: ローラーコースター (ja) (rōrākōsutā)
• Korean: 롤러코스터 (ko) (rolleokoseuteo)
• Polish: kolejka górska (pl) f
• Portuguese: montanha-russa (pt) f
• Russian: американские горки (ru) (amierikanskie gorki) f pl
• Spanish: montaña rusa (es) f
• Swedish: bergochdalbana (sv) c, berg-och-dal-bana (sv) c

See also