gondola
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoƚa, from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “cutter, kind of ship”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gondola (plural gondolas or gondole)
- A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
- A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
- An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.
- The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.
- The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.
- That part of a transporter bridge that carries passengers, vehicles, along the length of the bridge span.
- (rail transport, US) A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.
- A free-standing shelving unit in a supermarket.
SynonymsEdit
- (rail transport): gondola car, gon
- (ski lift): cable car
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
narrow boat, especially in Venice
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enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
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car or basket of an airship
part of a transporter bridge that carries
hanging cart in which a worker performs maintenance to an exterior wall of a building
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VerbEdit
gondola (third-person singular simple present gondolas, present participle gondolaing, simple past and past participle gondolaed)
- To travel by gondola.
GalleryEdit
Further readingEdit
- gondola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gondola f
Further readingEdit
- gondola in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- gondola in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
gondola
- third-person singular past historic of gondoler
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian gondola. First attested in 1612.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gondola (plural gondolák)
- gondola (a small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | gondola | gondolák |
accusative | gondolát | gondolákat |
dative | gondolának | gondoláknak |
instrumental | gondolával | gondolákkal |
causal-final | gondoláért | gondolákért |
translative | gondolává | gondolákká |
terminative | gondoláig | gondolákig |
essive-formal | gondolaként | gondolákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | gondolában | gondolákban |
superessive | gondolán | gondolákon |
adessive | gondolánál | gondoláknál |
illative | gondolába | gondolákba |
sublative | gondolára | gondolákra |
allative | gondolához | gondolákhoz |
elative | gondolából | gondolákból |
delative | gondoláról | gondolákról |
ablative | gondolától | gondoláktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
gondoláé | gondoláké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
gondoláéi | gondolákéi |
Possessive forms of gondola | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | gondolám | gondoláim |
2nd person sing. | gondolád | gondoláid |
3rd person sing. | gondolája | gondolái |
1st person plural | gondolánk | gondoláink |
2nd person plural | gondolátok | gondoláitok |
3rd person plural | gondolájuk | gondoláik |
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ gondola in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further readingEdit
- gondola in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Venetian góndoła, probably from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “small tail”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gondola f (plural gondole)
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
AnagramsEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, probably from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “small tail”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gondola f (diminutive gondolka)
- gondola (narrow boat, especially in Venice)
- gondola (enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain)
- gondola (car or basket of an airship)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of gondola
Derived termsEdit
adjective
Related termsEdit
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