roller
English edit
Etymology edit
- From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.
- (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊlə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊlɚ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Noun edit
roller (plural rollers)
- (heading) Anything that rolls.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- (cricket) A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- Synonyms: paint roller, rolling paint brush, rolling brush
- 1857, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications, page 118:
- The deposit of color on the stone is transmitted to the metal by the lithographic roller the same as for paper.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- A roller towel.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- 1947 March and April, “Notes and News: The Edge Hill Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 116:
- The cable used for hauling the wagons on the incline may still be seen, but several of the guiding rollers have disappeared.
- A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
- (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- The cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- A rolling pin
- (disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- He threw a beautiful roller that cut the corner perfectly and stopped just outside the circle.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend ; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits ; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].
- (heading) A bird.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- (television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
- 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador, published 2007, page 69:
- I learned a lot from watching, but the part that I should have studied harder was the roller. The names of the writers went on for ever.
- (slang) A wheelchair user.
- (slang, informal) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
- (slang, music) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.
Derived terms edit
- coal roller
- cuckoo roller
- dandy-roller
- dandy roller
- European roller
- fancy roller
- foam roller
- foot roller
- ground roller
- hair roller
- heavy roller
- high-roller
- high roller
- Indian roller
- leaf roller
- leaf-roller
- light roller
- lint roller
- lush-roller
- lush roller
- mine roller
- Oriental roller
- paint roller
- pinch roller
- road roller
- roller bearing
- roller bed
- roller blade, rollerblade
- roller blind
- roller bolt
- roller boot
- roller bottle
- roller chain
- roller-coaster
- roller coaster, rollercoaster
- roller-coasterish
- roller-cone bit
- roller cone bit
- roller derby
- roller-disco
- roller disco
- roller docker
- roller football
- roller gin
- roller hockey
- roller mill
- rolleron
- roller organ
- roller rink
- roller shoe
- roller shutter
- roller skate
- roller-skate
- roller skating
- roller sledge hockey
- roller sled hockey
- roller sport
- roller table
- sap roller
- snow roller
- steam roller, steamroller
- stoneroller
- threshing roller
- threshing-roller
Descendants edit
- → Welsh: rholer
Translations edit
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Verb edit
roller (third-person singular simple present rollers, present participle rollering, simple past and past participle rollered)
- (intransitive) To roller skate.
- 2020, Nick Hughes, Bahama Boyz, page 138:
- One day Frankie rollered up our drive and asked me if I fancied a skate.
Anagrams edit
Chinese edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of English roller skating.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roller
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from roller.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roller m (plural rollers)
- (countable) in-line skate, rollerblade
- Il a eu sa première paire de rollers à l’âge de 8 ans.
- He got his first pair of rollerblades at the age of eight.
- (uncountable) rollerblading
- J’adore faire du roller au moment du coucher du soleil.
- I love rollerblading while the sun is setting.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “roller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Roller.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roller (plural rollerek)
- kick scooter, push scooter, scooter (a small platform with two wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | roller | rollerek |
accusative | rollert | rollereket |
dative | rollernek | rollereknek |
instrumental | rollerrel | rollerekkel |
causal-final | rollerért | rollerekért |
translative | rollerré | rollerekké |
terminative | rollerig | rollerekig |
essive-formal | rollerként | rollerekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | rollerben | rollerekben |
superessive | rolleren | rollereken |
adessive | rollernél | rollereknél |
illative | rollerbe | rollerekbe |
sublative | rollerre | rollerekre |
allative | rollerhez | rollerekhez |
elative | rollerből | rollerekből |
delative | rollerről | rollerekről |
ablative | rollertől | rollerektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
rolleré | rollereké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
rolleréi | rollerekéi |
Possessive forms of roller | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | rollerem | rollereim, rollerjeim |
2nd person sing. | rollered | rollereid, rollerjeid |
3rd person sing. | rollere, rollerje | rollerei, rollerjei |
1st person plural | rollerünk | rollereink, rollerjeink |
2nd person plural | rolleretek | rollereitek, rollerjeitek |
3rd person plural | rollerük, rollerjük | rollereik, rollerjeik |
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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | roller | rollerok |
accusative | rollert | rollerokat |
dative | rollernak | rolleroknak |
instrumental | rollerral | rollerokkal |
causal-final | rollerért | rollerokért |
translative | rollerrá | rollerokká |
terminative | rollerig | rollerokig |
essive-formal | rollerként | rollerokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | rollerban | rollerokban |
superessive | rolleron | rollerokon |
adessive | rollernál | rolleroknál |
illative | rollerba | rollerokba |
sublative | rollerra | rollerokra |
allative | rollerhoz | rollerokhoz |
elative | rollerból | rollerokból |
delative | rollerról | rollerokról |
ablative | rollertól | rolleroktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
rolleré | rolleroké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
rolleréi | rollerokéi |
Possessive forms of roller | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | rollerom | rollerjaim |
2nd person sing. | rollerod | rollerjaid |
3rd person sing. | rollerja | rollerjai |
1st person plural | rollerunk | rollerjaink |
2nd person plural | rollerotok | rollerjaitok |
3rd person plural | rollerjuk | rollerjaik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ roller 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.)
- ^ roller in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading edit
- roller in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
roller m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
roller f
Old French edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
roller
Etymology 2 edit
see roeler
Verb edit
roller
- Alternative form of roeler (to roll)
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-oll, *-olls, *-ollt are modified to ol, ous, out. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | roller | avoir rollé | |||||
gerund | en rollant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | rollant | ||||||
past participle | rollé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | rol | rolles | rolle | rollons | rollez | rollent |
imperfect | rolloie, rolleie, rolloe, rolleve | rolloies, rolleies, rolloes, rolleves | rolloit, rolleit, rollot, rolleve | rolliiens, rolliens | rolliiez, rolliez | rolloient, rolleient, rolloent, rollevent | |
preterite | rollai | rollas | rolla | rollames | rollastes | rollerent | |
future | rollerai | rolleras | rollera | rollerons | rolleroiz, rollereiz, rollerez | rolleront | |
conditional | rolleroie, rollereie | rolleroies, rollereies | rolleroit, rollereit | rolleriiens, rolleriens | rolleriiez, rolleriez | rolleroient, rollereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | rol | rous | rout | rollons | rollez | rollent |
imperfect | rollasse | rollasses | rollast | rollissons, rollissiens | rollissoiz, rollissez, rollissiez | rollassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | rolle | — | rollons | rollez | — |
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (roler, to polish a helmet)
- rouler on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (to polish a helmet; to roll)
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
roller m (plural rollers)
- roller skate (a boot with small wheels)
- Synonym: patim
Swedish edit
Noun edit
roller c
- a cylindrical, rolling tool for applying paint
- indefinite plural of roll
Declension edit
Declension of roller 1 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | roller | rollern | rollers | rollers |
Genitive | rollers | rollerns | rollers | rollers |