From en.wiktionary.org:
[Roller]
** English
[roller (disambiguation)] right right
*** Etymology
- From [en] , equivalent to [en] .
- [credits in TV or film] These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[roller] [en-noun]
1. [en] _Anything that roll s._
1. Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine , especially one used to apply or reduce pressure .
2. A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
3. A person who rolls something, such as cigar s or molten metal .
4. [en] A large roll ing device used to flatten the surface of the pitch .
5. A cylindrical tool for apply ing paint or ink .
6. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1857 | title=Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications | page=118
|passage=The deposit of color on the stone is transmitted to the metal by the
lithographic ROLLER the same as for paper.}}
1. An agricultural machine used for flatten ing land and break ing up lumps of earth .
2. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
3. A roller towel .
4. A small wheel , as of a caster , a roller skate , etc.
5. * [en]
6. A rolling element inside a [en] : a small [en] or [en] of [en] .
7. [en] One of a set of rolling cylinder s allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
8. Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves , especially those in family [Tortricidae] .
9. A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
10. A [cylinder snake] , small ground snake s of the genus [Cylindrophis] .
11. A rolling pin
12. [en] 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.
1. A long wide bandage used in surgery .
2. A large, wide, curl ing wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast .
3. * [IX]
4. * [en]
5. [en] _A bird._
1. A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersault s) backwards (compare Penson roller , Birmingham roller , tumbler ).
2. Any of various aggressive bird s, of the family [Coraciidae] , having bright blue wing s and hooked beak s.
6. A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
7. A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
8. [en] A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
9. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2006 | author=w:Clive James | title=North Face of Soho | page=69 | publisher=Picador | year_published=2007
|passage=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.}}
1. [en] A wheelchair user .
2. [en] A [Rolls-Royce] motorcar.
3. [en] A type break that consists of drum roll s; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en|coal roller|cuckoo-roller|dandy roller|dandy-roller|fancy
roller|ground roller|high-roller|leaf roller|leaf-roller|lint roller|lush
roller|lush-roller|roller blind|roller bolt|roller boot|roller bottle|roller
chain|roller cone bit|roller derby|roller disco|roller docker|roller
football|roller gin|roller hockey|roller mill|roller organ|roller rink|roller
shoe|roller skating|roller sled hockey|roller sledge hockey|roller
sport|roller-coaster|roller-coasterish|roller-cone
bit|roller-disco|roller-skate|sap roller|snow roller|threshing
roller|threshing-roller |roller bearing |roller bed|mine roller|Oriental
roller|pinch roller|roller table |roller blade,rollerblade |roller
coaster,rollercoaster |roller shutter |roller skate|pea roller |rolleron
|European roller |foam roller |foot roller |heavy roller |hair roller |high
roller |Indian roller| Cambridge roller |light roller |paint roller |road
roller|ab roller|ab roller wheel|roller shade |roller machine |steam
roller,steamroller |stoneroller }}
**** Descendants
- [cy]
**** Translations
[anything that rolls]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Greek:
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] [in general] , [ota] [made of stone]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
[trans-bottom]
[rotating cylindrical part of a machine]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Greek:
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[cricket: large rolling device]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[large, wide, curling wave]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[tool for applying paint or ink]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norwegian:
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[agricultural machine]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Maori: [mi]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
[trans-bottom]
[roller pigeon that somersaults backwards at high speed]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] (compare [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] )
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[bird of the family Coraciidae]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] ; [hu]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] [family]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] [family]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Spanish: [es]
- Volapük: [vo]
[trans-bottom]
[slang: police]
[padded surcingle used on horses]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[TV, film: credits]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[hair roller]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To roller skate .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2020 | author=Nick Hughes | title=Bahama Boyz | page=138
|passage=One day Frankie ROLLERED up our drive and asked me if I fancied a
skate.}}
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]
** Chinese
*** Etymology
[roller skating]
*** Pronunciation
- [yue]
*** Noun
[zh][yue]
1. [zh] roller skating
**** Derived terms
[zh]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [rauleur]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [fr] in-line skate , rollerblade
2. [fr] rollerblading
*** See also
- [fr]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
[fr]
** Hungarian
[lang=hu]
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [hu].[1][2]
*** Pronunciation
- [hu-IPA]
- [hu]
- [hu]
*** Noun
[ek]
1. kick scooter , push scooter , scooter [a small platform with two wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground]
**** Declension
[rollere][roller] or [rollero][roller]
**** Derived terms
- [hu]
- [hu]
*** References
References:
[1]. [R:Zaicz 2006]
[2]. [R:TotfalusiNagyEty 2001]
*** Further reading
- [R:ErtSz]
[hu]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Noun
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Noun
[nn]
1. [nn]
** Old French
*** Etymology 1
[fro]
**** Verb
[fro]
1. to polish a helmet
*** Etymology 2
see [fro]
**** Verb
[fro]
1. [fro] [to roll]
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*** Conjugation
[fro-conj-er]
*** References
- [roler]
- [rouler] (to polish a helmet; to roll)
** Portuguese
*** Noun
[m]
1. roller skate [a boot with small wheels]
** Swedish
*** Noun
[c]
1. a cylindrical, rolling tool for applying paint
2. [sv]
**** Declension
[roller]