gondola
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, likely to have derived from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “small tail”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒn.də.lə/
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
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
Verb
gondola (third-person singular simple present gondolas, present participle gondolaing, simple past and past participle gondolaed)
- To travel by gondola.
Gallery
- a Venetian gondola
- a rail transport gondola wagon
- a modern airship gondola
- a transporter bridge gondola
- a ski lift gondola
- a window cleaners' gondola
Further reading
gondola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡondolɒ]
- Hyphenation: gon‧do‧la
Noun
gondola (plural gondolák)
Declension
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 |
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 terms
- gondolás
- gondolázik
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetian góndoła, probably from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “small tail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡon.do.la/
- Hyphenation: gón‧do‧la
Derived terms
Derived terms
Anagrams
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