Ferris wheel

Ferris wheel

English

The original Ferris Wheel

Etymology

Named after designer and constructor George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859–1896) who built the first such wheel.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɹɪs ʍiːl/, /ˈfɛɹɪs wiːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɹɪs ʍil/, /ˈfɛɹɪs wil/

Noun

Ferris wheel (plural Ferris wheels)

1. An amusement ride, consisting of an upright rotating wheel having seats that remain in a horizontal position as the wheel revolves.

   Synonyms: (British) big wheel, observation wheel

Translations

ride at a fair consisting of large wheel

Arabic: دولاب هواء‎ Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: чортава кола n (čórtava kóla) Bulgarian: виенското колело (vienskoto kolelo) Catalan: roda de fira (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 摩天輪／摩天轮 (zh) (mótiānlún) Czech: ruské kolo n Danish: pariserhjul n Dutch: reuzenrad (nl) n Esperanto: spektoradego Finnish: maailmanpyörä (fi) French: grande roue (fr) f Georgian: ეშმაკის ბორბალი (ešmaḳis borbali) German: Riesenrad (de) n Gujarati: ચકડોળ (gu) (cakḍoḷ) Hebrew: גלגל ענק‎ (he) m (galgal ‘anak) Hungarian: óriáskerék (hu) Icelandic: parísarhjól n Irish: roth mór m Italian: ruota panoramica f Japanese: 観覧車 (かんらんしゃ, kanransha) Korean: 관람차 (gwallamcha) Mongolian: алсыг харагч (alsyg xaragč) Norwegian: pariserhjul n Polish: diabelski młyn (pl) m Portuguese: roda-gigante (pt) f Russian: колесо́ обозре́ния (ru) n (kolesó obozrénija), чёртово колесо́ n (čórtovo kolesó) Spanish: noria (es) f, (Mexico) rueda de la fortuna f, vuelta al mundo (es) f, rueda moscovita f, rueda de Chicago f Swedish: pariserhjul (sv) n Tagalog: chubibo Thai: ชิงช้าสวรรค์ (th) (ching-cháa-sà-wǎn) Turkish: dönme dolap (tr) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: vòng đu quay, đu quay đứng Yiddish: פֿעריס־ראָד‎ f (feris-rod)

Further reading

• Ferris wheel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chicago Ferris Wheel (1893) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia