gondola
See also: góndola, gôndola, and góndoła
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoƚa, from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “cutter, kind of ship”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒn.də.lə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
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 or other retail store.
Synonyms
- (rail transport): gondola car, gon
- (ski lift): cable car
Derived terms
- gondolier
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
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part of a transporter bridge that carries
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hanging cart in which a worker performs maintenance to an exterior wall of a building
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shelving unit
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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
Anagrams
- Dongola
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡondola]
- Rhymes: -ola
Noun
gondola f
- gondola (narrow boat, especially in Venice)
- gondola (car or basket of an airship)
Further reading
- gondola in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- gondola in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔ̃.dɔ.la/
Verb
gondola
- third-person singular past historic of gondoler
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gondola. First attested in 1612.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡondolɒ]
- Hyphenation: gon‧do‧la
- Rhymes: -lɒ
Noun
gondola (plural gondolák)
- gondola (a small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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 reading
- 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
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetian góndoła, probably from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “small tail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡon.do.la/
- Rhymes: -ondola
- Hyphenation: gón‧do‧la
Noun
gondola f (plural gondole)
- gondola (narrow boat in Venice)
- nacelle (aircraft engine)
- pod
Derived terms
Derived terms
- gondoletta
- gondoliere
- gondolino
- gondolone
Anagrams
- dolgano
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndoła, probably from Byzantine Greek κοντούρα (kontoúra, “small tail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔnˈdɔ.la/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔla
- Syllabification: gon‧do‧la
Noun
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)
Declension
Declension of gondola
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gondola | gondole |
| genitive | gondoli | gondoli |
| dative | gondoli | gondolom |
| accusative | gondolę | gondole |
| instrumental | gondolą | gondolami |
| locative | gondoli | gondolach |
| vocative | gondolo | gondole |
Derived terms
adjective
- gondolowy
Related terms
adjective
- gondolierski
nouns
- gondolier
- gondoliera
Further reading
- gondola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gondola in Polish dictionaries at PWN