stroller

stroller

English

A baby stroller.

Etymology

stroll +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Noun

stroller (plural strollers)

1. (US) A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.
2. One who strolls.
3. A vagrant.
   • 1771, Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker, Penguin Classics, 1985, p.41:

     The mayor observed that it was great presumption in Wilson, who was a stroller, to proceed to such extremities with a gentleman of family and fortune; and threatened to commit him on the vagrant act.

4. Men's semiformal daytime dress comprising a grey or black single- or double-breasted coat, grey striped or checked formal trousers, a grey or silver necktie, and a grey, black or buff waistcoat.

Synonyms

• (UK) pushchair
• (UK) baby buggy

Translations

seat on wheels used to transport babies

Arabic: عَرَبَةُ أَطْفَال‎ f (ʿarabatu ʾaṭfāl) Armenian: մանկասայլակ (hy) (mankasaylak) Belarusian: каля́ска f (kaljáska), дзіця́чая каля́ска f (dzicjáčaja kaljáska) Bulgarian: открита количка f (otkrita količka) Chinese: Cantonese: 啤啤車, 啤啤车 (bi1-4 bi1 ce1) Mandarin: 嬰兒車／婴儿车 (zh) (yīng'érchē) Czech: kočárek (cs) m Danish: klapvogn (da) Dutch: kinderwagen (nl) m, buggy (nl) n Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: lapsevanker, lapsekäru Finnish: lastenrattaat French: poussette (fr) f German: Kinderwagen (de) m, Buggy (de) m or n Greek: καροτσάκι (el) n (karotsáki) Hebrew: עגלה‎ (he) f (agalá) Hungarian: babakocsi (hu) Irish: bugaí m Italian: passeggino (it) m, carrozzina f Japanese: 乳母車 (ja) (うばぐるま, ubaguruma), ベビーカー (ja) (bebīkā) Korean: 유모차 (ko) (yumocha) Lithuanian: vežimėlis m Macedonian: ко́личка f (kólička), де́тска ко́личка f (détska kólička) Maori: waka pēpi Norwegian: vogn m or f, barnevogn m or f Occitan: carretona f, carretòta f Persian: کالسکه‎ (fa) (kâleske), کالسکۀ بچه‎ (kâleske-ye bačče) Polish: wózek (pl) m Portuguese: carrinho (pt) m Romanian: căruț (ro) n, cărucior (ro) n, landou (ro) n Russian: коля́ска (ru) f (koljáska), де́тская коля́ска (ru) f (détskaja koljáska), прогу́лочная коля́ска f (progúločnaja koljáska) Spanish: silla de paseo f, sillita de paseo f, carriola f, cochecito (de bebé) m, carrito (de bebé) m Swedish: barnvagn (sv) c Tagalog: andador, istroler Thai: รถเข็นเด็ก (rót-kěn-dèk) Turkish: bebek arabası (tr) Ukrainian: дитя́чий візо́к m (dytjáčyj vizók), коля́ска f (koljáska), візо́к m (vizók), дитя́ча коля́ска f (dytjáča koljáska) Vietnamese: xe đẩy trẻ em Zazaki: kolek, kolay

person strolling

Bulgarian: разхождащ се m (razhoždašt se) Finnish: jalankulkija (fi) French: promeneur (fr) Irish: válcaeir m Occitan: passejaire (oc), campejaire Polish: spacerowicz (pl) m, spacerowiczka (pl) f Russian: стра́нник (ru) m (stránnik) (vagrant) Spanish: paseante m or f

See also

• pram
• pusher

Anagrams

• trollers