roller

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English[edit]

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A lilac-crested roller (bird of the family Coraciidae), Coracias caudata.
A larger cricket roller.
A smaller cricket roller.

Etymology[edit]

  • From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll +‎ -er.
  • (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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roller (plural rollers)

  1. (heading) Anything that rolls.
    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 cigars or molten metal.
    4. (cricket) A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.
    5. A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
      Synonyms: paint roller, rolling paint brush, rolling brush
      • 1857, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications, page 118:
        The deposit of color on the stone is transmitted to the metal by the lithographic roller the same as for paper.
    6. An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
    7. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
    8. A roller towel.
    9. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
      • 1947 March and April, “Notes and News: The Edge Hill Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 116:
        The cable used for hauling the wagons on the incline may still be seen, but several of the guiding rollers have disappeared.
    10. A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
    11. (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
    12. Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
    13. A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
    14. A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
    15. A rolling pin
    16. (disc golf) 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.
      He threw a beautiful roller that cut the corner perfectly and stopped just outside the circle.
  2. A long wide bandage used in surgery.
  3. A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend ; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits ; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].
  4. (heading) A bird.
    1. A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
    2. Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
  5. A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
  6. A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
  7. (television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
    • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador, published 2007, page 69:
      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.
  8. (slang) A wheelchair user.
  9. (slang, informal) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
  10. (slang, music) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Welsh: rholer

Translations[edit]

slang: police — see cop
hair roller — see hair roller

Verb[edit]

roller (third-person singular simple present rollers, present participle rollering, simple past and past participle rollered)

  1. (intransitive) To roller skate.
    • 2020, Nick Hughes, Bahama Boyz, page 138:
      One day Frankie rollered up our drive and asked me if I fancied a skate.

Anagrams[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of English roller skating.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɹou̯⁵⁵ laː³⁵/

Noun[edit]

roller

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, sports) roller skating

Derived terms[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from roller.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

roller m (plural rollers)

  1. (countable) in-line skate, rollerblade
    Il a eu sa première paire de rollers à l’âge de 8 ans.
    He got his first pair of rollerblades at the age of eight.
  2. (uncountable) rollerblading
    J’adore faire du roller au moment du coucher du soleil.
    I love rollerblading while the sun is setting.

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

 roller on Hungarian Wikipedia
roller

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Roller.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈrolːɛr]
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • Hyphenation: rol‧ler

Noun[edit]

roller (plural rollerek)

  1. kick scooter, push scooter, scooter (a small platform with two wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative roller rollerek
accusative rollert rollereket
dative rollernek rollereknek
instrumental rollerrel rollerekkel
causal-final rollerért rollerekért
translative rollerré rollerekké
terminative rollerig rollerekig
essive-formal rollerként rollerekként
essive-modal — —
inessive rollerben rollerekben
superessive rolleren rollereken
adessive rollernél rollereknél
illative rollerbe rollerekbe
sublative rollerre rollerekre
allative rollerhez rollerekhez
elative rollerből rollerekből
delative rollerről rollerekről
ablative rollertől rollerektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		rolleré rollereké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		rolleréi rollerekéi
Possessive forms of roller
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rollerem rollereim, rollerjeim
2nd person sing. rollered rollereid, rollerjeid
3rd person sing. rollere, rollerje rollerei, rollerjei
1st person plural rollerünk rollereink, rollerjeink
2nd person plural rolleretek rollereitek, rollerjeitek
3rd person plural rollerük, rollerjük rollereik, rollerjeik

or

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative roller rollerok
accusative rollert rollerokat
dative rollernak rolleroknak
instrumental rollerral rollerokkal
causal-final rollerért rollerokért
translative rollerrá rollerokká
terminative rollerig rollerokig
essive-formal rollerként rollerokként
essive-modal — —
inessive rollerban rollerokban
superessive rolleron rollerokon
adessive rollernál rolleroknál
illative rollerba rollerokba
sublative rollerra rollerokra
allative rollerhoz rollerokhoz
elative rollerból rollerokból
delative rollerról rollerokról
ablative rollertól rolleroktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		rolleré rolleroké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		rolleréi rollerokéi
Possessive forms of roller
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. rollerom rollerjaim
2nd person sing. rollerod rollerjaid
3rd person sing. rollerja rollerjai
1st person plural rollerunk rollerjaink
2nd person plural rollerotok rollerjaitok
3rd person plural rollerjuk rollerjaik

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ roller 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.)
  2. ^ roller in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • roller in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

roller m or f

  1. indefinite plural of rolle

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

roller f

  1. indefinite plural of rolle

Old French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

roller

  1. to polish a helmet

Etymology 2[edit]

see roeler

Verb[edit]

roller

  1. Alternative form of roeler (to roll)

Conjugation[edit]

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-oll, *-olls, *-ollt are modified to ol, ous, out. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of roller (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive roller avoir rollé
gerund en rollant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle rollant
past participle rollé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present rol rolles rolle rollons rollez rollent
imperfect rolloie, rolleie, rolloe, rolleve rolloies, rolleies, rolloes, rolleves rolloit, rolleit, rollot, rolleve rolliiens, rolliens rolliiez, rolliez rolloient, rolleient, rolloent, rollevent
preterite rollai rollas rolla rollames rollastes rollerent
future rollerai rolleras rollera rollerons rolleroiz, rollereiz, rollerez rolleront
conditional rolleroie, rollereie rolleroies, rollereies rolleroit, rollereit rolleriiens, rolleriens rolleriiez, rolleriez rolleroient, rollereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present rol rous rout rollons rollez rollent
imperfect rollasse rollasses rollast rollissons, rollissiens rollissoiz, rollissez, rollissiez rollassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— rolle — rollons rollez —

References[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

roller m (plural rollers)

  1. roller skate (a boot with small wheels)
    Synonym: patim

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

roller c

  1. a cylindrical, rolling tool for applying paint
  2. indefinite plural of roll

Declension[edit]

Declension of roller 1
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative roller rollern rollers rollers
Genitive rollers rollerns rollers rollers
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