English Etymology From Middle English cobylstone cobyllstone kobilstane kobill-stane cobble stone Old Norse köppusteinn ( “ boulder ” ) , Danish kampesten ( “ boulder ” ) .
Pronunciation Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL . IPA (key ) : /ˈkɑbl̩ˌstoʊn/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL . IPA (key ) : /ˈkɒbl̩ˌstəʊn/ Hyphenation: cob‧ble‧stone Noun cobblestone (plural cobblestones
A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
( uncountable ) Synonyms Translations a rounded stone
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: объл камък ( obǎl kamǎk )
Catalan: còdol (ca) , llamborda (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鵝卵石 ／ 鹅卵石 (zh) ( éluǎnshí ) , 鹅卵石 (zh) ( éluǎnshí )
Danish: brosten (da) c
Dutch: keisteen (nl) ; (for paving) kassei (nl) ; kasseisteen
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: mukulakivi (fi)
French: pavé (fr)
Georgian: რიყის ქვა ( riq̇is kva )
German: Katzenkopf m Katzenkopfpflasterstein m Pflasterstein (de) m
Greek: κροκάλα (el) f ( krokála ) , σκύρο (el) f ( skýro )
Hungarian: macskakő (hu)
Irish: doirneog f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Italian: pavé (it) m ciottolo (it) m ciottolato (it) m
Japanese: 丸石 ( まるいし, maruishi ) , 玉石 ( たまいし, tamaishi )
Latvian: bruģakmens m
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: калдрма f ( kaldrma )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brostein m
Occitan: calada (oc) , pasiment pavat
Polish: brukowiec (pl) m otoczak (pl) m bruk (pl) m
Portuguese: pedregulho m pedras arredondadas f pl paralelepípedo m calçamento (pt) m
Quechua: khallki
Russian: булы́жник (ru) m ( bulýžnik )
Spanish: adoquín (es)
Swedish: kullersten (sv)
References Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary , Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967Further reading 
cobblestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 