gondolier

See also: gondołier, gondoliér, and Gondolier

English

Alternative forms

• gondoliere

Etymology

From Italian gondoliere, through French gondolier. By surface analysis, gondola +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɒndəˈlɪə(ɹ)/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɑndəˈlɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

gondolier (plural gondoliers)

1. A boatperson who propels a gondola, especially in Venice.
   • 1977, Nancy Arrowsmith, Field Guide to the Little People, A Curious Journey Into the Hidden Realm of Elves, Faeries, Hobgoblins and Other Not-So-Mythical Creatures, page 58:

     Not even the gondoliers can escape him. He impersonates people and then refuses to pay for the gondola ride, saying, "Rickety-tickety tack, tomorrow I'll pay you back!" He runs away laughing and clapping his hands.

Translations

Venetian boatman who propels a gondola

• Armenian: գոնդոլավար (hy) (gondolavar)
• Belarusian: гандальер m (handalʹjer)
• Bulgarian: гондолиер m (gondolier)
• Burmese: ဂွန်ဒိုလာလှေထိုးသမား (gwanduilahlehtui:sa.ma:)
• Catalan: gondoler m
• Czech: gondoliér (cs) m, gondoliérka f
• Dutch: gondelier (nl) m
• Esperanto: gondolisto
• Estonian: gondoljeer
• Finnish: gondolieeri (fi)
• French: gondolier (fr) m, gondolière (fr) f
• Galician: gondoleiro m
• Georgian: გონდოლიერი (gondolieri)
• German: Gondoliere (de) m, Gondolier m, Gondelfahrer m, Gondelführer m, Gondelschiffer m, Gondelier m, Gondoliera f
• Greek: γονδολιέρης (el) m (gondoliéris)
• Hebrew: הגונדולייר m
• Hungarian: gondolás (hu)
• Ido: gondolisto (io)
• Indonesian: pendayung gondola
• Italian: gondoliere m, gondoliera f
• Japanese: ゴンドラの船頭 (ゴンドラのせんどう, gondora no sendō)
• Latvian: gondoljers m
• Lithuanian: gondolininkas m
• Polish: gondolier (pl) m, gondolierka (pl) f
• Portuguese: gondoleiro (pt) m, gondoleira f
• Romanian: gondolier (ro) m
• Russian: гондолье́р (ru) m (gondolʹjér), гондолье́ра (ru) f (gondolʹjéra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гондолѝје̄р m

  Latin: gondolìjēr (sh) m

• Spanish: gondolero (es) m, gondolera f
• Swedish: gondoljär (sv) c
• Tagalog: mangongondola, gondolero
• Telugu: గొండోలియర్ (goṇḍōliyar)
• Turkish: gondolcu (tr), gondolcü (tr)
• Ukrainian: гондольєр m (hondolʹjer)
• Venetan: gondołier m, gondoƚier m, gondołiera f, gondoƚiera f

Anagrams

• Negroloid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gondoliere.

Noun

gondolier m (plural gondoliers, feminine gondolière)

1. gondolier (Venetian boatman)

Descendants

• → Swedish: gondoljär

Further reading

• “gondolier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gondoliere.

Noun

gondolier m (plural gondolieri)

1. gondolier (Venetian boatman)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gondolier	gondolierul		gondolieri	gondolierii
genitive-dative	gondolier	gondolierului		gondolieri	gondolierilor
vocative	gondolierule			gondolierilor