roller

See also: Roller

English

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

A larger cricket roller.

A smaller cricket roller.

Etymology

• 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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊlɚ/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Noun

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. (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
   11. Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
   12. A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
   13. The cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
   14. A rolling pin
   15. (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.

Derived terms

• European roller
• foam roller
• foot roller
• hair roller
• heavy roller
• high roller
• Indian roller
• light roller
• paint roller
• road roller
• roller bearing
• roller bed
• roller blade, rollerblade
• roller coaster, rollercoaster
• rolleron
• roller shutter
• roller skate
• steam roller, steamroller
• stoneroller

 

Translations

anything that rolls

• Bulgarian: ролка (bg) f (rolka)
• Dutch: roller (nl) c
• Finnish: rulla (fi), pyörittäjä
• Greek:

  Ancient: κύλινδρος m (kúlindros)

• Norman: rouôleux m
• Polish: wałek (pl) m
• Russian: ро́лик (ru) m (rólik), колёсико (ru) n (koljósiko), вал (ru) m (val)
• Spanish: rodillo (es) m
• Tagalog: paralis, rodilyo

rotating cylindrical part of a machine

• Greek:

  Ancient: κύλινδρος m (kúlindros)

• Bulgarian: вал (bg) m (val)
• Finnish: tela (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vals (no) m, valse (no)

  Nynorsk: vals m, valse

• Russian: вал (ru) m (val)

cricket: large rolling device

• Finnish: jyrä (fi)

large, wide, curling wave

• Bulgarian: вал (bg) m (val)
• Finnish: maininki (fi)
• Italian: cavallone (it) m
• Maori: tārawa
• Russian: буру́н (ru) m (burún), вал (ru) m (val)

tool for applying paint or ink

• Bulgarian: валяк (bg) m (valjak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滾筒刷／滚筒刷 (gǔntǒngshuā)

• Finnish: tela (fi)
• French: rouleau (fr) m
• Hungarian: henger (hu)
• Icelandic: rúlla (is) f
• Kazakh: білікше (bılıkşe)
• Mongolian: өнхрүүш (önxrüüš)
• Portuguese: rolo de pintura m
• Russian: ва́лик (ru) m (válik)
• Spanish: rodillo (es) m
• Swedish: roller (sv) c

agricultural machine

• Finnish: jyrä (fi)
• Maori: rōra

roller pigeon that somersaults backwards at high speed

• German: Roller (de) m, Rollertaube f, Orientalischer Roller m, Orientalische Rollertaube f (compare Tümmler m, Tümmlertaube m, Werfer (de) m, Ostpreußischer Werfer m)
• Russian: ту́рман (ru) m (túrman)

bird of the family Coraciidae

• Bulgarian: синявица f (sinjavica)
• Chechen: чӏоб (čʼob)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佛法僧 (zh) (fófǎsēng), 三寶鳥／三宝鸟 (sānbǎoniǎo), 三寶鳥屬／三宝鸟属 (sānbǎoniǎoshǔ) (family)

• Czech: mandelík
• Finnish: sininärhi (fi)
• French: rollier (fr)
• German: Racke (de) f
• Greek: χαλκοκουρούνα f (chalkokouroúna)
• Hebrew: כָּחָל‎ (he) m (kaẖál)
• Hungarian: szalakóta (hu); csörgőmadár
• Japanese: ブッポウソウ (ja), 仏法僧 (ja), ブッポウソウ科 (family)
• Korean: 파랑새 (ko) (parangsae), 파랑새과 (parangsaegwa) (family)
• Navajo: gáagii naashchʼąąʼígíí
• Persian: سبزقبا‎ (fa) (sabzeqabâ), سبزک‎ (fa) (sabzak), سبزگرا‎ (sabzegarâ)
• Polish: kraska (pl) f
• Russian: сизоворо́нка (ru) f (sizovorónka)
• Serbo-Croatian: zlatovrana (sh) f
• Spanish: carraca (es) f
• Volapük: korak

slang: police — see cop

padded surcingle used on horses

• Finnish: vikellysvyö

TV, film: credits

• Finnish: lopputekstit pl

hair roller — see hair roller

Verb

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

• Orrell, reroll

French

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from roller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁo.lœʁ/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

roller m (plural rollers)

1. (countable) in-line skate, rollerblade

   Il a eu sa première paire de rollers à l'âge de 8 ans.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (uncountable) skating (with inline skates)

   J'adore faire du roller au moment du coucher du soleil.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

See also

• patin à roulettes

Further reading

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

Hungarian

roller

Etymology

Borrowed from German Roller.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

• rolleres
• rollerezik

Further reading

• 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

Noun

roller m or f

1. indefinite plural of rolle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

roller f

1. indefinite plural of rolle

Old French

Etymology 1

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

Verb

roller

1. to polish a helmet

Etymology 2

see roeler

Verb

roller

1. Alternative form of roeler (to roll)

Conjugation

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			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	rolle	—	rollons	rollez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (roler, to polish a helmet)
• rouler on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (to polish a helmet; to roll)

Portuguese

Noun

roller m (plural rollers)

1. roller skate (a boot with small wheels)

   Synonym: patim

Swedish

Noun

roller c

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

Declension

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