roller
See also: Roller
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
roller (plural rollers)
- (heading) Anything that rolls.
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- (cricket) A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- A roller towel.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
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- (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.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
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- 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, […].
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- (heading) A bird.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
- (also written Roller) A car made by Rolls-Royce.
- A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
- A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
- (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 2007, p. 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.
- 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 69:
- (slang) A wheelchair user.
Derived terms
Translations
anything that rolls
rotating cylindrical part of a machine
cricket: large rolling device
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large, wide, curling wave
tool for applying paint or ink
agricultural machine
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roller pigeon that somersaults backwards at high speed
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bird of the family Coraciidae
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nickname for Rolls-Royce car
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slang: police — see cop
padded surcingle used on horses
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TV,film: credits
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hair roller — see hair roller
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
roller m (plural rollers)
- (countable) in-line skate, rollerblade
- Il a eu sa première paire de rollers à l'âge de 8 ans.
- (uncountable) skating (with inline skates).
- J'adore faire du roller au moment du coucher du soleil.
See also
Further reading
- “roller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Early_razor_scooter.jpg/220px-Early_razor_scooter.jpg)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Roller.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
roller (plural rollerek)
- 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) | ||
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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 | ||
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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) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
References
- ^ 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.)
- ^ roller in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- roller in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
roller m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
roller f
Old French
Etymology 1
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Verb
roller
Etymology 2
see roeler
Verb
roller
- 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 | ||||||
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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
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe 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 s)
- roller skate (a boot with small wheels)
Synonyms
Swedish
Noun
roller c
- a cylindrical, rolling tool for applying paint
- (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of roll
Declension
Declension of roller 1 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | roller | rollern | rollers | rollers |
Genitive | rollers | rollerns | rollers | rollers |
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- English lemmas
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- en:Cricket
- en:Cycling
- en:Disc golf
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Television
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- English slang
- English agent nouns
- en:Coraciiforms
- en:Horse tack
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