rollercoaster

See also: roller-coaster and roller coaster

English

A red rollercoaster in the background

Alternative forms

• roller coaster
• roller-coaster

Etymology

Univerbation of roller coaster, after the rolling and coasting motions to which the riders are subjected.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊlɚˌkoʊstɚ/

Noun

rollercoaster (plural rollercoasters)

1. An amusement ride consisting of a buggy on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.
2. (figurative, by extension) Any situation in which there are ups and downs, or violent changes.

   Our relationship was quite a rollercoaster. Finally, I had enough of it and left her.

   The stock market has been quite the rollercoaster in the last few weeks.

   • 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], London:

     Morgan's men reversed their fortunes and swept into the final with three successive victories, including a memorable semi-final demolition of Australia.
     In the final, the rollercoaster continued, only for the heroics of Stokes to leave England as worthy champions, matching the achievement of the England women's team on the same ground two years ago.

Synonyms

• (ride): big dipper, switchback, coaster, 🎢
• (situation in which there are violent changes): merry-go-round, ride, saga, seesaw, soap opera, stir, yo-yo

Derived terms

• rollercoaster ride
• rollercoastering, rollercoasting
• rollercoasterish

Hyponyms

• hypercoaster
• megacoaster
• Virginia reel
• watercoaster

Descendants

• Japanese: ローラーコースター (rōrākōsutā)
• Korean: 롤러코스터 (rolleokoseuteo)

Translations

amusement ride

• Arabic: اُفْعُوَانِيَّة f (ufʕuwāniyya)
• Belarusian: амерыка́нскія го́ркі f pl (amjerykánskija hórki)
• Burmese: ရိုလာကိုစတာ (ruilakuica.ta)
• Catalan: muntanyes russes f pl (Russian mountains)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 過山車／过山车 (gwo³ saan¹ ce¹), 过山车 (gwo³ saan¹ ce¹)

  Mandarin: 過山車／过山车 (zh) (guòshānchē), 过山车 (zh) (guòshānchē), 雲霄飛車／云霄飞车 (zh) (yúnxiāo fēichē), 云霄飞车 (zh) (yúnxiāo fēichē), 空中飛車／空中飞车 (kōngzhōng fēichē), 空中飞车 (kōngzhōng fēichē)

• Czech: horská dráha (cs) f
• Danish: rutschebane
• Dutch: achtbaan (nl) c
• Esperanto: onda fervojo
• Estonian: Ameerika mäed pl
• Faroese: øka f
• Finnish: vuoristorata (fi)
• French: montagnes russes (fr) f pl (Russian mountains)
• Galician: montaña rusa f
• German: Achterbahn (de) f
• Greek: τρενάκι του λούνα παρκ (trenáki tou loúna park)
• Hebrew: רַכֶּבֶת הָרִים (he) f (rakevet harim)
• Hungarian: hullámvasút (hu)
• Icelandic: rússíbani m
• Interlingua: montanias russe
• Italian: montagne russe f pl, otto volante (it) m, ottovolante (it) m
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• Japanese: ローラーコースター (rōrākōsutā), ジェットコースター (jettokōsutā)
• Korean: 롤러코스터 (ko) (rolleokoseuteo)
• Macedonian: лу́да желе́зница f (lúda želéznica)
• Mongolian: галзуу хулгана (galzuu xulgana)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: berg-og-dal-bane m

  Nynorsk: berg-og-dal-bane m or f

• Persian: رولرکستر (rolerkoster), قطار هوایی (qatâr-e havâyi)
• Polish: kolejka górska f
• Portuguese: montanha-russa (pt) f (Russian mountain)
• Romansch: muntogna russa f
• Russian: америка́нские го́рки f pl (amerikánskije górki) (American hills)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: влак смрти m

  Roman: vlak smrti m

• Slovak: horská dráha f
• Spanish: montaña rusa (es) f (Russian mountain)
• Swedish: bergochdalbana (sv) c, berg-och-dal-bana (sv) c
• Thai: รถไฟเหาะตีลังกา (rót-fai-hɔ̀-dtii-lang-gaa)
• Ukrainian: америка́нські гі́рки f pl (amerykánsʹki hírky)
• Vietnamese: tàu lượn siêu tốc (vi)