stroll

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German strollen, a variant of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Alemannic German strolchen, from Strolch (“vagabond; rascal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɹəʊl/
• IPA^(key): /stɹoʊl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun

stroll (plural strolls)

1. A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.

Translations

wandering on foot

• Arabic: تَجَوُّل m (tajawwul), تَنَزُّه m (tanazzuh)
• Armenian: զբոսանք (hy) (zbosankʻ)
• Catalan: passeig (ca) m, passejada f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漫步 (zh) (mànbù), 散步 (zh) (sànbù)

• Czech: procházka (cs) f
• Dutch: wandeling (nl)
• Esperanto: promeno
• Estonian: jalutuskäik
• Faroese: gongutúrur m
• Finnish: kävely (fi)
• French: promenade (fr) f, flânerie (fr) f, balade (fr) f
• Galician: andaina f, andola f, andarela f, riola (gl) f, paseio m
• Georgian: სეირნობა (seirnoba)
• German: Spaziergang (de) m, Bummel (de) m
• Hungarian: ballag (hu), bandukol (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: rölt
• Italian: passeggiata (it) f, camminata (it) f
• Japanese: 散歩 (ja) (さんぽ, sanpo)
• Korean: 산책 (ko) (sanchaek)
• Macedonian: прошетка f (prošetka)
• Maori: hāereere
• Norwegian: rusletur m, spasertur (no) m
• Occitan: passejada (oc) f
• Polish: spacer (pl) m, przechadzka (pl) f
• Portuguese: passeio (pt) m, caminhada (pt) f
• Russian: прогу́лка (ru) f (progúlka), промена́д (ru) m (promenád)
• Spanish: paseo (es) m, caminata (es) f, garbeo (es) m, vuelta (es) f
• Swedish: strövtåg n
• Vietnamese: sự đi dạo (vi)
• Yiddish: איבערשפּרײַז m (ibershprayz)

Verb

stroll (third-person singular simple present strolls, present participle strolling, simple past and past participle strolled)

1. To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
   • Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

     These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.

2. To go somewhere with ease.
   • Template:RQ:Chmbrs YngrSt

     His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil !  You !  Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

3. (intransitive, slang) To walk the streets as a prostitute.
   • 1998, Joseph Ferone, Boomboom (page 24)

     "Nammers?" She'd told him before of some Vietnamese gang pressuring her to stroll for them.
     "Don't even ask. You don't want to know."

Synonyms

• rove
• ramble

Translations

wander on foot

• Arabic: تَجَوَّلَ (tajawwala), تَنَزَّهَ (tanazzaha)
• Armenian: զբոսնել (hy) (zbosnel)
• Aromanian: priimnu
• Belarusian: гуля́ць impf (huljácʹ), шпацырава́ць impf (špacyravácʹ)
• Bulgarian: разхо́ждам се impf (razhóždam se)
• Catalan: passejar-se (ca), passejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 逛 (gwaang⁶)

  Mandarin: 漫步 (zh) (mànbù), 散步 (zh) (sànbù)

• Czech: procházet se impf
• Dutch: slenteren (nl), wandelen (nl)
• Esperanto: promeni (eo)
• Finnish: kuljeskella (fi), käveleskellä (fi), kävellä (fi)
• French: flâner (fr), se promener (fr), se balader (fr)
• Georgian: სეირნობა (seirnoba)
• German: spazieren gehen (de), bummeln (de), schlendern (de)
• Greek: πάω βόλτα (páo vólta)
• Hindi: सैर करना (sair karnā)
• Hungarian: gyalogol (hu), sétál (hu)
• Icelandic: labba
• Irish: dul ag spaisteoireacht
• Italian: passeggiare (it), andare a spasso, girovagare (it)
• Japanese: 散歩する (ja) (さんぽする, sanpo suru)
• Khmer: ចរលីលា (km) (cɑɑ liiliə)
• Korean: 산책하다 (ko) (sanchaekhada)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

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• Lao: ຖ່ຽວ (thiāu), ຈະລະ (cha la)
• Latin: spatior
• Macedonian: шета impf (šeta)
• Maori: hāereere, whakatīhake
• Norman: s'traûler
• Norwegian: rusle (no), slentre, spasere (no)
• Occitan: se passejar, rambiar, landrejar
• Persian: قدم زدن (fa) (qadam zadan)
• Polish: spacerować (pl) impf, przechadzać się (pl) impf
• Portuguese: passear (pt)
• Romanian: plimba (ro)
• Russian: гуля́ть (ru) (guljátʹ), прогу́ливаться (ru) (progúlivatʹsja), проха́живаться (ru) impf (proxáživatʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шетати се impf

  Roman: šetati se (sh) impf

• Slovak: prechádzať sa impf
• Slovene: sprehajati se (sl) impf
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pśechójźowaś se impf

• Spanish: pasearse (es), pasear (es)
• Swedish: flanera (sv), strosa (sv), spankulera (sv)
• Thai: นวยนาด (nuai-nâat), เตร่ (th) (dtrèe), เดินเล่น (dəən-lên)
• Tok Pisin: wokabaut
• Ukrainian: гуля́ти impf (huljáty), прогу́люватися impf (prohúljuvatysja)
• Vietnamese: đi dạo (vi), dạo (vi)
• Yiddish: איבערשפּרײַזן (ibershprayzn)

Synonyms

• range, roam, rove, stray

See also

• stroller

Anagrams

• trolls