stroller

English

A baby's stroller.

Etymology

From stroll +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹoʊlɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Noun

stroller (plural strollers)

1. (US, Canada, Australia) A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.
2. One who strolls.
3. A vagrant.
   • 1771, Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker, Penguin Classics, published 1985, page 41:

     The mayor observed that it was great presumption in Wilson, who was a stroller, to proceed to such extremities with a gentleman of family and fortune; and threatened to commit him on the vagrant act.

4. Men's semiformal daytime dress comprising a grey or black single- or double-breasted coat, grey striped or checked formal trousers, a grey or silver necktie, and a grey, black or buff waistcoat.

Synonyms

• (UK) pushchair
• (UK) baby buggy

Derived terms

• baby stroller
• jogging stroller
• running stroller

Translations

seat on wheels used to transport babies — see also pram

• Arabic: عَرَبَةُ أَطْفَال f (ʕarabatu ʔaṭfāl)
• Armenian: մանկասայլակ (hy) (mankasaylak)
• Azerbaijani: yüyürük
• Belarusian: каля́ска f (kaljáska), дзіця́чая каля́ска f (dzicjáčaja kaljáska)
• Bulgarian: открита количка f (otkrita količka)
• Catalan: cotxet m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: BB車 / BB车 (bi^1-4 bi¹ ce¹)

  Mandarin: 嬰兒車 / 婴儿车 (zh) (yīng'érchē)

• Czech: kočárek (cs) m, golfové hole (cs)
• Danish: klapvogn (da)
• Dutch: kinderwagen (nl) m, buggy (nl) n
• Esperanto: beboĉareto, bebĉareto
• Estonian: lapsevanker, lapsekäru
• Finnish: lastenrattaat
• French: poussette (fr) f
• German: Kinderwagen (de) m, Buggy (de) m or n
• Greek: καροτσάκι (el) n (karotsáki)
• Hebrew: עגלה (he) f (agalá)
• Hungarian: babakocsi (hu)
• Indonesian: kereta bayi (id) (literally “baby wagon”)
• Irish: bugaí m
• Italian: passeggino (it) m, carrozzina (it) f
• Japanese: 乳母車 (ja) (うばぐるま, ubaguruma), ベビーカー (ja) (bebīkā)
• Korean: 유모차 (ko) (yumocha)
• Lithuanian: vežimėlis m
• Macedonian: ко́личка (mk) f (kólička), де́тска ко́личка f (détska kólička)
• Māori: waka pēpi
• Norwegian: vogn m or f, barnevogn m or f
• Occitan: carretona f, carretòta f
• Persian: کالسکه (fa) (kâleske), کالسکهٔ بچه (kâleske-ye bačče)
• Polish: wózek (pl) m
• Portuguese: carrinho (pt) m
• Romanian: căruț (ro) n, cărucior (ro) n, landou (ro) n
• Russian: коля́ска (ru) f (koljáska), де́тская коля́ска (ru) f (détskaja koljáska), прогу́лочная коля́ска f (progúločnaja koljáska)
• Spanish: silla de paseo f, sillita de yiro f, carriola f, cochecito (es) m, carrito [de bebé], coche (es) m (Peru), coche de niño m
• Swedish: barnvagn (sv) c, sulky (sv) c
• Tagalog: andador, istroler
• Thai: รถเข็นเด็ก (rót-kěn-dèk)
• Turkish: bebek arabası (tr)
• Ukrainian: дитя́чий візо́к m (dytjáčyj vizók), коля́ска f (koljáska), візо́к m (vizók), дитя́ча коля́ска f (dytjáča koljáska)
• Urdu: بچہ گاڑی (bacca-gāṛī)
• Vietnamese: xe đẩy trẻ em
• Welsh: pram m
• Zazaki: kolek, kolay

person strolling

• Bulgarian: разхождащ се m (razhoždašt se)
• Finnish: jalankulkija (fi)
• French: promeneur (fr)
• Irish: válcaeir m
• Occitan: passejaire (oc), campejaire
• Polish: spacerowicz (pl) m, spacerowiczka (pl) f
• Russian: стра́нник (ru) m (stránnik) (vagrant)
• Spanish: paseante m or f

See also

• pram
• pusher

Anagrams

• trollers