carousel

English

A carousel ride (1).

A baggage carousel (2) at an airport.

A carousel UI component (4).

Alternative forms

• carrousel (US)

Etymology

From French carrousel, from Italian carosello, from Sicilian caruseḍḍu and/or Neapolitan carusiello. Uncertain. Some suggested a derivation from carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus, but this does not fit the criteria of an appropriate morphological reconstruction. Not believed to be related to carousal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkærəˈsɛl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹəˈsɛl/ IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹəsɛl/ IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹəˈzɛl/

Noun

carousel (plural carousels)

1. A merry-go-round (type of ride on rotating platform).
   • 1951, J. D. Salinger, chapter 25, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:

     That's one nice thing about carrousels^[sic], they always play the same song.

2. A continuously revolving device for item delivery.

   After collecting his suitcase at the baggage carousel, he left the airport.

3. The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.
4. (graphical user interface) A visual component that displays a horizontal series of items one at a time.
5. An equestrian discipline in which groups of riders make various formations.
6. (historical) A tilting match or tournament accompanied by games, shows, and allegorical performances.

Derived terms

• baggage carousel
• carousel fraud
• carousel trade
• carousel voting
• ice carousel
• ride the cock carousel

 

Translations

merry-go-round — see merry-go-round

revolving device to deliver items

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行李传送带 (zh)

• Dutch: bagageband (nl) c
• Esperanto: transportbendo
• Finnish: karuselli (fi), matkatavarakaruselli
• Georgian: კარუსელი (ḳaruseli)
• German: Band (de) n
• Indonesian: karusel, komidi putar (id)
• Italian: carosello (it) m
• Polish: karuzela (pl) f
• Russian: карусе́ль (ru) f (karusélʹ)

rotating glass plate in a microwave oven

• Finnish: pyörivä lautanen

See also

• merry-go-round
• roundabout
• whirligig

Verb

carousel (third-person singular simple present carousels, present participle carouseling or carouselling, simple past and past participle carouseled or carouselled)

1. To revolve or change places.

Translations

to revolve or change places

• Finnish: pyöriä (fi)

Further reading

• carousel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia