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Carrousel

Definitions: Carrousel

Carrousel

Noun

1. Carries luggage to air travelers.

2. Large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "carrousel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Carrousel

DomainDefinitions

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanically-driven, rotating baggage delivery facility which is circular in shape and on which baggage remains until removed physically. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Carrousel

Synonyms: carousel (n), luggage carousel (n), luggage carrousel (n), merry-go-round (n), roundabout (n), whirligig (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: carousel (mechanical engineering), turn-table.

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Crosswords: Carrousel

English words defined with "carrousel": luggage carrousel. (references)
Specialty definitions using "carrousel": carrousel conveyor. (references)
Etymologies containing "carrousel": Carousal. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Carrousel" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round), French (carrousel).

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Modern Usage: Carrousel

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Carrousel (1962)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Carrousel

DomainTitle

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Carrousel

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. John Brown used to weld rails for merry-go-round. The carrousel plant in which he worked is now engaged in producing parts for a war production program under several subcontractors. He finds the transition to the welding.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Carrousel

Expression using "carrousel": luggage carrousel. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Carrousel

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  club carrousel cancun

23

  carrousel du louvre

17

  carrousel

16

  hotel carrousel cancun

14

  carrousel cancun

11

  club carrousel

10

  carrousel nation

5

  carrousel hotel

4

  carrousel picture

3

  carrousel horse

3

  carrousel farm

3

  carrousel center skating

3

  arc carrousel de du triomphe

2

  carrousel cartoon

2

  carrousel dinner theater

2

  carrousel pump

2

  carrousel du le louvre

2

  carrousel mall

2

  carrousel nation windsor

2

  carrousel clown du

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Carrousel

Language Translations for "carrousel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rrotullame (merry go round, twist), karusel (go round, merry go round, wheel, whirligig). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حفل عارض للرقص, ‏عرض لحركات خاصة للفرسان. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

турнир (joust, tilt, tournament, tourney), карусел (carousal, merry go round). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

转盘 (carousel, turntable). (various references)

   

Czech

  

kolotoè (carousel, merry go round, roundabout, whirligig). (various references)

   

Danish

  

karrusel (carousel, merry-go-round, roundabout). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zweefmolen (carousel, merry-go-round), draaimolen (carousel, merry-go-round, roundabout), carrousel (carousel, merry-go-round). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

karuselo (carousel, merry-go-round). (various references)

   

French

  

carrousel (carousel). (various references)

   

German

  

Ringelstechen (carousel, merry-go-round), Karussell (carousel, merry go round, merry-go-round, roundabout), Gepäckkarussell (carousel, conveyor, turn-table). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καρουζέλ αποσκευών (carousel, turn-table), περιστρεφόμενη πλατφόρμα απόδοσης αποσκευών (carousel, turn-table). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

קרוסל" (merry go round, roundabout), סחרחר" (merry go round, roundabout). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ringlispíl (carousal, carousel, marry-go-round, merry go round, roundabout, turnabout, whirligig), körhinta (carousel, giddy-go-round, marry-go-round, merry go round, merry-go-round, roundabout, turnabout, whirligig). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

korsel. (various references)

   

Italian

  

carosello (carousel, continuous conveyor, merry go round, roundabout, turn-table). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arrouselcay

   

Portuguese

  

carrossel (carousel, merry-make, roundabout, turn-table, whirligig). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

carusel (carousel, merry go round, roundabout). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

карусель (carousel, merry go round, merry-go-round, turnabout, whirligig), балаган. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ringlšpil (merry go round), ringišpil (carousel, merry go round, roundabout, whirligig). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

carrusel (carousel, merry go round), tiovivo (carousel, merry go round, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

karusell (merry go round, merry-goround, merry-go-round, round about, round-about, whirligig). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

atlı karınca. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

карусель (carousal, merry go round, roundabout, turnabout), балаган (gaff). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Carrousel

Derivations

Words beginning with "carrousel": carrousels. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Carrousel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carosel, caroseul, carossel, caroussel, Carrhouse, carrosel, carrossel, Carrouge, carrusel, Corrouge, Karussell. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Carrousel"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "carrousel" (pronounced ke"ruse'l)
7k e" r u s e' lcarousel.
3-s e' loversell, undersell.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Carrousel

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-o-r-r-s-u"

-1 letter: carolers, carousel, carouser, corulers.

-2 letters: acerous, arouser, caroler, carolus, carouse, carrels, claroes, closure, coalers, coarser, colures, corrals, coruler, courser, curares, curlers, escolar, oculars, oracles, oscular, recoals, recusal, scourer, secular, solacer, surreal.

-3 letters: arouse, carers, carles, carols, carrel, caules, causer, ceorls, cerous, cesura, claros, clause, clears, closer, clours, coaler, coarse, coleus, colure, corals, corers.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-o-r-r-s-u"
 

+1 letter: carrousels, operculars.

 

+2 letters: procedurals.

 

+3 letters: lacquerworks, precariously, renovascular.

 

+4 letters: carillonneurs, neuromuscular, neurosurgical, oracularities, prosecutorial, treacherously.

 

+5 letters: arboricultures, counterplayers, counterrallies, insurrectional, recirculations, relubrications, resurrectional, supramolecular, ultraprecision.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Carrousel


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 72 72 6F 75 73 65 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-    .-.    .-.    ---    ..-    ...    .    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01110010 01110010 01101111 01110101 01110011 01100101 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#114 &#114 &#111 &#117 &#115 &#101 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 0072 0072 006F 0075 0073 0065 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

376784848187857178

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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