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car⋅ou⋅sel
[kar-uh-sel, kar-uh-sel] 
–noun
| 1. | merry-go-round (def. 1). |
| 2. | a continuously revolving belt, track or other device on which items are placed for later retrieval: a baggage carousel at an airport. |
Origin:
1640–50; < F: kind of tournament < It carosello kind of ball game < Neapolitan dial. carusello game played with clay balls, clay ball, lit., little head, equiv. to carus(o) shorn head (perh. based on the Gk s. kors- shave) + -ello dim. suffix
1640–50; < F: kind of tournament < It carosello kind of ball game < Neapolitan dial. carusello game played with clay balls, clay ball, lit., little head, equiv. to carus(o) shorn head (perh. based on the Gk s. kors- shave) + -ello dim. suffix
Car⋅ou⋅sel
[kar-uh-sel, kar-uh-sel] Trademark.
| a circular tray in which photographic transparencies are held on a projector and from which they are lowered through slots for projection as the tray is rotated. |
mer⋅ry-go-round
[mer-ee-goh-round] –noun
| 1. | Also called carousel, carrousel. (in amusement parks, carnivals, etc.) a revolving, circular platform with wooden horses or other animals, benches, etc., on which people may sit or ride, usually to the accompaniment of mechanical or recorded music. |
| 2. | a rapid whirl or a busy round, as of social life or business affairs. |
Origin:
1720–30
1720–30
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| car·ou·sel or car·rou·sel (kār'ə-sěl', -zěl') n.
[French carrousel, tilting match, carousel, from Italian carosello, tilting match.] |
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carousel
"merry-go-round," 1673, earlier "playful tournament of knights in chariots or on horseback" (1650), from Fr. carrousel "a tilting match," from It. carusiello, possibly from carro "chariot," from L. carrus (see car).
"A new and rare invencon knowne by the name of the royalle carousell or tournament being framed and contrived with such engines as will not only afford great pleasure to us and our nobility in the sight thereof, but sufficient instruction to all such ingenious young gentlemen as desire to learne the art of perfect horsemanshipp." [letter of 1673]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : carousel
Spanish:
carrusel, tiovivo,
German:
das Karussell,
Japanese:
メリーゴーランド
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