roller

English Online Dictionary. What means roller‎? What does roller mean?

English

Etymology

• From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll +‎ -er.
• (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊlə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊlɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Noun

roller (plural rollers)

1. (heading) Anything that rolls.
   1. Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
   2. A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
   3. A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
   4. (cricket) A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.
   5. A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.

      Synonyms: paint roller, rolling paint brush, rolling brush
   6. An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
   7. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
   8. A roller towel.
   9. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
   10. A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
   11. (cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
   12. Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
   13. A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
   14. A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
   15. A rolling pin
   16. (disc golf) A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.

2. A long wide bandage used in surgery.
3. A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
4. (heading) A bird.
   1. A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
   2. Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.
5. A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
6. A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
7. (television, film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
8. (slang) A wheelchair user.
9. (slang, informal) A Rolls-Royce motorcar.
10. (slang, music) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Welsh: rholer

Translations

Verb

roller (third-person singular simple present rollers, present participle rollering, simple past and past participle rollered)

1. (intransitive) To roller skate.

Anagrams

• Orrell, reroll

Chinese

Etymology

Clipping of English roller skating.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹou̯⁵⁵ laː³⁵/

Noun

roller

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, sports) roller skating

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from roller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁo.lœʁ/

Noun

roller m (plural rollers)

1. (countable) in-line skate, rollerblade

2. (uncountable) rollerblading

See also

• patin à roulettes

Further reading

• “roller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Roller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrolːɛr]
• Rhymes: -ɛr
• Hyphenation: rol‧ler

Noun

roller (plural rollerek)

1. kick scooter, push scooter, scooter (a small platform with two wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground)

Declension

or

Derived terms

• rolleres
• rollerezik

References

Further reading

• roller in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

roller m or f

1. indefinite plural of rolle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

roller f

1. indefinite plural of rolle

Old French

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

roller

1. to polish a helmet

Etymology 2

see roeler

Verb

roller

1. alternative form of roeler (to roll)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-oll, *-olls, *-ollt are modified to ol, ous, out. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (roler, to polish a helmet)
• rouler on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (to polish a helmet; to roll)

Portuguese

Noun

roller m (plural rollers)

1. roller skate (a boot with small wheels)

   Synonym: patim

Swedish

Noun

roller c

1. a cylindrical, rolling tool for applying paint
2. indefinite plural of roll

Declension