Ferris wheel

English

The original Ferris Wheel

Etymology

Named after designer and constructor George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859–1896) who built the first such wheel.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɹɪs ʍiːl/, /ˈfɛɹɪs wiːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɹɪs ʍil/, /ˈfɛɹɪs wil/

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Noun

Ferris wheel (plural Ferris wheels)

1. An amusement ride, consisting of an upright rotating wheel having seats that remain in a horizontal position as the wheel revolves.

   Synonyms: (British) big wheel, observation wheel

Translations

ride at a fair consisting of large wheel

Afrikaans: Ferriswiel Arabic: دولاب هواء Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: чортава кола n (čórtava kóla) Bulgarian: виенското колело (vienskoto kolelo) Burmese: ချားရဟတ် (my) (hkya:ra.hat), ရဟတ် (my) (ra.hat) Catalan: roda de fira (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 摩天輪／摩天轮 (zh) (mótiānlún) Czech: ruské kolo n Danish: pariserhjul n Dutch: reuzenrad (nl) n Esperanto: spektoradego Estonian: vaateratas, ilmaratas Finnish: maailmanpyörä (fi) French: grande roue (fr) f Galician: nora (gl) f Georgian: ეშმაკის ბორბალი (ešmaḳis borbali), (please verify) სათვალთვალო ბორბლები (satvaltvalo borblebi) German: Riesenrad (de) n Gujarati: ચકડોળ (gu) (cakḍoḷ) Hebrew: גלגל ענק (he) m (galgal ‘anak) Hindi: बड़ा चक्का m (baṛā cakkā), फ़ेरिस व्हील ? (feris vhīl), फ़ेरिस पहिया m (feris pahiyā) Hungarian: óriáskerék (hu) Icelandic: parísarhjól n Indonesian: bianglala (id), kincir ria Irish: roth mór m Italian: ruota panoramica f Japanese: 観覧車 (ja) (かんらんしゃ, kanransha) Korean: 관람차 (gwallamcha) Malay: roda Ferris, roda besar, roda pemerhatian Mongolian: алсыг харагч (alsyg xaragč) Norwegian: pariserhjul n Polish: diabelski młyn (pl) m Portuguese: roda-gigante (pt) f Russian: колесо́ обозре́ния (ru) n (kolesó obozrénija), чёртово колесо́ n (čórtovo kolesó) Sotho: lebidi la Ferris Spanish: noria (es) f, (Mexico) rueda de la fortuna f, vuelta al mundo (es) f, rueda moscovita f, rueda de Chicago f Swedish: pariserhjul (sv) n Tagalog: chubibo Thai: ชิงช้าสวรรค์ (th) (ching-cháa-sà-wǎn), กระเช้าสวรรค์ (th) Turkish: dönme dolap (tr) Ukrainian: оглядо́ве ко́лесо (ohljadóve kóleso), чо́ртове ко́лесо (uk) (čórtove kóleso) Vietnamese: vòng đu quay, đu quay đứng Yiddish: פֿעריס־ראָד f (feris-rod)

Further reading

• Ferris wheel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chicago Ferris Wheel (1893) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia