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)
• 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)
• German: Riesenrad (de) n
• Gujarati: ચકડોળ (gu) (cakḍoḷ)
• Hebrew: גלגל ענק (he) m (galgal ‘anak)
• 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)
• 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)
• Turkish: dönme dolap (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• 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