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Ferris_wheel

Ferris wheel

English

The original Ferris Wheel

Noun

Ferris wheel ‎(plural Ferris wheels)

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

Synonyms

big wheel (British)
observation wheel

Translations

ride at a fair consisting of large wheel

Arabic:
Belarusian: чортава кола n ‎(čortava kola)
Bulgarian: виенското колело ‎(vienskoto kolelo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 摩天輪 (zh), 摩天轮 (zh) ‎(mótiānlún)
Czech: ruské kolo n
Danish: pariserhjul n
Dutch: reuzenrad (nl) n
Esperanto: spektoradego
Finnish: maailmanpyörä (fi)
French: grande roue (fr) f
Georgian: ეშმაკის ბორბალი ‎(ešmaḳis borbali)
German: Riesenrad (de) n
Hebrew: גלגל ענק m ‎(galgal ‘anak)
Hungarian: óriáskerék (hu)
Icelandic: Parísarhjól n
Irish: roth mór m

Italian: ruota panoramica f
Japanese: 観覧車 ‎(かんらんしゃ, kanransha)
Korean: 관람차 ‎(gwallamcha)
Mongolian: алсыг харагч ‎(alsyg haragč)
Norwegian: pariserhjul n
Polish: diabelski młyn (pl) m
Portuguese: roda-gigante (pt) f
Russian: колесо́ обозре́ния (ru) n ‎(kolesó obozrénija), чёртово колесо́ (ru) n ‎(čórtovo kolesó)
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 ‎(ching cháa sàwăn)
Turkish: dönme dolap (tr)
Ukrainian:
Vietnamese: vòng đu quay
Yiddish: פֿעריס־ראָד f ‎(feris-rod)