different between gondola vs traghetto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetian góndo?a, likely to have derived from Byzantine Greek ???????? (kontoúra, “small tail”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n.d?.l?/

Noun

gondola (plural gondolas or gondole)

1. A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
2. A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
   1. An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.
   2. The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.
   3. The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.
   4. That part of a transporter bridge that carries passengers, vehicles, along the length of the bridge span.
3. (rail transport, US) A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.
4. A free-standing shelving unit in a supermarket.

Synonyms

• (rail transport): gondola car, gon
• (ski lift): cable car

Derived terms

• gondolier

Translations

Verb

gondola (third-person singular simple present gondolas, present participle gondolaing, simple past and past participle gondolaed)

1. To travel by gondola.

Gallery

Further reading

• gondola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dongola

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ondola]
• Rhymes: -ola

Noun

gondola f

1. gondola (narrow boat, especially in Venice)
2. gondola (car or basket of an airship)

Further reading

• gondola in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• gondola in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gondola. First attested in 1612.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ondol?]
• Hyphenation: gon?do?la
• Rhymes: -l?

Noun

gondola (plural gondolák)

1. gondola (a small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice)

Declension

Derived terms

• gondolás
• gondolázik

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian góndo?a, probably from Byzantine Greek ???????? (kontoúra, “small tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??on.do.la/
• Hyphenation: gón?do?la
• Rhymes: -ondola

Noun

gondola f (plural gondole)

1. gondola (narrow boat in Venice)
2. nacelle (aircraft engine)
3. pod

Derived terms

Anagrams

• dolgano

Polish

Etymology

From Italian gondola, from Venetian góndo?a, probably from Byzantine Greek ???????? (kontoúra, “small tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?d?.la/

Noun

gondola f (diminutive gondolka)

1. gondola (narrow boat, especially in Venice)
2. gondola (enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain)
3. gondola (car or basket of an airship)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) gondolowy

Related terms

• (nouns) gondolier, gondoliera
• (adjective) gondolierski

Further reading

• gondola in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• gondola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

From Italian traghetto (“ferry”).

Noun

traghetto (plural traghettos or traghetti)

1. A gondola that ferries people across the Grand Canal in Venice.

Further reading

• traghetto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

From traghettare.

Noun

traghetto m (plural traghetti)

1. ferry

Usage notes

• In Venice, the traghetti are gondolas that ferry people across the canals for a small charge.

Verb

traghetto

1. first-person singular present indicative of traghettare

Further reading

• traghetto on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it