different between zeppelin vs gondola

English

Noun

zeppelin (plural zeppelins)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Zeppelin

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zeppelin, from the surname of Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin, named after Zepelin in Mecklenburg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z?.p??l?n/
• Hyphenation: zep?pe?lin

Noun

zeppelin m (plural zeppelins, diminutive zeppelinnetje n)

1. Zeppelin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?.pl??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: zeppelins

Noun

zeppelin m (plural zeppelins)

1. zeppelin

Further reading

• “zeppelin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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