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 Definitions of gondola  [ˈgɒn dl ə or, esp. for]  

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Definition of 'gondola' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) gondola
a long, narrow, flat-bottomed boat, rowed by an oarsman at the stern: used on the canals in Venice, Italy.

2.  gondola
a passenger compartment suspended beneath a balloon or airship.

3.  gondola
an enclosed cabin suspended from an overhead cable, used to transport passengers, as up and down a ski slope.

4.  gondola
Also called gondola car. an open railroad freight car with low sides.

Etymology:  (1540–50; < It < Venetian)

Definition of 'gondola' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) gondola car, gondola
a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof

2. (noun) gondola
long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice

3. (noun) car, gondola
the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant


Definition of 'gondola' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) gondola
a long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passengers has a small open cabin amidships, for their protection against the sun or rain. A sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now

2. (noun) gondola
a flat-bottomed boat for freight

3. (noun) gondola
a long platform car, either having no sides or with very low sides, used on railroads


Translation of 'gondola' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a long narrow boat used on the canals of Venice.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gondel Arabic flag Arabic: زورَق من زوارق البُنْدُقِ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гондола
Brazilian flag Brazilian: gôndola Czech flag Czech: gondola German flag German: die Gondel
Danish flag Danish: gondol Greek flag Greek: γόνδολα Spanish flag Spanish: góndola
Estonian flag Estonian: gondel Farsi flag Farsi: قایق ونیزی؛ گندولا Finnish flag Finnish: gondoli
French flag French: gondole Hebrew flag Hebrew: גוֹנדוֹלָה Hindi flag Hindi: विशेष रूप से वेनिस की नहर
Croatian flag Croatian: gondola Hungarian flag Hungarian: gondola Indonesian flag Indonesian: gondola
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gondóll Italian flag Italian: gondola Japanese flag Japanese: ゴンドラ
Korean flag Korean: 이탈리아 Venice 특유의 좁고 바닥이 평평 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gondola Latvian flag Latvian: gondola
Malay flag Malay: gondola Dutch flag Dutch: gondel Norwegian flag Norwegian: gondol
Polish flag Polish: gondola Persian flag Persian: قایق ونیزی؛ گندولا Pashto flag Pashto: يوډول اوږده بيړۍ چي د ( و
Portuguese flag Portuguese: gôndola Romanian flag Romanian: gondolă Russian flag Russian: гондола
Slovak flag Slovak: gondola Slovenian flag Slovenian: gondola Serbian flag Serbian: gondola
Swedish flag Swedish: gondol Thai flag Thai: เรือแจวโดยสารท้องแบนลำตัว Turkish flag Turkish: gondol
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 威尼斯平底船 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гондола Urdu flag Urdu: وینس کی نہروں میں چلنے وا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuyền gônđôla Chinese flag Chinese: 威尼斯平底船,两头尖的平底船

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