gondola
To travel by gondolaTo travel by gondola.
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1 sensesTo travel by gondola.
Examples
15 sentencesHave you ever tried a gondola?
Finland is not famous for its gondolas.
Tom took the gondola up the mountain.
Unused gondolas line the banks of its empty canals.
Tom and Mary took a gondola up the mountain.
Origin
Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetan góndoƚa. Possibly from Byzantine Greek κοντοῦρBorrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetan góndoƚa. Possibly from Byzantine Greek κοντοῦρα (kontoûra, “cutter, kind of ship”).
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Forms
gondolas, gondolaing, gondolaed, gondolaedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.