Meaning

5 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.

    kinderwagen (nl), Kinderwagerl, Kinderwagen

    коля́скаkoljáska, де́тская коля́скаdétskaja koljáska

    коля́скаkoljáska, дитя́ча коля́скаdytjáča koljáska

    a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly, colloquial)A pushchair; a buggy.

  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, historical)A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.

    Prahm

    плоскодо́нкаploskodónka

  4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, historical)A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.

  5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A type of dinghy with a flat bow.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Don't throw your toys out of the pram.

    Нерви в коробочку. — deniko

  2. My wife bought a new pram.

    deMeine Frau hat einen neuen Kinderwagen gekauft. — Zaghawa

  3. A young father pushed a pram.

    ruМолодой отец катил коляску. — marafon

    deEin junger Vater schob einen Kinderwagen. — al_ex_an_der

  4. Tom bought a pram for his daughter.

  5. A young father was pushing a pram.

    ruМолодой отец катил коляску. — marafon

    deEin junger Vater schob einen Kinderwagen. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
perambulator:
Русский
By meaning 2
perambulator:
flat-bottomed barge:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
perambulator:
flat-bottomed barge:

Origin

From Dutch praam (“a flat-bottomed boat”), from Middle Dutch praem, from Middle Low Germ

From Dutch praam (“a flat-bottomed boat”), from Middle Dutch praem, from Middle Low German prām, from Old Czech *prám, from Proto-Slavic *pormъ.

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