Meaning

6 senses
  1. (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New England, New Zealand, UK, US, especially, sometimes)A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

    Kreisverkehr, Kreisel, Verteilerkreis

    кругово́й перекрёстокkrugovój perekrjóstok, кольцо́kolʹcó, кольцевое пересечениеkolʹcevoje peresečenije

    кругове́ перехре́стяkruhové perexréstja

    a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

  2. (UK)A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.

    Karussell, Reitschule, Ringelspiel

    карусе́льkarusélʹ

  3. A fairground carousel.

  4. A detour.

    Umleitung, Umgehung, Umgehungsstraße

    объе́здobʺjézd

  5. A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.

  6. (archaic)A round dance.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Don't say it in a roundabout way.

    ruНе говори обиняками.

    deSage es nicht auf Umwegen.

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  2. Tom does everything in such a roundabout way.

    ruТом вечно ходит вокруг да около.

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  3. He lost control of the car at a roundabout and it flipped.

    Він не впорався з керуванням на кільцевому перехресті, і машина перекинулася.

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  4. Sami was driving through the roundabout.

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  5. Yanni went to that huge roundabout.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island:
Русский
By meaning 3
road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island:
children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed:
detour:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island:
children’s play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed:
detour:

Origin

From round + about [from early 20th c.].

From round + about [from early 20th c.].

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Forms

plural: roundabouts
Singularroundabout
Pluralroundabouts

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
fairground ride:merry-go-round
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
roundabout — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto