Ferris wheel

ferris wheel English thumb|right|The original Ferris Wheel Etymology en George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. = designer constructor 1859 1896 who built the first such wheel. Pronunciation en /ˈfɛɹɪs ʍiːl/ /ˈfɛɹɪs wiːl/ RP en /ˈfɛɹɪs ʍil/ /ˈfɛɹɪs wil/ GenAm en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Ferris wheel.wav US Noun An amusement ride, consisting of an upright rotating wheel having seats that remain in a horizontal position as the wheel revolves. en big wheel British observation wheel Translations ride at a fair consisting of large wheel Afrikaans: af Ferriswiel Arabic: ar دُولَاب هَوَاء Armenian: hy Azerbaijani: az Belarusian: be чортава кола n Bulgarian: bg виенско колело Burmese: my ချားရဟတ်, my ရဟတ် Catalan: ca roda de fira f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 摩天輪 mótiānlún Czech: cs ruské kolo n Danish: da pariserhjul n Dutch: nl reuzenrad n Esperanto: eo spektoradego Estonian: et vaateratas, et ilmaratas Finnish: fi maailmanpyörä French: fr grande roue f Galician: gl nora f Georgian: ka ეშმაკის ბორბალი, ka სათვალთვალო ბორბალი German: de Riesenrad n Gujarati: gu ચકડોળ Hebrew: he גלגל ענק m galgal ‘anak Hindi: hi बड़ा चक्का m, hi फ़ेरिस व्हील ?, hi फ़ेरिस पहिया m Hungarian: hu óriáskerék Icelandic: is parísarhjól n Indonesian: id bianglala, id kincir ria Irish: ga roth mór m Italian: it ruota panoramica f Japanese: ja 観覧車 かんらんしゃ, kanransha Korean: ko 관람차(觀覽車) Malay: ms roda Ferris, ms roda besar, ms roda pemerhatian Marathi: mr आकाशपाळणा, mr फेरी चाक Mongolian: mn алсыг харагч Norwegian: no pariserhjul n Persian: fa چرخ و فلک čarx-o-falak Polish: pl diabelski młyn m Portuguese: pt roda-gigante f Russian: ru колесо́ обозре́ния n, ru чёртово колесо́ n Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb wjelicke kólaso n Upper Sorbian: Sotho: st lebidi la Ferris Spanish: es noria f, Mexico es rueda de la fortuna f, es vuelta al mundo f, es rueda moscovita f, es rueda de Chicago f, es rueda Ferris f, es chicagüita f Swedish: sv pariserhjul n Tagalog: tl chubibo Thai: th ชิงช้าสวรรค์, th กระเช้าสวรรค์ Turkish: tr dönme dolap Ukrainian: uk оглядо́ве ко́лесо, uk чо́ртове ко́лесо Uzbek: uz charxpalak Vietnamese: vi vòng đu quay, vi đu quay đứng Yiddish: yi פֿעריס־ראָד f Further reading Ferris wheel Ferris Wheel Chicago Ferris Wheel (1893) en Amusement rides