carousel

English

A carousel ride (noun sense 1).
A baggage carousel (noun sense 2) at an airport.
A carousel UI component (noun sense 4).

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Etymology

From French carrousel, from Italian carosello, from Sicilian caruseḍḍu and/or Neapolitan carusiello. Uncertain. Some suggested a derivation from carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus, but this does not fit the criteria of an appropriate morphological reconstruction. Not believed to be related to carousal.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkærəˈsɛl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌkæɹəˈsɛl/ IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəsɛl/ IPA(key): /ˌkæɹəˈzɛl/

Noun

carousel (plural carousels)

  2. A pleasure ride, typically found at amusement parks and fairs and accompanied by music, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which are fixed various seats, frequently shaped like horses or other animals, cars, etc., which may also move up and down; a merry-go-round.
    Synonyms: giddy-go-round, (dated) merry-go-around, (rare) merry-go-whirl, roundabout, whirligig
  4. A revolving device for item delivery or display.
    After collecting his suitcase at the baggage carousel, he left the airport.
    • 2023, Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Penguin, →ISBN, page 44:
      It struck me as a perky, whine-free name—the kind of standard-issue handle that could be found on necklaces hanging off carousels in roadside souvenir shops, next to the saltwater taffy.
  5. The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.
  7. (graphical user interface) A visual component that displays a horizontal series of items one at a time.
    1. (by extension, social media, Instagram) Ellipsis of carousel post.
  8. An equestrian discipline in which groups of riders make various formations.
  9. (historical) A tilting match or tournament accompanied by games, shows, and allegorical performances.
  10. (computing) Synonym of jukebox (“automated carousel for the storage and retrieval of tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.”).

Usage notes

Not to be confused with carousal (“state of carousing; an instance of this”).

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Verb

carousel (third-person singular simple present carousels, present participle (US) carouseling or (UK) carouselling, simple past and past participle (US) carouseled or (UK) carouselled)

  1. To revolve or change places.

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