carousel

• carrousel (US)

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkærəˈsɛl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹəˈsɛl/ IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹəsɛl/ IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹəˈzɛl/

carousel (plural carousels)

1. A merry-go-round (type of ride on rotating platform).
   • 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, chapter 25, in The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:

     That's one nice thing about carrousels^[sic], they always play the same song.

2. A continuously revolving device for item delivery.

   After collecting his suitcase at the baggage carousel, he left the airport.

3. The rotating glass plate in a microwave oven.
4. (graphical user interface) A visual component that displays a horizontal series of items one at a time.
5. An equestrian discipline in which groups of riders make various formations.
6. (historical) A tilting match or tournament accompanied by games, shows, and allegorical performances.
7. (computing) Synonym of jukebox (“automated carousel for the storage and retrieval of tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.”).

• merry-go-round
• roundabout
• whirligig

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

1. To revolve or change places.

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