roll-on

See also: Rollon and roll on

English

Etymology

Deverbal from roll on.

Adjective

roll-on (not comparable)

  1. (of deodorant, etc.) Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.

Noun

roll-on (plural roll-ons)

  1. (dated, often in the plural) A type of corset which is rolled on to the body.
    • 1997, Marianne Thesander, The Feminine Ideal, page 139:
      Roll-ons and lastex[sic] corsets in tube form were a lighter type of corset mostly worn by young women and under summer clothes.
    • 2007 November 6, Michele Hanson, The Guardian:
      We've had […] the Dior padded hips and bosoms, bustles for big bums, roll-ons for flat bums, and who remembers Sabrina in the 50s? She had to be hour-glass shape.
  2. A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc.
    • 1999 July 16, Laura Craik, The Guardian:
      I never minded aerosols. But in the interests of the environment, I changed to roll-ons.

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From English roll-on.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrolːˌon/, [ˈro̞lːˌo̞n]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification(key): roll‧on
  • Hyphenation(key): roll‧on

Noun

roll-on

  1. roll-on (cosmetic product)

Declension

Inflection of roll-on (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative roll-on roll-onit
genitive roll-onin roll-onien
partitive roll-onia roll-oneja
illative roll-oniin roll-oneihin
singular plural
nominative roll-on roll-onit
accusative nom. roll-on roll-onit
gen. roll-onin
genitive roll-onin roll-onien
partitive roll-onia roll-oneja
inessive roll-onissa roll-oneissa
elative roll-onista roll-oneista
illative roll-oniin roll-oneihin
adessive roll-onilla roll-oneilla
ablative roll-onilta roll-oneilta
allative roll-onille roll-oneille
essive roll-onina roll-oneina
translative roll-oniksi roll-oneiksi
abessive roll-onitta roll-oneitta
instructive — roll-onein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of roll-on (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative roll-onini roll-onini
accusative nom. roll-onini roll-onini
gen. roll-onini
genitive roll-onini roll-onieni
partitive roll-oniani roll-onejani
inessive roll-onissani roll-oneissani
elative roll-onistani roll-oneistani
illative roll-oniini roll-oneihini
adessive roll-onillani roll-oneillani
ablative roll-oniltani roll-oneiltani
allative roll-onilleni roll-oneilleni
essive roll-oninani roll-oneinani
translative roll-onikseni roll-oneikseni
abessive roll-onittani roll-oneittani
instructive — —
comitative — roll-oneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative roll-onisi roll-onisi
accusative nom. roll-onisi roll-onisi
gen. roll-onisi
genitive roll-onisi roll-oniesi
partitive roll-oniasi roll-onejasi
inessive roll-onissasi roll-oneissasi
elative roll-onistasi roll-oneistasi
illative roll-oniisi roll-oneihisi
adessive roll-onillasi roll-oneillasi
ablative roll-oniltasi roll-oneiltasi
allative roll-onillesi roll-oneillesi
essive roll-oninasi roll-oneinasi
translative roll-oniksesi roll-oneiksesi
abessive roll-onittasi roll-oneittasi
instructive — —
comitative — roll-oneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative roll-onimme roll-onimme
accusative nom. roll-onimme roll-onimme
gen. roll-onimme
genitive roll-onimme roll-oniemme
partitive roll-oniamme roll-onejamme
inessive roll-onissamme roll-oneissamme
elative roll-onistamme roll-oneistamme
illative roll-oniimme roll-oneihimme
adessive roll-onillamme roll-oneillamme
ablative roll-oniltamme roll-oneiltamme
allative roll-onillemme roll-oneillemme
essive roll-oninamme roll-oneinamme
translative roll-oniksemme roll-oneiksemme
abessive roll-onittamme roll-oneittamme
instructive — —
comitative — roll-oneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative roll-oninne roll-oninne
accusative nom. roll-oninne roll-oninne
gen. roll-oninne
genitive roll-oninne roll-onienne
partitive roll-onianne roll-onejanne
inessive roll-onissanne roll-oneissanne
elative roll-onistanne roll-oneistanne
illative roll-oniinne roll-oneihinne
adessive roll-onillanne roll-oneillanne
ablative roll-oniltanne roll-oneiltanne
allative roll-onillenne roll-oneillenne
essive roll-oninanne roll-oneinanne
translative roll-oniksenne roll-oneiksenne
abessive roll-onittanne roll-oneittanne
instructive — —
comitative — roll-oneinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative roll-oninsa roll-oninsa
accusative nom. roll-oninsa roll-oninsa
gen. roll-oninsa
genitive roll-oninsa roll-oniensa
partitive roll-oniaan
roll-oniansa 		roll-onejaan
roll-onejansa
inessive roll-onissaan
roll-onissansa 		roll-oneissaan
roll-oneissansa
elative roll-onistaan
roll-onistansa 		roll-oneistaan
roll-oneistansa
illative roll-oniinsa roll-oneihinsa
adessive roll-onillaan
roll-onillansa 		roll-oneillaan
roll-oneillansa
ablative roll-oniltaan
roll-oniltansa 		roll-oneiltaan
roll-oneiltansa
allative roll-onilleen
roll-onillensa 		roll-oneilleen
roll-oneillensa
essive roll-oninaan
roll-oninansa 		roll-oneinaan
roll-oneinansa
translative roll-onikseen
roll-oniksensa 		roll-oneikseen
roll-oneiksensa
abessive roll-onittaan
roll-onittansa 		roll-oneittaan
roll-oneittansa
instructive — —
comitative — roll-oneineen
roll-oneinensa

Synonyms

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English roll-on. Attested since 1965.

Noun

roll-on c (indeclinable)

  1. roll-on

See also

References

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