English

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Indirect, circuitous or circumlocutionary

Noun
en-noun

1. context|mostly|UK|and|Australia A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
2. context|mostly|UK A children's play apparatus, often found in parks, which rotates around a central axis when pushed.
3. A fairground carousel.

Synonyms
traffic circle

Translations
trans-top|road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
Danish: rundkørsel
Finnish: liikenneympyrä, kiertoliittymä
French: rond-point m
German: Kreisverkehr m
trans-mid
Icelandic: hringtorg n
Portuguese: rotatória (Brazilian Portuguese), rotunda (Standard Portuguese)
Spanish: glorieta f, redoma f italbrac|Venezuela
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trans-top|children's play apparatus which rotates around a central axis when pushed
Finnish: karuselli
trans-mid
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trans-top|fairground carousel
Finnish: karuselli
German: Karussell n
trans-mid
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See also
swings and roundabouts

fa:roundabout
io:roundabout
it:roundabout
ja:roundabout
fi:roundabout
te:roundabout
vi:roundabout
zh:roundabout

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