Rollbock
English
noun
Definitions
- (railways) A bogie used to carry a railway carriage on a line of different gauge to the one it was built for, usually a narrower gauge.
Etymology
Derived from German Rolle (roll, role).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Rolle
Gloss
roll, role
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rooli Finnish
- Führungsrolle German
- Hauptrolle German
- Herrscherrolle German
- Klopapierrolle German
- Nebenrolle German
- Rolle German
- Schlüsselrolle German
- Schriftrolle German
- rollenförmig German
- rôle French
- рол Russian
- rolle Old French
- rolle Middle High German