noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈɡɒn.də.lə/
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noun
Meaning 1
A small long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, propelled with a single oar, especially in Venice.
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noun
Meaning 2
A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
The car or basket of a hot-air balloon, airship, zeppelin, etc.
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noun
Meaning 4
A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
The hanging cart in which a glass-cleaning worker stands to clean exterior glass on tall buildings.
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noun
Meaning 5
A hanging platform or car for transporting people or cargo.
That part of a transporter bridge that carries passengers, vehicles, along the length of the bridge span.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A type of open railway car with low sides, used to carry heavy freight such as crushed rock or steel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gondola car
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: freight car, goods wagon
7
noun
Meaning 7
A free-standing display unit in a supermarket or other retail store, where goods are shelved or hung on pegs or hooks for sale; An end bay; A parasite display.
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verb
Meaning 8
To travel by gondola.
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9
noun
Meaning 9
the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: car
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compartment
10
noun
Meaning 10
long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: boat
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noun
Meaning 11
a low flat-bottomed freight car with fixed sides but no roof
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gondola car
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: freight car
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gondola, from Venetan góndoƚa. Possibly from Byzantine Greek κοντοῦρα (kontoûra, “cutter, kind of ship”).
Across languages
Translations
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
gondolë
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Arabic:
غندول
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Arabic:
جندول
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Arabic:
قُنْدول
(gundōl)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Armenian:
գոնդոլ
(gondol)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Asturian:
góndola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Azerbaijani:
qondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Basque:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Belarusian:
гандола
(handóla)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Bulgarian:
гондо́ла
(gondóla)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Burmese:
ဂွန်ဒိုလာ
(gwanduila)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Catalan:
góndola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Chinese Mandarin:
貢多拉 /贡多拉
(gòngduōlā)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Chinese Mandarin:
剛朵拉 /刚朵拉
(gāngduǒlā)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Chinese Mandarin:
共渡樂 /共渡乐
(gòngdùlè)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Corsican:
gondula
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Czech:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Danish:
gondol
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Dutch:
gondel
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Esperanto:
gondolo
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Estonian:
gondel
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Finnish:
gondoli
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
French:
gondole
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Galician:
góndola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Georgian:
გონდოლა
(gondola)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
German:
Gondel
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Greek:
γόνδολα
(góndola)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Hebrew:
גונדולה
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Hindi:
गोंडोला
(goṇḍolā)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Hungarian:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Ido:
gondolo
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Indonesian:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Italian:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Japanese:
ゴンドラ
(gondora)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Korean:
곤돌라
(gondolla)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Lithuanian:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Lombard:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Macedonian:
го́ндола
(góndola)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Norwegian Bokmål:
gondol
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gondol
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Persian:
گوندولا
(gondolâ)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Polish:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Portuguese:
gôndola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Romanian:
gondolă
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Russian:
гондо́ла
(gondóla)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Serbo-Croatian:
го̑ндола
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Serbo-Croatian:
gȏndola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Slovak:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Slovene:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Spanish:
góndola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Swedish:
gondol
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Tagalog:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Tamil:
கொண்டோலா
(koṇṭōlā)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Telugu:
గాండల
(gāṇḍala)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Thai:
เรือกอนโดลา
(reua gondohlaa)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Turkish:
gondol
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Ottoman Turkish:
غوندول
(gondol)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Ukrainian:
гондола
(hondola)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Uzbek:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Venetan:
góndoła
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Venetan:
góndoƚa
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Vietnamese:
thuyền gonđon
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Vietnamese:
gonđon
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Volapük:
gondol
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Welsh:
gondola
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Yiddish:
גאָנדאָלע
(gondole)
— narrow boat, especially in Venice
Bulgarian:
гондо́ла
(gondóla)
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Dutch:
kabelbaan
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Dutch:
gondellift
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Dutch:
zweefbaan
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
French:
téléphérique
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
French:
télécabine
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
German:
Seilbahn
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Indonesian:
gondola
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Macedonian:
го́ндола
(góndola)
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Norwegian Bokmål:
gondol
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gondol
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Polish:
gondola
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Russian:
гондола
(gondola)
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Spanish:
teleférico
— enclosed car suspended to a cable onto which it travels
Bulgarian:
гондо́ла
(gondóla)
— car or basket of an airship
Czech:
gondola
— car or basket of an airship
Dutch:
gondel
— car or basket of an airship
Finnish:
gondoli
— car or basket of an airship
French:
nacelle
— car or basket of an airship
Indonesian:
gondola
— car or basket of an airship
Macedonian:
го́ндола
(góndola)
— car or basket of an airship
Macedonian:
кош
(koš)
— car or basket of an airship
Norwegian Bokmål:
gondol
— car or basket of an airship
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gondol
— car or basket of an airship
Polish:
gondola
— car or basket of an airship
Spanish:
barquilla
— car or basket of an airship
Finnish:
gondoli
— part of a transporter bridge that carries
French:
nacelle
— part of a transporter bridge that carries
French:
transbordeur
— part of a transporter bridge that carries
Finnish:
vaunu
— hanging cart in which a worker performs maintenance to an exterior wall of a building
French:
échafaudage suspendu
— hanging cart in which a worker performs maintenance to an exterior wall of a building
French:
échafaud volant
— hanging cart in which a worker performs maintenance to an exterior wall of a building
Bulgarian:
гондо́ла
(gondóla)
— free-standing display unit
Catalan:
góndola
— free-standing display unit
French:
gondole
— free-standing display unit
Hungarian:
gondola
— free-standing display unit
Italian:
testata di gondola
— free-standing display unit
Norwegian Bokmål:
gondol
— free-standing display unit
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gondol
— free-standing display unit