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gondolier

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɡɒndəˈlɪə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌɡɑndəˈlɪɹ/
  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: G AA2 N D AH0 L IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A boatperson who propels a gondola, especially in Venice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gondoliere

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: boatman, boater, waterman

History

Etymology

From Italian gondoliere, through French gondolier. By surface analysis, gondola + -ier.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գոնդոլավար (gondolavar) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Belarusian: гандальер (handalʹjer) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Bulgarian: гондолиер (gondolier) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Burmese: ဂွန်ဒိုလာလှေထိုးသမား (gwanduilahlehtui:sa.ma:) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Catalan: gondoler — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Czech: gondoliér — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Czech: gondoliérka — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Dutch: gondelier — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Esperanto: gondolisto — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Estonian: gondoljeer — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Finnish: gondolieeri — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • French: gondolier — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • French: gondolière — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Galician: gondoleiro — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Georgian: გონდოლიერი (gondolieri) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • German: Gondoliere — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • German: Gondolier — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • German: Gondelfahrer — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • German: Gondelführer — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • German: Gondelschiffer — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • German: Gondelier — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • German: Gondoliera — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Greek: γονδολιέρης (gondoliéris) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Hebrew: הגונדולייר — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Hungarian: gondolás — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Ido: gondolisto — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Indonesian: pendayung gondola — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Italian: gondoliere — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Italian: gondoliera — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Japanese: ゴンドラの船頭 (gondora no sendō) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Latvian: gondoljers — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Lithuanian: gondolininkas — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Polish: gondolier — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Polish: gondolierka — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Portuguese: gondoleiro — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Portuguese: gondoleira — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Romanian: gondolier — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Russian: гондолье́р (gondolʹjér) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Russian: гондолье́ра (gondolʹjéra) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Serbo-Croatian: гондолѝје̄р — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Serbo-Croatian: gondolìjēr — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Spanish: gondolero — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Spanish: gondolera — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Swedish: gondoljär — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Tagalog: mangongondola — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Tagalog: gondolero — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Telugu: గొండోలియర్ (goṇḍōliyar) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Turkish: gondolcu — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Turkish: gondolcü — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Ukrainian: гондольєр (hondolʹjer) — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Venetan: gondołier — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Venetan: gondoƚier — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Venetan: gondołiera — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola
  • Venetan: gondoƚiera — Venetian boatman who propels a gondola