lazy Susan

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Uncertain, but probably a generic name like Jane, in reference to the device replacing a servant at table. The earliest attestation is from c. 1903 in the Boston Journal, which credits a local carpenter named John Laurie as "the resuscitator of 'Lazy Susan'". Almost certainly not named in honor of the daughters of Thomas Jefferson or Edison who were both named Susan.

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: erretilu birakari — lazy Susan
• Chinese: 餐桌轉盤 /餐桌转盘 (cānzhuō zhuànpán) — lazy Susan
• Finnish: pyörivä tarjotin — lazy Susan
• Finnish: pyörivä tarjoilualusta — lazy Susan
• Galician: torno — lazy Susan
• German: Drehplatte — lazy Susan
• German: Drehteller — lazy Susan
• Polish: taca obrotowa — lazy Susan
• Portuguese: bandeja giratória — lazy Susan
• Romanian: carusel — lazy Susan
• Russian: поворо́тный подно́с (povorótnyj podnós) — lazy Susan
• Russian: крутя́щий подно́с (krutjáščij podnós) — lazy Susan
• Spanish: tabla giratoria — lazy Susan
• Spanish: bandeja giratoria — lazy Susan
• Spanish: bandeja de rotatoria — lazy Susan
• Spanish: estante giratorio — lazy Susan
• Swedish: snurrbricka — lazy Susan
• Swedish: vändskiva — lazy Susan