noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈwiːlbæɹəʊ/
General-American:/ˈwilbæɹoʊ/without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barrow, garden cart, lawn cart
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: handcart, pushcart, cart, go-cart
5
verb
Meaning 5
transport in a wheelbarrow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transport
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel Proto-Indo-European *bher-der. Proto-Germanic *barwijǭ Proto-West Germanic *barwijā Old English *bearwe Middle English barwe Middle English whelbarwe English wheelbarrow From Middle English whelbarwe; equivalent to wheel + barrow.
Across languages
Translations
205 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kruiwa
— small cart
Alabama:
iswiha
— small cart
Albanian:
karrocë dore
— small cart
Amharic:
ኩርኩር
(kurkur)
— small cart
Arabic:
عَرَبَة يَدَوِيَّة
(ʕaraba yadawiyya)
— small cart
Arabic:
عَجَلَة يَد
(ʕajalat yad)
— small cart
Arabic:
برويطة
(barwīṭa)
— small cart
Aragonese:
carretillo
— small cart
Aragonese:
carriola
— small cart
Armenian:
ձեռնասայլակ
(jeṙnasaylak)
— small cart
Armenian:
հոպնակ
(hopnak)
— small cart
Armenian:
սայլակ
(saylak)
— small cart
Asturian:
carretilla
— small cart
Avar:
тачка
(tačka)
— small cart
Azerbaijani:
əl arabası
— small cart
Azerbaijani:
daşka
— small cart
Bashkir:
тачка
(taçka)
— small cart
Basque:
eskorga
— small cart
Basque:
orgatila
— small cart
Belarusian:
та́чка
(táčka)
— small cart
Bengali:
ঠেলাগাড়ি
(ṭhelagaṛi)
— small cart
Bengali:
ঠেলা
(ṭhela)
— small cart
Bislama:
bruet
— small cart
Bislama:
wilbara
— small cart
Breton:
karrigell
— small cart
Breton:
kravazh-rodellek
— small cart
Bulgarian:
ръ́чна коли́чка
(rǎ́čna kolíčka)
— small cart
Bulgarian:
коли́чка
(kolíčka)
— small cart
Bulgarian:
багажна количка
(bagažna količka)
— small cart
Burmese:
တစ်ဘီး လက်တွန်းလှည်း
(tacbhi: laktwan:hlany:)
— small cart
Carpathian Rusyn:
фурик
(furyk)
— small cart
Catalan:
carretó
— small cart
Cayuga:
sgá꞉t wʼęnihsgaǫ́꞉t enę́hgwitaʼ
— small cart
Cebuano:
karetilya
— small cart
Chamorro:
karetiya
— small cart
Cherokee:
ᏓᏆᎴᎷ
(daqualelu)
— small cart
Chichewa:
wilibala
— small cart
Chinese Mandarin:
獨輪車 /独轮车
(dúlúnchē)
— small cart
Chinese Mandarin:
手推車 /手推车
(shǒutuīchē)
— small cart
Chinese Mandarin:
轆轤車 /辘轳车
(lùlúchē)
— small cart
Cornish:
gravath ros
— small cart
Corsican:
carretta
— small cart
Corsican:
carriola
— small cart
Crimean Tatar:
şana
— small cart
Czech:
kolečko
— small cart
Danish:
trillebør
— small cart
Dutch:
kruiwagen
— small cart
Dzongkha:
དོ་འཁོར་ལག་འཧུད།
(do 'khor lag 'hud)
— small cart
Emilian:
cariola
— small cart
Esperanto:
ĉarumo
— small cart
Esperanto:
puŝveturilo
— small cart
Estonian:
aiakäru
— small cart
Faroese:
børa
— small cart
Faroese:
hjólbøra
— small cart
Finnish:
kottikärry
— small cart
Franco-Provençal:
tsaretta
— small cart
French:
brouette
— small cart
West-Frisian:
kroade
— small cart
Friulian:
cariole
— small cart
Gagauz:
el arabası
— small cart
Galician:
carretilla
— small cart
Galician:
carreta
— small cart
Galician:
cozo
— small cart
Gallo:
bërouette
— small cart
Georgian:
ურიკა
(uriḳa)
— small cart
German:
Schubkarre
— small cart
German:
Scheibtruhe
— small cart
German:
Schübkàrra
— small cart
German:
Schtooskàrra
— small cart
German:
Bënne
— small cart
Greek:
καροτσάκι
(karotsáki)
— small cart
Ancient Greek:
μονότροχος
(monótrokhos)
— small cart
Ancient Greek:
μονόκυκλος
(monókuklos)
— small cart
Greenlandic:
qamutaasat
— small cart
Gujarati:
ઠેલો
(ṭhelo)
— small cart
Hawaiian:
huilapalala
— small cart
Hebrew:
מְרִיצָה
(m'ritsá)
— small cart
Hindi:
व्हील बैरो
(vhīl bairo)
— small cart
Hungarian:
talicska
— small cart
Hunsrik:
Schuppkarre
— small cart
Icelandic:
hjólbörur
— small cart
Ido:
brueto
— small cart
Indonesian:
gerobak tangan
— small cart
Ingrian:
tacka
— small cart
Interlingua:
carretta de mano
— small cart
Inuktitut:
akiagautik (Inuttut)
— small cart
Irish:
barra rotha
— small cart
Italian:
carriola
— small cart
Japanese:
猫車
(nekoguruma)
— small cart
Japanese:
猫
(neko)
— small cart
Kannada:
ಚಕ್ರದ ಕೈಬಂಡಿ ಯಾ ತಳ್ಳುಬಂಡಿ
(cakrada kaibaṇḍi yā taḷḷubaṇḍi)
— small cart
Karachay-Balkar:
тачка
(taçka)
— small cart
Karachay-Balkar:
арбачыкъ
(arbaçıq)
— small cart
Kazakh:
тәшке
(täşke)
— small cart
Khmer:
រទេះរុញ
(rɔɔrɔteh ruñ)
— small cart
Korean:
손수레
(sonsure)
— small cart
Korean:
수레
(sure)
— small cart
Korean:
일륜차
(illyuncha)
— small cart
Kumyk:
тачка
(taçka)
— small cart
Central Kurdish:
داشقە
(daşqe)
— small cart
Kyrgyz:
тачка
(tacka)
— small cart
Ladin:
graton
— small cart
Ladin:
careta
— small cart
Ladin:
ziviera
— small cart
Lak:
даву
(dawu)
— small cart
Lao:
ລໍ້ຊຸກ
(lǭ suk)
— small cart
Lao:
ລໍ້
(lǭ)
— small cart
Latin:
pabō
— small cart
Latvian:
ķerra
— small cart
Ligurian:
carétta
— small cart
Ligurian:
brueta
— small cart
Limburgish:
krouwkaar
— small cart
Limburgish:
sjörkar
— small cart
Limburgish:
sjörreskar
— small cart
Limburgish:
sjoepkar
— small cart
Lithuanian:
karutis
— small cart
Low German:
Schuuvkoor
— small cart
Luxembourgish:
Schubkar
— small cart
Macedonian:
ра́чна ко́личка
(ráčna kólička)
— small cart
Macedonian:
ко́личка
(kólička)
— small cart
Malagasy:
laborety
— small cart
Malay:
kereta sorong
— small cart
Manx:
barrey queeylagh
— small cart
Māori:
huripara
— small cart
Maranao:
tibal
— small cart
Maranao:
kariton
— small cart
Middle English:
whelbarwe
— small cart
Mongolian:
түрдэг тэрэг
(türdeg tereg)
— small cart
Mongolian:
ᠲᠦᠷᠢᠳᠡᠭ ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ
(türideg terge)
— small cart
Navajo:
nabégilí
— small cart
Norman:
chiviéthe
— small cart
Norwegian Bokmål:
trillebår
— small cart
Norwegian Nynorsk:
trillebår
— small cart
Occitan:
carriòl
— small cart
Occitan:
carriòla
— small cart
Occitan:
bariòta
— small cart
Occitan:
baròta
— small cart
Occitan:
carriòt
— small cart
Oromo:
gaarii
— small cart
Pannonian Rusyn:
фурик
(furik)
— small cart
Pannonian Rusyn:
кочик
(kočik)
— small cart
Pashto:
لاس ګاډی
(lâs gâḍay)
— small cart
Persian:
فرغون
(forġun)
— small cart
Persian:
چرخدستی
(čarx-dasti)
— small cart
Piedmontese:
carëta
— small cart
Polish:
taczka
— small cart
Portuguese:
carrinho de mão
— small cart
Romanian:
roabă
— small cart
Romansh:
charretta
— small cart
Russian:
та́чка
(táčka)
— small cart
Russian:
теле́жка
(teléžka)
— small cart
Sami:
rilˈlabōrat
— small cart
Sardinian:
carriola
— small cart
Campidanese Sardinian:
carrùcciu
— small cart
Sassarese:
carruzzu
— small cart
Scots:
hurl-barrow
— small cart
Scots:
hurlie-barrow
— small cart
Scottish Gaelic:
bara
— small cart
Scottish Gaelic:
bara-cuibhle
— small cart
Scottish Gaelic:
bara-rotha
— small cart
Scottish Gaelic:
bleodhan
— small cart
Serbo-Croatian:
та̏чке
— small cart
Serbo-Croatian:
коли́ца
— small cart
Serbo-Croatian:
tȁčke
— small cart
Serbo-Croatian:
kolíca
— small cart
Shona:
bhara
— small cart
Silesian:
kara
— small cart
Sinhalese:
වීල්බැරැක්කය
(wīlbærækkaya)
— small cart