trolley

== English == === Alternative forms === trolly === Etymology === Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) +‎ -ey (diminutive ending). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɒli === Noun === trolley (plural trolleys or trollies) A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus. (US) A streetcar or light train. Synonyms: (UK) tram, trolley car (US, colloquial) A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes. Synonyms: crane trolley, traveling trolley A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car. (Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland) A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley. Clipping of flatbed trolley. (British) A hand truck. (British) A soapbox car. (British) A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs. (Philippines) A handcar. ==== Hyponyms ==== (streetcar): interurban ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: tròlei → French: trolley → Romanian: troleu → German: Trolley → Welsh: troli ==== Translations ==== === Verb === trolley (third-person singular simple present trolleys, present participle trolleying, simple past and past participle trolleyed or trollied) To bring to by trolley. To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another. To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train). ==== Derived terms ==== trolley off == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English trolley. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁɔ.lɛ/ === Noun === trolley m (plural trolleys) (anglicism) trolley pole (anglicism) trolleybus ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: troleu === Further reading === “trolley”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English trolley. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɾolei/ [ˈt̪ɾo.lei̯] Rhymes: -olei === Noun === trolley m (plural trolleys or trolley) (anglicism) alternative spelling of trole ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.