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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCastor
/ˈkæs.tər/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small wheel fixed to the legs or bottom of a heavy piece of furniture or machine to allow it to be moved easily.
"She attached swivel castors to the bottom of the heavy wooden chest to move it across the room." - 2
A North American beaver, or a medicinal oil obtained from the seeds of the tropical castor-oil plant.
"Castor oil has traditionally been used both as a mild laxative and as a lubricant in machinery."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin word 'castor', meaning beaver, which comes from the ancient Greek 'kastōr'. The botanical usage for the oil plant derives from confusion with the unrelated chaste tree (vitex), while the mechanical wheel sense emerged via metaphoric extension.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Castor" is said worldwide
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lette
Transliteration: rulet
Script: roulette
"Il a fallu changer une roulette de la chaise de bureau."
Lenkrolle
Transliteration: lenkrole
"Der Wagen rollt leicht auf seinen vier Lenkrollen."
rotella
Transliteration: rotela
"Le rotelle del carrello sono bloccate dallo sporco."
ruedecilla
Transliteration: ruedeciya
"Se rompió una ruedecilla del mueble television."
rodízio
Transliteration: rodizio
"O carrinho de compras tem um rodízio emperrado."
छोटा पहिया
Transliteration: chhota pahiya
"कुर्सी के नीचे एक छोटा पहिया लगा है।"
脚轮
Transliteration: jiǎolún
"这个推车的脚轮坏了需要更换。"
캐스터
Transliteration: kaeseuteo
"사무실 의자의 캐스터가 부드럽게 잘 굴러갑니다."
キャスター
Transliteration: kyasutā
"ワゴン車のキャスターを新しいものに取り替えた。"
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