cobblestone

English

Etymology

From Middle English cobylstone, cobyllstone, kobilstane, kobill-stane, equivalent to cobble +‎ stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn (“boulder”), Danish kampesten (“boulder”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑbl̩ˌstoʊn/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒbl̩ˌstəʊn/
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Hyphenation: cob‧ble‧stone

Noun

cobblestone (plural cobblestones)

A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.

Synonyms

cobble (as backformation)

Translations

a rounded stone

Bulgarian: объл камък (obǎl kamǎk)
Catalan: còdol (ca), llamborda (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鵝卵石 (zh), 鹅卵石 (zh) (éluǎnshí)
Danish: brosten (da)
Dutch: keisteen; (for paving) kassei, kasseisteen
Finnish: mukulakivi (fi)
French: pavé (fr)
Georgian: რიყის ქვა (riq̇is kva)
German: Katzenkopf m, Katzenkopfpflasterstein m, Pflasterstein (de) m
Greek: κροκάλα (el) f (krokála), σκύρο (el) f (skýro)
Hungarian: macskakő (hu)
Italian: pavé (it), ciottolo (it)

Japanese: 丸石 (まるいし, maruishi), 玉石 (たまいし, tamaishi)
Latvian: bruģakmens m
Macedonian: калдрма f (kaldrma)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brostein m
Occitan: calada (oc), pasiment, pavat
Polish: brukowiec (pl) m, otoczak (pl) m
Portuguese: pedregulho m, pedras arredondadas f pl; (for paving) paralelepípedo m, calçamento (pt) m
Quechua: khallki
Russian: булы́жник (ru) m (bulýžnik)
Spanish: adoquín (es)
Swedish: kullersten (sv)

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967