cobblestone

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cobblestone

Alternative forms

cobble-stone

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/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: cob‧ble‧stone

Noun

cobblestone (countable and uncountable, plural cobblestones)

(countable) A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
Synonym: cobble
- 1964, “The Sound of Silence”, in Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., performed by Simon & Garfunkel:
  In restless dreams I walked alone / Narrow streets of cobblestone
(uncountable) Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material.
The road was paved in cobblestone.

Derived terms

Translations

a rounded stone

Albanian: lëmaqe
Aragonese: tantonico m, bolo m, ruello (an) m
Basque: galtzada-harri
Bulgarian: объл камък (obǎl kamǎk)
Catalan: còdol (ca), llamborda (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鵝卵石 / 鹅卵石 (zh) (éluǎnshí)
Czech: kočičí hlava f
Danish: brosten (da) c
Dutch: keisteen (nl); (for paving) kassei (nl); kasseisteen
Estonian: munakivi
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)
Irish: doirneog f
Italian: pavé (it) m, ciottolo (it) m, ciottolato (it) m
Japanese: 丸石 (ja) (まるいし, maruishi), 玉石 (ja) (たまいし, tamaishi)
Latvian: bruģakmens m
Lithuanian: grindinio akmuo m
Macedonian: калдрма (mk) f (kaldrma)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brostein m
Occitan: calada (oc), pasiment (oc), pavat
Polish: brukowiec (pl) m, otoczak (pl) m, bruk (pl) m
Portuguese: pedregulho m, pedras arredondadas f pl; (for paving) paralelepípedo m, calçamento (pt) m
Quechua: khallki
Romanian: piatră de râu f (literally “river stone”)
Russian: булы́жник (ru) m (bulýžnik)
Serbo-Croatian: kaldrma (sh) f
Spanish: adoquín (es)
Swedish: kullersten (sv)
Ukrainian: брукі́вка (uk) f (brukívka)
Yiddish: ברוק m (bruk)

References

“cobblestone” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

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