roulant

rolling, on wheels

adjective roo-LAHN Rare

Also means

rolling (of laughter — hilarious)

Usage Note

Roulant appears in fixed phrases: fauteuil roulant (wheelchair) and trottoir roulant (moving walkway). Colloquially, c'est roulant or c'est marrant both mean something is hilarious, though roulant in that sense is somewhat dated. The feminine form is roulante.

Examples

"Il se déplace en fauteuil roulant."

Natural Translation

He gets around in a wheelchair.

Literal Translation

He moves about in a rolling chair.

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