"rotary" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹoʊtəɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rotary.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Attested mid 18th century, from Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota (“wheel”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|rotarius}} Medieval Latin rotarius, {{der|en|la|rota||wheel}} Latin rota (“wheel”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} rotary (not comparable)
  1. Capable of rotation. Tags: not-comparable Translations (capable of rotation): въртящ се (vǎrtjašt se) (Bulgarian), ротационен (rotacionen) (Bulgarian), otáčivý (Czech), otočný (Czech), rotační (Czech), pyörivä (Finnish), rotatif [masculine] (French), rotierbar (German), rotierend (German), rotativ (Romanian), rotatoriu (Romanian)

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹoʊtəɹi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rotary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rotaries [plural]
Etymology: Attested mid 18th century, from Medieval Latin rotarius, from Latin rota (“wheel”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|rotarius}} Medieval Latin rotarius, {{der|en|la|rota||wheel}} Latin rota (“wheel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} rotary (plural rotaries)
  1. (New England, Atlantic Canada) A roundabout, traffic circle. Tags: Atlantic-Canada, New-England Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-rotary-en-noun--MxyHUfl Disambiguation of Roads: 16 71 13 Categories (other): Atlantic Canadian English, New England English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 55 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 66 21
  2. (chiefly with initial capital) Any of the clubs making up the international Rotary International movement for community service. Translations (club in Rotary movement): rotariklubi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-rotary-en-noun-2SXW-fhA Disambiguation of 'club in Rotary movement': 12 88

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