Specifically the traditional Venetian rowing boat. Used in travel contexts or when referring to Venice.
from Italian
ベネチアでゴンドラに乗った。
I rode a gondola in Venice.
gondola (airship, balloon basket); cabin (cable car, ski lift); car (elevator)
Extended use for any suspended passenger compartment: hot-air balloon basket, cable car cabin, ski lift chair, or elevator car.
スキーリフトのゴンドラに乗って山頂へ行く。
We take the gondola lift to the top of the mountain.
熱気球のゴンドラから景色を眺めた。
We admired the view from the hot-air balloon's gondola.
scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
Specialized use in construction for a suspended scaffold, or in retail for a gondola-style display shelf. Less common than the vehicle senses.
工事現場のゴンドラで作業員が外壁を点検している。
Workers are inspecting the exterior wall from a suspended scaffold.
店のゴンドラに新商品が並べられた。
New products were arranged on the shop's display gondola.
You take a gondola cabin up to the mountaintop.
When we got off the gondola, a snowy landscape spread out before us.
The workers are cleaning the windows from a suspended scaffold.