passenger car

English

Noun

passenger car (plural passenger cars)

1. (rail transport, US) A railroad car designed to carry passengers.

   Synonyms: (British English:) passenger carriage, passenger coach, (India:) passenger bogie

   Hyponym: sleeper

   Coordinate terms: freight car, goods wagon

2. (vehicles) A motor vehicle designed to carry (a few) passengers; a motorcar.

   Hyponym: sportscar

   Coordinate terms: pickup truck, van

Translations

railroad car designed to carry passengers

• Danish: personvogn c, passagervogn c
• Estonian: reisivagun (et)
• Finnish: matkustajavaunu (fi)
• Georgian: სამგზავრო ვაგონი (samgzavro vagoni)
• German: Personenwagen (de) m, Reisezugwagen m
• Hungarian: személykocsi (hu), személyszállító vagon
• Irish: cóiste paisinéirí m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: personvogn m

• Russian: пассажи́рский ваго́н m (passažírskij vagón)
• Spanish: coche de pasajeros, vagón de pasajeros
• Swedish: personvagn (sv) c

road vehicle that carries passengers

• Azerbaijani: minik avtomobili
• Belarusian: легкавы́ аўтамабі́ль m (ljehkavý aŭtamabílʹ), легкава́я машы́на f (ljehkavája mašýna), легкаву́шка f (ljehkavúška) (colloquial), легкаві́к m (ljehkavík) (colloquial)
• Bulgarian: лек автомоби́л m (lek avtomobíl)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 轎車 / 轿车 (giu^6-2 ce¹)

  Hokkien: 轎車 / 轿车 (zh-min-nan) (kiau-chhia)

  Mandarin: 轎車 / 轿车 (zh) (jiàochē)

• Czech: osobní auto n, osobní automobil m
• Danish: personbil (da) c
• Dutch: personenauto (nl) m, personenwagen (nl) m
• Estonian: sõiduauto (et)
• Finnish: henkilöauto (fi)
• French: voiture de tourisme f
• Georgian: მსუბუქი ავტომობილი (msubuki avṭomobili), მსუბუქი ავტომანქანა (msubuki avṭomankana), მსუბუქი მანქანა (msubuki mankana)
• German: PKW (de) m, Personenkraftwagen (de) m
• Hungarian: személygépkocsi (hu), személyautó (hu), személygépjármű
• Icelandic: fólksbifreið f, fólksbíll m
• Japanese: 乗用車 (ja) (じょうようしゃ, jōyōsha)
• Kazakh: жеңил автомобиль (jeñil avtomobil)
• Korean: 승용차(乘用車) (ko) (seung'yongcha)
• Kyrgyz: жеңил автомобиль (jeŋil avtomobil)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: personbil m

  Nynorsk: personbil m

• Polish: samochód osobowy (pl) m
• Romanian: autoturism (ro) n
• Russian: легково́й автомоби́ль (ru) m (lexkovój avtomobílʹ), легкова́я маши́на (ru) f (lexkovája mašína), легкову́шка (ru) f (lexkovúška) (colloquial)
• Slovak: osobný automobil m, osobné auto n
• Spanish: turismo (es) m
• Swedish: personbil (sv) c
• Turkish: binek araç, binek otomobil
• Ukrainian: легкови́й автомобі́ль m (lehkovýj avtomobílʹ), легкова́ маши́на f (lehková mašýna), легкове́ авто́ n (lehkové avtó), легкову́шка f (lehkovúška) (colloquial)
• Uzbek: yengil avtomobil

See also

• Pullman car