tow truck

See also: towtruck and tow-truck

English

A tow truck

Alternative forms

• towtruck, tow-truck

Etymology

From tow +‎ truck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊ.tɹʌk/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

tow truck (plural tow trucks)

1. A motor vehicle typically equipped with winches, chains, and related equipment, and used to tow disabled vehicles.

Synonyms

• breakdown lorry, breakdown truck, recovery truck, towie, wrecker

Translations

motor vehicle for towing

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: grua (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拖車 / 拖车 (zh) (tuōchē), 拖吊車 / 拖吊车 (zh) (tuōdiàochē)

• Czech: odtahové vozidlo n, odtahový automobil m, odtahovka f (colloquial)
• Danish: bjærgningskøretøj n
• Dutch: takelwagen (nl) m, bergingsvoertuig (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: puksiirauto
• Finnish: hinausauto (fi)
• French: dépanneuse (fr) f, remorqueuse (fr) f, camion de remorquage m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Abschleppwagen (de) m, Abschleppfahrzeug n
• Hungarian: autómentő (hu)
• Icelandic: dráttarbíll m
• Indonesian: mobil derek
• Irish: trucail tarraingthe f
• Italian: camion di rimorchio m, carro attrezzi (it) m
• Japanese: レッカー車 (ja) (rekkā-sha), レッカー (rekkā, literally “wrecker”)
• Khmer: ឡានស្ទូច (laanstuuc)
• Korean: 견인차(牽引車) (ko) (gyeonincha)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: trak tunda
• Norman: ouadgîn dé dêpannage m
• Norwegian: slepelastebil c, bergingsbil
• Polish: laweta (pl) f
• Portuguese: guincho (pt) m, caminhão de reboque m (Brazil), reboque (pt) m
• Romanian: autoremorcher
• Russian: авари́йная маши́на f (avaríjnaja mašína), буксиро́вщик (ru) (buksiróvščik), эвакуа́тор (ru) m (evakuátor)
• Spanish: grúa (es) f, remolque (es) m
• Swedish: bärgningsbil (sv) c, bärgare c, bärgningsfordon
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: çekici (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• flatbed truck