LDP

(US, automotive) Initialism of limited driving privilege.


DOD

(automotive) Initialism of displacement-on-demand (a type of engine that can shut down cylinders when not needed).


AA

en:Alcoholics Anonymous
en:Anna's Archive
en:The AA

As we have said before, never accept an AA increase – if you phone up and threaten to leave they will, in our experience, drop it back to the previous price. Or better still, just keep switching provider each year. LV’s cover is a good alternative.

2020 January 1, Miles Brignall, “Sit back, do nothing and the AA will double your bill”, in The Guardian:

(UK, automotive) Initialism of The Automobile Association: a British motoring association founded in 1905.


stock

From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”), with modern senses mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock.

stark (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)

(motor racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.


accelerator

* First attested in 1611.
* (motor vehicle): First attested in 1900.
* accelerate + -or

a pedal used to control a vehicle's speed

a device that speeds up computer processing

a key which a user can press to activate a menu

(chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.

կատալիզատոր

As soon as you get onto the slipway, push the accelerator.

(vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.

particle accelerator
particle accelerator

(physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.

加速器

physics: device that accelerates charged particles — see also particle accelerator

If they had allowed single-character accelerators, Windows wouldn't be able to determine whether the character was input or a shortcut.

2002, Davis Howard Chapman, Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ .NET in 21 Days, page 187:


van

van (nominative singular)
vany (nominative plural)
vana (genitive singular)
vanów (genitive plural)
vanowi (dative singular)
vanom (dative plural)
van (accusative singular)
vany (accusative plural)
vanem (instrumental singular)
vanami (instrumental plural)
vanie (locative singular)
vanach (locative plural)
vanie (singular vocative)
vany (plural vocative)

van (covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus)


point

en-noun

point (countable and uncountable, plural points)

→ Cantonese: point

→ Indonesian: poin

→ Japanese: ポイント (pointo)

→ Korean: 포인트 (pointeu)

From Middle English poynt, from Old French point m (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”), substantive use of pūnctus m, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick, punch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”)); alternatively, from Old French pointe f (“sharp tip”), from Latin pūncta f (past participle). Displaced native Middle English ord (“point”), from Old English ord (“point”). Doublet of pointe, punctum, punt, and punto.

kärki

position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force

decimal point

not used when reading decimal fractions aloud

A small discrete division or individual feature of something.

(automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.


index

indexek (plural)
index (nominative singular)
indexek (nominative plural)
indexet (accusative singular)
indexeket (accusative plural)
indexnek (dative singular)
indexeknek (dative plural)
indexszel (instrumental singular)
indexekkel (instrumental plural)
indexért (causal-final singular)
indexekért (causal-final plural)
indexszé (singular translative)
indexekké (plural translative)
indexig (singular terminative)
indexekig (plural terminative)
indexként (essive-formal singular)
indexekként (essive-formal plural)
indexben (inessive singular)
indexekben (inessive plural)
indexen (singular superessive)
indexeken (plural superessive)
indexnél (adessive singular)
indexeknél (adessive plural)
indexbe (illative singular)
indexekbe (illative plural)
indexre (singular sublative)
indexekre (plural sublative)
indexhez (allative singular)
indexekhez (allative plural)
indexből (elative singular)
indexekből (elative plural)
indexről (delative singular)
indexekről (delative plural)
indextől (ablative singular)
indexektől (ablative plural)
indexé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
indexeké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
indexéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
indexekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
indexem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
indexeim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
indexed (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
indexeid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
indexe (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
indexei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
indexünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
indexeink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
indexetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
indexeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
indexük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
indexeik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

(automotive) turn signal (US), indicator (UK) (each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change)


gas

en-noun

gas (countable and uncountable, plural gases or gasses)

New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore

(uncountable, Canada, US, New Zealand) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

(uncountable, by extension) Ellipsis of gas pedal; accelerator.


uey

“Don't lose her,” I growled, and plowed between the two cars and across the dividing line and banged a Uey.

1987, Kelly Lawrence, The Gone Shots, US: Franklin Watts, page 280:

Barry musta figured Jamie′s friend lived in town because he did a Uey and headed back that way.

2000, Louis J. Fagan, Angelo, US: Independent Publishers Group, page 324:

Since it pulled a U-ey and snapped Fang on the noggin, Barny had been dressing it in a flowery skirt and hat for reasons which are still a mystery.

2001, Steve Aylett, Only an Alligator, Scar Garden 2010 (The Complete Accomplice), p. 28

“[…]Sid, could you please just go up Holborn a little way, do a uey and pull in over there, where we can see the entrance over on this side.”

2006, Richard Crick, My Word Is My Bonus, AuthorHouse, page 255:

Climbing into the Mustang, McCauley banged a Uey in front of the post office and stopped for the red light half a block up at the corner of Sea Street.

2007, Richard Marinick, In For a Pound, US: Justin, Charles & Co., page 59:


deuce

From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford to describe a model of car they made in 1932 due to it being a two-seater.

Bisexual male, 28, doing a deuce in a segregated housing unit due to positive HIV test result, seeks correspondence from both genders.

1988 December 25, Eric Peterson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 14:

(Canada, slang) A two-year prison sentence.

The number two.
A two-year prison sentence.

And she was blinded by the light/Oh, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.

1973 January 5, “Blinded by the Light” (track 1), in Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., performed by Bruce Springsteen:

1978, Joe Mayall, “Driving Impression: Reproduction Deuce Hiboy”, in Rod Action, page 26:

It belonged to “the 1932 guy,” who had four or five Deuces sitting in his yard.

2012, Pat Ganahl, Lost Hot Rods II: More Remarkable Stories of How They Were Found, page 62:


bull bar

2003 October, Cliff Gromer (article editor), GreatStuff, Popular Mechanics, page 120,
Bull bars give your SUV a macho look, as well as add protection and versatility. ARB's bull bars for the Jeep Liberty offer all of the above, with added features that include Hi-Lift jacking points, auxiliary driving-light mounts, a provision for relocating the factory foglights and accommodation for Warn winches.

I got the job of buying the after-market products, such as the bull bar and tow bar, so Ruth and I set out for ARB, the 4X4 shop at Caboolture.

2010, Gary Hatcher, You Probably Have Parkinson Disease, page 129:

Front protection bars, known as bull bars, brush bars, roo bars, and even nerf or nudge bars are probably the most contentious piece of equipment that can be fitted to a car. In some countries they are banned outright.[…]In some countries where risk of damage is very high, bull bars are considered essential safety equipment.

2011, Ralph Hosier, Land Rover Discovery, Defender & Range Rover: How to Modify for High Performance & Serious Off-Road Action, page 61:

(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A welded framework of metal bars at a vehicle's front, designed to protect it during collisions with animals, but often purchased as a fashion accessory.

bosbreker

a device fitted to the front of a vehicle

kangaroo bar

protective framework at front of a vehicle


U-turn

→ Japanese: Ｕターン (yūtān)

→ Korean: 유턴 (yuteon)

U + turn, from the similarity to the shape of the letter U.

(literally) A turn in a vehicle carried out by driving in a semicircle in order to travel in the opposite direction.

The government have done a U-turn and are now supporting greater European integration instead of opposing it.

Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, announced a major U-turn on the government’s climate commitments last month, pushing back the deadline for selling new petrol and diesel cars and the phasing out of gas boilers.

2023 October 10, Senay Boztas, “Frans Timmermans urges European left to unite against right’s climate backlash”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(figuratively) A reversal of policy; an about-face, a backflip.


U-turn

en-verb

U-turn (third-person singular simple present U-turns, present participle U-turning, simple past and past participle U-turned)

U-turns (present singular third-person)
U-turning (participle present)
U-turned (participle past)
U-turned (past)

To turn a vehicle in a semicircle so as to face the opposite direction.

She made the case for cutting taxes as “the right thing to do morally and economically”, despite having just U-turned over her decision to abolish the 45p top rate of income tax.

2022 October 5, Rowena Mason, “Liz Truss promises ‘growth, growth and growth’ in protest-hit speech”, in The Guardian:

(intransitive) To shift from one opinion or decision to its opposite.


pit

From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), although there are phonetic difficulties.

he who digs a pit for others falls in himself

Two drivers have already gone into the pit this early in the race.

(motor racing) An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.


pit

pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)

pits (present singular third-person)
pitting (participle present)
pitted (participle past)
pitted (past)

Bottas had to pit earlier than expected for fresh tyres. Hamilton followed him in next time around and the two drivers were instructed to stay off the kerbs to protect their tyres.

2020 September 13, Andrew Benson, “Tuscan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims 90th win after incredible race”, in BBC Sport:

(intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.


pit

(motor racing) pit (refueling station and garage at a race track)


pit

(motor racing) pit (an area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race)


purple

en-adj

purple (comparative purpler or more purple, superlative purplest or most purple)

purpler (comparative)
more purple (comparative)
purplest (superlative)
most purple (superlative)

nonpurple

antonym(s) of “having purple as its colour”

From Middle English purple, purpel, from Old English purpul (“purple”, adjective), taken from Old English purpure (“purple colour”, noun), from Latin purpura (“purple dye, shellfish”), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple-fish”), perhaps of Semitic origin. Doublet of purpura and purpure.
The sense of "imperial power" is from the wearing of the color purple by emperors and kings.

der

(motor racing, of a sector, lap, etc.) Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.


head

en-noun

head (countable and uncountable, plural heads or head)

→ Japanese: ヘッド (heddo)

Sranan Tongo: ede

Aukan: ede

Saramaccan: hédi

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *káput-
Proto-Germanic *haubudą
Old English hēafod
Middle English heed
English head
From Middle English hed, heed, heved, heaved, from Old English hēafd-, hēafod (“head; top; source, origin; chief, leader; capital”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *káput. The modern word comes from Old English oblique stem hēafd-, the expected Modern English outcome for hēafod would be *heaved (similar to the Middle English word). Doublet of cape, capo, caput, chef, chief, and Howth.
Cognate with Scots heid, hede, hevid, heved (“head”), Old English hafola (“head”), North Frisian hood (“head”), Dutch hoofd (“head”), German Haupt (“head”), Swedish huvud (“head”), Danish hoved (“head”), Icelandic höfuð (“head”), Latin caput (“head”), Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”), Hindi कपाल (kapāl, “skull”).

頭

つぶり, tsuburi, つぃぶる, tsiburu, つぃぶるぃ, tsiburi

pää

have one's head screwed on the right way

know one's head from a hole in the ground

run around like a chicken with its head cut off

would lose one's head if it wasn't attached

would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on

would lose one's head if it wasn't glued on

would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on

would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on

would lose one's head if it wasn't tied on

would lose one's head if it weren't attached

you can't put an old head on young shoulders

you can't put a wise head on young shoulders

internal combustion engine
internal combustion engine

(countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

(countable) The principal operative part of a machine or tool.

(automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.


German

en-noun

German (countable and uncountable, plural Germans)

/ˈd͡ʒɜː.mən/

From Latin Germānus, Germānī (“the peoples of Germānia”), as distinct from Gauls (in the writings of Caesar and Tacitus), and of uncertain ultimate origin (possibly Celtic/Gaulish).
Not related to german (“closely related”) or germane (from the Latin adjective germānus, through Old French).
Attested since at least 1520. Replaced the older terms Almain and Dutch (from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz) in English. Besides cognates of German, Almain, and Dutch, two other categories of words for the Germans in other languages are cognates of Saxon and descendants of Proto-Slavic *němьcь; see those entries for more.
The surname is generally from the noun, though sometimes confused with Herman, Hermann under Russian influence. As a German surname, Americanized from Germann. Compare Germán, Germain, Jerman.

In my German, they calling me a baller (skrr)
Got me feeling like Özil

2021 May 21, “Plugged In Freestyle”, Big Tobz in Big Tobz & Blittz (lyrics), Fumez The Engineer (music), 0:13–0:16:

(MLE, slang) A Germany-produced car, a “German whip”.


zebra

→ German: Zebra
→ Hunsrik: Zebra

→ Italian: zebra

→ English: zebra

→ Turkish: zebra

→ New Latin: zebra

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos
Proto-Italic *ekwos
Latin equus
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.
Proto-Italic *feros
Latin ferus
Latin equiferus
Old Galician-Portuguese zevro
Portuguese zebra
From zebro, from Old Galician-Portuguese zevro (“European wild ass”), from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”). Compare Spanish cebra.
Senses 2 and 3 of the word comes from the popular Brazilian betting game jogo do bicho, in which the animal is absent, therefore it is unlikely that a zebra will be drawn.

inh

(motor racing) curb (line of flat curbstones on the corners of racing tracks)


toe

en-noun

toe (countable and uncountable, plural toes)

heel

antonym(s) of “each of the five digits on the end of the foot”

From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (compare Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish tå, Swedish tå), from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”) (compare Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”)), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”) (compare Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti)).

cog

(automotive) An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.


stand

→ Khmer: ស្តង់ (stɑng)

→ Romanian: stand


square

en-adj

square (comparative squarer, superlative squarest)

squarer (comparative)
squarest (superlative)

From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern French équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin ex- + quadro, from quadrus (compare English quad and quadra). Doublet of squad and squadra.
Displaced fēowerecge (fēower nominative + ecg accusative, as in "four-edged").

(automotive) Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is similar, roughly, approximately, equal to its stroke distance.


PI

en-noun

PI (countable and uncountable, plural PIs)

(automotive) Initialism of port injection. (fuel injection)


MG

Initialism of Minas Gerais, a state of Brazil.


SC

SC (countable and uncountable, plural SCs)

(motor racing) Initialism of safety car.


diesel

en-verb

diesel (third-person singular simple present diesels, present participle dieseling or dieselling, simple past and past participle dieseled or dieselled)

diesels (present singular third-person)
dieseling (participle present)
dieselling (participle present)
dieseled (participle past)
dieseled (past)
dieselled (participle past)
dieselled (past)

From German Diesel, named after inventor Rudolf Diesel, who developed a heavy-duty engine in Germany (1892–1897) and perfected it throughout his life.

The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling.

(automotive) For a spark-ignition internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off. This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air and fuel mixture without a spark, the same way that heat and pressure cause ignition in a diesel engine.


diesel

diesel (nominative singular)
diesle (nominative plural)
diesla (genitive singular)
diesli (genitive plural)
dieslowi (dative singular)
dieslom (dative plural)
diesel (accusative singular)
diesle (accusative plural)
dieslem (instrumental singular)
dieslami (instrumental plural)
dieslu (locative singular)
dieslach (locative plural)
dieslu (singular vocative)
diesle (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from German Diesel, named after German inventor Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913).


GR

(automotive, marketing, motor racing) Initialism of Gazoo Racing.: A performance brand, automotive label, and, racing division, of Toyota.


GT

(motor racing) Initialism of grand tourer.


BS

(automotive) Abbreviation of Bridgestone, a tire company.


ajo

ajo (nominative singular)
ajot (nominative plural)
ajo (accusative nominative singular)
ajot (accusative nominative plural)
ajon (accusative genitive singular)
ajot (accusative genitive plural)
ajon (genitive singular)
ajojen (genitive plural)
ajoa (partitive singular)
ajoja (partitive plural)
ajossa (inessive singular)
ajoissa (inessive plural)
ajosta (elative singular)
ajoista (elative plural)
ajoon (illative singular)
ajoihin (illative plural)
ajolla (adessive singular)
ajoilla (adessive plural)
ajolta (ablative singular)
ajoilta (ablative plural)
ajolle (allative singular)
ajoille (allative plural)
ajona (essive singular)
ajoina (essive plural)
ajoksi (singular translative)
ajoiksi (plural translative)
ajotta (abessive singular)
ajoitta (abessive plural)
ajoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
ajoni (nominative singular)
ajoni (nominative plural)
ajoni (accusative nominative singular)
ajoni (accusative nominative plural)
ajoni (accusative genitive singular)
ajoni (accusative genitive plural)
ajoni (genitive singular)
ajojeni (genitive plural)
ajoani (partitive singular)
ajojani (partitive plural)
ajossani (inessive singular)
ajoissani (inessive plural)
ajostani (elative singular)
ajoistani (elative plural)
ajooni (illative singular)
ajoihini (illative plural)
ajollani (adessive singular)
ajoillani (adessive plural)
ajoltani (ablative singular)
ajoiltani (ablative plural)
ajolleni (allative singular)
ajoilleni (allative plural)
ajonani (essive singular)
ajoinani (essive plural)
ajokseni (singular translative)
ajoikseni (plural translative)
ajottani (abessive singular)
ajoittani (abessive plural)
ajoineni (comitative plural)
ajosi (nominative singular)
ajosi (nominative plural)
ajosi (accusative nominative singular)
ajosi (accusative nominative plural)
ajosi (accusative genitive singular)
ajosi (accusative genitive plural)
ajosi (genitive singular)
ajojesi (genitive plural)
ajoasi (partitive singular)
ajojasi (partitive plural)
ajossasi (inessive singular)
ajoissasi (inessive plural)
ajostasi (elative singular)
ajoistasi (elative plural)
ajoosi (illative singular)
ajoihisi (illative plural)
ajollasi (adessive singular)
ajoillasi (adessive plural)
ajoltasi (ablative singular)
ajoiltasi (ablative plural)
ajollesi (allative singular)
ajoillesi (allative plural)
ajonasi (essive singular)
ajoinasi (essive plural)
ajoksesi (singular translative)
ajoiksesi (plural translative)
ajottasi (abessive singular)
ajoittasi (abessive plural)
ajoinesi (comitative plural)
ajomme (nominative singular)
ajomme (nominative plural)
ajomme (accusative nominative singular)
ajomme (accusative nominative plural)
ajomme (accusative genitive singular)
ajomme (accusative genitive plural)
ajomme (genitive singular)
ajojemme (genitive plural)
ajoamme (partitive singular)
ajojamme (partitive plural)
ajossamme (inessive singular)
ajoissamme (inessive plural)
ajostamme (elative singular)
ajoistamme (elative plural)
ajoomme (illative singular)
ajoihimme (illative plural)
ajollamme (adessive singular)
ajoillamme (adessive plural)
ajoltamme (ablative singular)
ajoiltamme (ablative plural)
ajollemme (allative singular)
ajoillemme (allative plural)
ajonamme (essive singular)
ajoinamme (essive plural)
ajoksemme (singular translative)
ajoiksemme (plural translative)
ajottamme (abessive singular)
ajoittamme (abessive plural)
ajoinemme (comitative plural)
ajonne (nominative singular)
ajonne (nominative plural)
ajonne (accusative nominative singular)
ajonne (accusative nominative plural)
ajonne (accusative genitive singular)
ajonne (accusative genitive plural)
ajonne (genitive singular)
ajojenne (genitive plural)
ajoanne (partitive singular)
ajojanne (partitive plural)
ajossanne (inessive singular)
ajoissanne (inessive plural)
ajostanne (elative singular)
ajoistanne (elative plural)
ajoonne (illative singular)
ajoihinne (illative plural)
ajollanne (adessive singular)
ajoillanne (adessive plural)
ajoltanne (ablative singular)
ajoiltanne (ablative plural)
ajollenne (allative singular)
ajoillenne (allative plural)
ajonanne (essive singular)
ajoinanne (essive plural)
ajoksenne (singular translative)
ajoiksenne (plural translative)
ajottanne (abessive singular)
ajoittanne (abessive plural)
ajoinenne (comitative plural)
ajonsa (nominative singular)
ajonsa (nominative plural)
ajonsa (accusative nominative singular)
ajonsa (accusative nominative plural)
ajonsa (accusative genitive singular)
ajonsa (accusative genitive plural)
ajonsa (genitive singular)
ajojensa (genitive plural)
ajoaan (partitive singular)
ajoansa (partitive singular)
ajojaan (partitive plural)
ajojansa (partitive plural)
ajossaan (inessive singular)
ajossansa (inessive singular)
ajoissaan (inessive plural)
ajoissansa (inessive plural)
ajostaan (elative singular)
ajostansa (elative singular)
ajoistaan (elative plural)
ajoistansa (elative plural)
ajoonsa (illative singular)
ajoihinsa (illative plural)
ajollaan (adessive singular)
ajollansa (adessive singular)
ajoillaan (adessive plural)
ajoillansa (adessive plural)
ajoltaan (ablative singular)
ajoltansa (ablative singular)
ajoiltaan (ablative plural)
ajoiltansa (ablative plural)
ajolleen (allative singular)
ajollensa (allative singular)
ajoilleen (allative plural)
ajoillensa (allative plural)
ajonaan (essive singular)
ajonansa (essive singular)
ajoinaan (essive plural)
ajoinansa (essive plural)
ajokseen (singular translative)
ajoksensa (singular translative)
ajoikseen (plural translative)
ajoiksensa (plural translative)
ajottaan (abessive singular)
ajottansa (abessive singular)
ajoittaan (abessive plural)
ajoittansa (abessive plural)
ajoineen (comitative plural)
ajoinensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *ajo. Equivalent to ajaa (“to drive”) + -o.

Le Mansin 24 tunnin ajo


car

→ French: car

→ Russian: кар (kar)

⇒ Sanskrit: कारयान (kārayāna)

→ Japanese: カー (kā)

→ Hindi: कार (kār)

→ Urdu: کار (kār)

Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of horse.

der

She drove her car to the mall.

I'm a stunt; ride in the car with some bump in the trunk.

2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:

If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .

2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:

A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.

kar

automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver

carro

El Norte, Southwestern U.S., Caribbean Islands

The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.

Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.

(rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.

The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.

(rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.

From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.

(rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.

en:passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not

On boats 25 feet or more, it is best to mount a mast car and track on the front of the mast so you can adjust the height of the pole above the deck

1995, Ken Textor, The New Book of Sail Trim, →ISBN, page 201:

(sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.


jump

Brill Publishers
hydraulic jump
jump cut
jump discontinuity
jump instruction

From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, jump”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Others have connected it to Ancient Greek ἀθεμβούσα (athemboúsa, “uninhibited”), which is unlikely. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely.
Cognates
Cognate with Middle Dutch gumpen (“to jump”), Low German jumpen (“to jump”), Middle High German gumpen, gampen (“to jump, hop”) (dialectal German gampen, Alemannic German gumpe, Walser dialect kumpu), Old Norse goppa (“to jump”) Danish gumpe (“to jolt”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump”), Danish gimpe (“to move up and down”), Middle English jumpren, jumbren (“to mix, jumble”).

onomatopoeic

imitative

قَفْزَة

instance of propelling oneself into the air — see also leap

My car won't start. Could you give me a jump?

(US, informal, automotive) Short for jump-start.


luz

luzik (diminutive)
luz (nominative singular)
luzy (nominative plural)
luzu (genitive singular)
luzów (genitive plural)
luzowi (dative singular)
luzom (dative plural)
luz (accusative singular)
luzy (accusative plural)
luzem (instrumental singular)
luzami (instrumental plural)
luzie (locative singular)
luzach (locative plural)
luzie (singular vocative)
luzy (plural vocative)

(colloquial, automotive) idle (running a vehicle's engine when the vehicle is not in motion)


blown

From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan.
Morphologically blow + -n.

Coordinate term: turbocharged


kara

kara (nominative singular)
karat (nominative plural)
kara (accusative nominative singular)
karat (accusative nominative plural)
karan (accusative genitive singular)
karat (accusative genitive plural)
karan (genitive singular)
karojen (genitive plural)
karain (genitive plural rare)
karaa (partitive singular)
karoja (partitive plural)
karassa (inessive singular)
karoissa (inessive plural)
karasta (elative singular)
karoista (elative plural)
karaan (illative singular)
karoihin (illative plural)
karalla (adessive singular)
karoilla (adessive plural)
karalta (ablative singular)
karoilta (ablative plural)
karalle (allative singular)
karoille (allative plural)
karana (essive singular)
karoina (essive plural)
karaksi (singular translative)
karoiksi (plural translative)
karatta (abessive singular)
karoitta (abessive plural)
karoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
karani (nominative singular)
karani (nominative plural)
karani (accusative nominative singular)
karani (accusative nominative plural)
karani (accusative genitive singular)
karani (accusative genitive plural)
karani (genitive singular)
karojeni (genitive plural)
karaini (genitive plural rare)
karaani (partitive singular)
karojani (partitive plural)
karassani (inessive singular)
karoissani (inessive plural)
karastani (elative singular)
karoistani (elative plural)
karaani (illative singular)
karoihini (illative plural)
karallani (adessive singular)
karoillani (adessive plural)
karaltani (ablative singular)
karoiltani (ablative plural)
karalleni (allative singular)
karoilleni (allative plural)
karanani (essive singular)
karoinani (essive plural)
karakseni (singular translative)
karoikseni (plural translative)
karattani (abessive singular)
karoittani (abessive plural)
karoineni (comitative plural)
karasi (nominative singular)
karasi (nominative plural)
karasi (accusative nominative singular)
karasi (accusative nominative plural)
karasi (accusative genitive singular)
karasi (accusative genitive plural)
karasi (genitive singular)
karojesi (genitive plural)
karaisi (genitive plural rare)
karaasi (partitive singular)
karojasi (partitive plural)
karassasi (inessive singular)
karoissasi (inessive plural)
karastasi (elative singular)
karoistasi (elative plural)
karaasi (illative singular)
karoihisi (illative plural)
karallasi (adessive singular)
karoillasi (adessive plural)
karaltasi (ablative singular)
karoiltasi (ablative plural)
karallesi (allative singular)
karoillesi (allative plural)
karanasi (essive singular)
karoinasi (essive plural)
karaksesi (singular translative)
karoiksesi (plural translative)
karattasi (abessive singular)
karoittasi (abessive plural)
karoinesi (comitative plural)
karamme (nominative singular)
karamme (nominative plural)
karamme (accusative nominative singular)
karamme (accusative nominative plural)
karamme (accusative genitive singular)
karamme (accusative genitive plural)
karamme (genitive singular)
karojemme (genitive plural)
karaimme (genitive plural rare)
karaamme (partitive singular)
karojamme (partitive plural)
karassamme (inessive singular)
karoissamme (inessive plural)
karastamme (elative singular)
karoistamme (elative plural)
karaamme (illative singular)
karoihimme (illative plural)
karallamme (adessive singular)
karoillamme (adessive plural)
karaltamme (ablative singular)
karoiltamme (ablative plural)
karallemme (allative singular)
karoillemme (allative plural)
karanamme (essive singular)
karoinamme (essive plural)
karaksemme (singular translative)
karoiksemme (plural translative)
karattamme (abessive singular)
karoittamme (abessive plural)
karoinemme (comitative plural)
karanne (nominative singular)
karanne (nominative plural)
karanne (accusative nominative singular)
karanne (accusative nominative plural)
karanne (accusative genitive singular)
karanne (accusative genitive plural)
karanne (genitive singular)
karojenne (genitive plural)
karainne (genitive plural rare)
karaanne (partitive singular)
karojanne (partitive plural)
karassanne (inessive singular)
karoissanne (inessive plural)
karastanne (elative singular)
karoistanne (elative plural)
karaanne (illative singular)
karoihinne (illative plural)
karallanne (adessive singular)
karoillanne (adessive plural)
karaltanne (ablative singular)
karoiltanne (ablative plural)
karallenne (allative singular)
karoillenne (allative plural)
karananne (essive singular)
karoinanne (essive plural)
karaksenne (singular translative)
karoiksenne (plural translative)
karattanne (abessive singular)
karoittanne (abessive plural)
karoinenne (comitative plural)
karansa (nominative singular)
karansa (nominative plural)
karansa (accusative nominative singular)
karansa (accusative nominative plural)
karansa (accusative genitive singular)
karansa (accusative genitive plural)
karansa (genitive singular)
karojensa (genitive plural)
karainsa (genitive plural rare)
karaansa (partitive singular)
karojaan (partitive plural)
karojansa (partitive plural)
karassaan (inessive singular)
karassansa (inessive singular)
karoissaan (inessive plural)
karoissansa (inessive plural)
karastaan (elative singular)
karastansa (elative singular)
karoistaan (elative plural)
karoistansa (elative plural)
karaansa (illative singular)
karoihinsa (illative plural)
karallaan (adessive singular)
karallansa (adessive singular)
karoillaan (adessive plural)
karoillansa (adessive plural)
karaltaan (ablative singular)
karaltansa (ablative singular)
karoiltaan (ablative plural)
karoiltansa (ablative plural)
karalleen (allative singular)
karallensa (allative singular)
karoilleen (allative plural)
karoillensa (allative plural)
karanaan (essive singular)
karanansa (essive singular)
karoinaan (essive plural)
karoinansa (essive plural)
karakseen (singular translative)
karaksensa (singular translative)
karoikseen (plural translative)
karoiksensa (plural translative)
karattaan (abessive singular)
karattansa (abessive singular)
karoittaan (abessive plural)
karoittansa (abessive plural)
karoineen (comitative plural)
karoinensa (comitative plural)

spindle (rod which turns, or on which something turns, e.g. of a door or window handle)


loose

en-adj

loose (comparative looser, superlative loosest)

looser (comparative)
loosest (superlative)

packaged

antonym(s) of “not held or packaged together”

bound

antonym(s) of “not bound or tethered or leashed”

From Middle English loos, los, lous, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also -less, leasing; from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-, *lū- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also lyo-, -lysis, via Ancient Greek.

(US, slang, motor racing, of a stock car) Having oversteer.


dwell

From Middle English dwellen (“delay, live, remain, persist”), from Old English dwellan (“to mislead, deceive; be led into error, stray”), from Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną (“to hold up, delay; hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwelH- (“to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate”), which is cognate with Old Norse dvelja and related to Proto-Germanic *dwelaną (“to go astray”), which underwent semantic change in its descendants. Cognates include Danish dvæle (“to linger, dwell”) and Swedish dväljas (“to dwell, reside”).

cog

(automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).


hard

en-noun

hard (countable and uncountable, plural hards)

From Middle English hard, from Old English heard, from Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic *harduz, from Proto-Indo-European *kort-ús, from *kret- (“strong, powerful”). Cognate with German hart, Swedish hård, Ancient Greek κρατύς (kratús), Sanskrit क्रतु (krátu), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎 (xratu).

(countable, motor racing) A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.


lean

Probably from the verb to lean (see etymology 1 above), supposedly because consumption of the intoxicating beverage causes one to "lean". Alternatively, possibly short for gasoline (“an alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink”).

Eyes real tight 'cause I'm chokin' the creep; vision messed up 'cause I'm drinkin' the lean.

"What's in the cup, let me see that / Girl, where the rest of that promethazine at?" / She said, "Cool, gotta run out to my Cadillac though / And I'll be like Fat Joe, and bring the lean back"

2020, “Those Kinda Nights”, in Music to Be Murdered By, performed by Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran:

(slang, US) A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.


break

From earlier break de chasse, from English shooting brake.


parasol

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + sol (“sun”).


spat

Shortening of spatterdash, from spatter + dash. 1779.

(automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.


boot

Solombala English: бучь (bučʹ)

→ Russian: бутса (butsa)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: бу́це

Latin script: búce

→ Swahili: buti

From Middle English boote, bote (“shoe”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”). Of obscure origin, but probably related to Old French bot (“club-foot”), bot (“fat, short, blunt”), from Old Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewt-, *bʰewd- (“to strike, push, shock”); if so, a doublet of butt. Compare Old Norse butt (“stump”), Low German butt (“blunt, plump”), Old English bytt (“small piece of land”), buttuc (“end”). More at buttock and debut.

cog

couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel

(US, transport) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.

He heaved the bag and its contents over the lip of the boot and on to the flagstones. When it was out, no longer in that boot but on the ground, and the bag was still intact, he knew the worst was over.

1998, Ruth Rendell, A Sight For Sore Eyes, published 2010, page 260:

The body is constructed of welded steel panels, with the bonnet, doors and boot lid in aluminium on steel frames.

2003, Keith Bluemel, Original Ferrari V-12 1965-1973: The Restorer's Guide, unnumbered page:

Peers leant against the outside of the car a lit up her filter tip and watched as Bauer and Putin placed their compact suitcases in the boot of the BMW and slammed the boot lid down.

2008, MB Chattelle, Richmond, London: The Peter Hacket Chronicles, page 104:

(Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.

Because of overcrowding, many a CB enthusiast (called an "apple") is strapping an illegal linear amplifier ("boots") on to his transceiver ("ears") […]

1977, New Scientist, volume 74, page 764:

(slang) A linear amplifier used with CB radio.


apex

Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).

The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

(motor racing) The part of a corner where the racing line is nearest the inside of the bend.


bieg

bieg (nominative singular)
biegi (nominative plural)
biegu (genitive singular)
biega (genitive singular)
biegów (genitive plural)
biegowi (dative singular)
biegom (dative plural)
bieg (accusative singular)
biegi (accusative plural)
biegiem (instrumental singular)
biegami (instrumental plural)
biegu (locative singular)
biegach (locative plural)
biegu (singular vocative)
biegi (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish bieg, from Proto-Slavic *běgъ.

pierwszy bieg

wsteczny bieg

bezpośredni bieg

jałowy bieg

zredukować bieg

włączyć bieg

wrzucić bieg

zmienić bieg

ruszyć/ruszać na (pierwszym/wstecznym) bieg

gear (a configuration of the transmission of an motor car)


bil

head

bil c (singular definite bilen, plural indefinite biler)

bilen (definite singular)
biler (indefinite plural)
bil (indefinite nominative singular)
bilen (definite nominative singular)
biler (indefinite nominative plural)
bilerne (definite nominative plural)
bils (genitive indefinite singular)
bilens (definite genitive singular)
bilers (genitive indefinite plural)
bilernes (definite genitive plural)

→ Faroese: bilur

→ Greenlandic: biili

→ Icelandic: bíll

→ Norwegian Bokmål: bil

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: bil

→ Swedish: bil

From a clipping of automobil (“automobile”), from French automobile (“automotive”).


bil

bilen (definite singular)
biler (indefinite plural)
bilene (definite plural)

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil. This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.


bil

bilen (definite singular)
bilar (indefinite plural)
bilane (definite plural)


bil

doftgran

Little Trees / Wunder-Baum air freshener

köra bil

åka bil

sitta fram / bak i bilen

Vi ska köra, köra fort som fan. Köra runt med bilen genom hela stan. Vi ska köra, köra fort som fan. Sladda loss och börna genom hela stan ikväll.

1993, Ronny & Ragge (lyrics and music), “Köra fort som fan [Drive fast as hell]”, in Let's Pök! [Let's Bone!]:

We will [shall] drive, drive fast as hell. Drive around with the car through the whole town. We will drive, drive fast as hell. Drift [skid loose] and burn rubber through the whole town tonight.

a truck (considered a subcategory in Swedish)

a van (considered a subcategory in Swedish)


show

en-verb

show (third-person singular simple present shows, present participle showing, simple past showed or (archaic) shew, past participle shown or (now rare, US) showed)

shows (present singular third-person)
showing (participle present)
showed (past)
shew (archaic past)
shown (participle past)
showed (US archaic participle past)
show (infinitive)

disprove

antonym(s) of “indicate a fact to be true”

From Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution.
Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”). Related to sheen.
Wider cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō whence English caution and caveat, and Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “seer, prophet, bard”).

cog

In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.

(intransitive, motor racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.


rim

From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

cog

About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.

2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36:


float

From Middle English floten, from Old English flotian (“to float”), from Proto-West Germanic *flotōn, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian flotje (“to float”), West Frisian flotsje (“to float”), Dutch vlotten (“to float”), Middle Low German vloten, vlotten (“to float, swim”), German flötzen, flößen (“to float”), Swedish flotta (“to float”), Icelandic fljóta, Old English flēotan (“to float, swim”), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō), Lithuanian plaukti, Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ). Compare flow, fleet.

(automotive) A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.


carburettor

Both affect the performance of the machine, especially the carburettors, and both are important to the final appearance of the model.

2005, Mick Walker, How to Restore Your BMW Twin 1955-1985, page 92:

In a carburettor the pressure drop (or viewed another way, suction) is used to draw fuel out of a reservoir, usually via a jet, and into the venturi to mix with the air flowing through it.

2008, Daniel Stapleton, David Vizard, John Sprinzel, The MG Midget & Austin Healey Sprite High Performance Manual, page 36:

For a large part of the twentieth century the majority of light vehicles used petrol engines that were equipped with a carburettor.

2011, Allan Bonnick, A Practical Approach to Motor Vehicle Engineering and Maintenance, page 81:

(automotive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) Alternative spelling of carburetor (“device in an internal combustion engine”)


carburator

nl-noun

carburator m (plural carburatoren or carburators, diminutive carburatortje n)

carburatoren (plural)
carburators (plural)
carburatortje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: karburator

From carburateur, borrowed from French carburateur. Equivalent to carbureren + -ator.


crankcase

The crankcase itself is in one piece, in the form of a tunnel into which the crankshaft is introduced from one end.

1960 January, “The Swindon Type "4" diesel-hydraulic units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 41:

The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft.


stick

en-noun

stick (countable and uncountable, plural sticks)

→ Catalan: estic

→ Italian: stick

→ Korean: 스틱 (seutik)

→ Portuguese: stique, estique

→ Sranan Tongo: tiki

From Middle English stikke (“stick, rod, twig”), from Old English sticca (“rod, twig”), from Proto-West Germanic *stikkō, from Proto-Germanic *stikkô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stikke (“stick”), West Flemish stik (“stick”). Related to stigma.

der

better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick

better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick

it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog

An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.

(nautical) A mast or part of a mast of a ship; also, a yard.


stick

From Middle English stiken (“to stick, pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Old English stician (“to pierce, stab, remain embedded, be fastened”), from Proto-Germanic *stikōną (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tig-, *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”).
See also the related Proto-Germanic *stikaną, whence West Frisian stekke, Low German steken, Dutch steken, German stechen; compare also Danish stikke, Swedish sticka.
Cognate with the first etymology (same PIE root, different paths through Germanic and Old English), to stitch, and to etiquette, via French étiquette – see there for further discussion.

inh

(uncountable) The tendency to stick (remain stuck), stickiness.

(motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.


engine

→ Afrikaans: enjin

→ Bengali: ইঞ্জিন (injin)

→ Hindi: इंजन (iñjan)

→ Iban: injin

→ Japanese: エンジン

→ Hakka: 引擎 (ên-chín)

→ Min Nan: 引擎 (ia̋n-jín)

→ Korean: 엔진 (enjin)

→ Malay: enjin

Indonesian: enjin

→ Scottish Gaelic: einnsean

→ Swahili: injini

→ Shanghainese: 引擎 (in¹-jin⁶)

→ Chinese: 引擎 (yǐnqíng)

From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.

der

A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.


flat

From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt.
The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective.
The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

inh

The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent.

2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited:

(informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.


muffler

→ Japanese: マフラー

→ Spanish: mofle

→ Welsh: myffler

Holonym: exhaust system

Comeronyms: catalytic converter, exhaust pipe, tailpipe, sidepipe, manifold, header

(US, automotive) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.


crankshaft

en-verb

crankshaft (third-person singular simple present crankshafts, present participle crankshafting, simple past and past participle crankshafted)

crankshafts (present singular third-person)
crankshafting (participle present)
crankshafted (participle past)
crankshafted (past)

The attachment of the inboard end of the gear beam was damaged but remained intact; the drag strut fuse pin had 'crankshafted' in a direction indicating that a load had been applied in tension but this had also remained intact.

2010 February 9, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “1.12.3.3 Landing gear examination”, in Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008, archived from the original on 2022-06-16, page 44:

(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.


wet

en-noun

wet (countable and uncountable, plural wets)

From Middle English wet (“wet, moistened”), wett, wette, past participle of Middle English weten (“to wet”), from Old English wǣtan (“to wet, moisten, water”), from Proto-Germanic *wētijaną (“to wet, make wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”) (also the source of water).
Cognate with Scots weit, wete (“to wet”), Saterland Frisian wäitje (“to wet; drench”), Icelandic væta (“to wet”). Compare also Middle English weet (“wet”), from Old English wǣt (“wet, moist, rainy”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wētaz (“wet, moist”), related to Scots weit, weet, wat (“wet”), North Frisian wiat, weet, wäit (“wet”), Saterland Frisian wäit (“wet”), West Frisian wiet (“wet”), Middle Dutch wet (“wet, damp, watery”), Swedish and Norwegian våt (“wet”), Danish våd (“wet”), Faroese vátur (“wet”), Icelandic votur (“wet”).

cog

Wets, designed to channel water away from underneath the tyres, maximise grip and minimise the chance of aquaplaning.

2004, Jonathan Noble, Mark Hughes, Formula One Racing For Dummies, page 303:

(motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.


shock

en-noun

shock (countable and uncountable, plural shocks)

→ Bulgarian: шок (šok)

→ Chinese: 休克 (xiūkè)

→ Czech: šok

→ Italian: shock

→ Japanese: ショック (shokku)

→ Korean: 쇼크 (syokeu)

→ Macedonian: шок (šok)

→ Polish: szok

→ Russian: шок (šok)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: шо̏к

Latin: šȍk

→ Slovak: šok

→ Spanish: shock

From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake.
Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). Doublet of shog.

cog

shark (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)

If your truck's been riding rough, it might need new shocks.

We're bonin' on the dark blocks / Wearin' out the shocks, wettin' up the dashboard clock

1993, “Back Seat (of My Jeep)”, in 14 Shots to the Dome, performed by LL Cool J:

At the rear, you'll find a single, centrally mounted shock, the now-familiar single-sided swingarm and BMW's Paralever shaft-drive system, which does away with most of a shafty's chassis-jacking bugaboos.

1994, Cycle World Magazine, volume 33, number 1, page 49:

mechanical engineering
mechanical engineering

(automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).


cylinder

→ Japanese: シリンダー (shirindā)

→ Korean: 실린더 (sillindeo)

From Middle French chilindre, cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros), from κυλίνδω (kulíndō) "I roll or wallow" (intransitive). Doublet of calander and calender.

reciprocating engine
reciprocating engine

(automotive) The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.


cylinder

pl-noun

cylinder m inan (diminutive cylinderek, related adjective cylindrowy)

cylinderek (diminutive)
cylindrowy (adjective)
cylinder (nominative singular)
cylindry (nominative plural)
cylindra (genitive singular)
cylindrów (genitive plural)
cylindrowi (dative singular)
cylindrom (dative plural)
cylinder (accusative singular)
cylindry (accusative plural)
cylindrem (instrumental singular)
cylindrami (instrumental plural)
cylindrze (locative singular)
cylindrach (locative plural)
cylindrze (singular vocative)
cylindry (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Zylinder. Doublet of kalander.

(automotive) cylinder (space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump)


exhaust

→ Gulf Arabic: اقزوز (igzōz)

→ Hebrew: אֶגְזוֹז (egzóz)

→ Persian: اگزوز

→ Turkish: egzoz

From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”).

An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.


clutch

→ Dutch: kluts (“clutch”)

From Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”).
Cognate with Swedish klyka (“clamp, fork, branch”). The noun is from Middle English cleche, cloche, cloke ("claw, talon, hand"; compare Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik (“claw, talon”)), of uncertain origin, with the form probably assimilated to the verb.
Alternative etymology derives Old English clyċċan from Proto-Germanic *klēk- (“claw, hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *glēk-, *ǵlēḱ- (“claw, hand; to clutch, snatch”). If so, then cognate with Irish glac (“hand”).

gloss

The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.

enbrage

The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission

cloche

Caribbean Islands, Colombian Atlantic Coast

Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.


clutch

en-adj

clutch (comparative more clutch, superlative most clutch)

more clutch (comparative)
most clutch (superlative)

NC State made the most of their overtime possession scoring a touchdown on some very clutch plays.

2006, Bryan Hogan, Three Days for Goodbye, page 19:

I start with his most obvious characteristic: he was clutch. He is Mr. Clutch. In the last chapter I mentioned that Bernie Williams was clutch, which was a valid assessment, but nobody on the Yankees was as clutch as Jeter was.

2009, Scott Trocchia, The 2006 Yankees: The Frustration of a Nation, A Fan's Perspective, page 21:

It doesn't get more clutch than that!

2009, Mark Stewart, Clutch Performers, →ISBN, page 34:

(US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.


clutch

clutchen (definite singular)
clutcher (indefinite plural)
clutchene (definite plural)

trå in clutchen


clutch

clutchen (definite singular)
clutchar (indefinite plural)
clutchane (definite plural)

(short form of) clutch pedal (as in English)


platform

From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.

der

A car platform consists of the underbody, suspension, and axles, plus components such as the steering mechanism, engine, and powertrain. Using such a platform, a car company can design several distinct car models to suit different customer groups[…]

2017, Vinod K. Jain, Global Strategy: Competing in the Connected Economy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 131:

(automotive) Ellipsis of car platform: a set of components shared by several vehicle models.

pohjalevy

automotive: set of components shared by several vehicle models


box

en-noun

box (plural boxes or (nonstandard, computing, humorous) boxen)

boxes (plural)
boxen (humorous nonstandard plural)

Tok Pisin: bokis

→ Afrikaans: boks

→ Bengali: বাক্স (bakśo)

→ Bulgarian: бокс (boks)

→ Crimean Tatar: boks

→ Danish: boks

→ Dutch: box m

→ Faroese: boks

→ French: box m

→ German: Box f

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: बकस m (bakas), बक्सा m (baksā)

Urdu: بکس m (baks, bakas)

→ Icelandic: box n

→ Indonesian: boks

→ Irish: bosca m

→ Italian: box m

→ Japanese: ボックス (bokkusu)

→ Korean: 박스 (bakseu)

→ Maori: pāka

→ Marwari: बकस (baks, bakas)

→ Nepali: बाकस (bākas)

→ Norman: bosc m

→ Norwegian: boks m

→ Pashto: بکس (baks)

→ Persian: باکس (bâks)

→ Polish: boks m

→ Portuguese: box m

→ Russian: бокс m (boks)

→ Scottish Gaelic: bogsa m, bocsa

→ Spanish: box m

→ Swedish: box c

→ Welsh: bocs

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (púxos)
Ancient Greek -ις (-is)
Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.
Late Latin buxisbor.
Proto-West Germanic *buhsā
Old English box
Middle English box
English box
From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.
Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish hjulbössa (“wheel-box”).
The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen.

rasia

compartment or receptacle for receiving items

ramme

rectangular border around an image, text, etc.

ruutu

small area on a document for a tick mark

tofu

empty box displayed by some computer systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts

They were capable of climbing most hills in second low but for this exercise we decided to go for the bottom of the box, just to be sure.

2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 181:

Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.

Thinkin' like Roddy, got a stick in the box (Roddy)
Hide in another car, we just blickin' the opps (Bah)

2023 May 24, “Bounce”, PGF Nuk (lyrics):


box

Pseudo-anglicism, from English box, variously clipped (in the meaning "horsebox") or with transferred senses.


box

Borrowed from English box. Doublet of buje.


hammer

From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion.
(declare a defaulter on the stock exchange): Originally signalled by knocking with a wooden mallet.

sense

We is headin' for bear on I-one-oh
'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town.
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck
And I'm about to put the hammer down."

1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:


擋

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *taːŋʔ, *taːŋs): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 當 (OC *taːŋ, *taːŋs).
From 當 (OC *taːŋ, “to have the value of; to be equal of; to face; vis-à-vis; to match”) and originally written as 當 (Wang, 1982).

och-l

二擋

二挡

手動擋

手动挡

to pop out of gear; to skip a gear when shifting

跳擋

跳挡


şibidak

head

şibidak (definite accusative şibidağı, plural şibidaklar)

şibidağı (accusative definite)
şibidaklar (plural)
şibidak (nominative singular)
şibidaklar (nominative plural)
şibidağı (accusative definite singular)
şibidakları (accusative definite plural)
şibidağa (dative singular)
şibidaklara (dative plural)
şibidakta (locative singular)
şibidaklarda (locative plural)
şibidaktan (ablative singular)
şibidaklardan (ablative plural)
şibidağın (genitive singular)
şibidakların (genitive plural)

From German Schiebedach (“sliding roof; sunroof”).


Bentley

From Old English Beonetlēah. Originally a Sussex habitational name, the word leah or leag meaning field in Old English. Hence, equivalent to bent (“bent-grass”) + -leigh/lea (“meadow, field”); compare Bentham.

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Hettinger County, North Dakota.

Hettinger County
Hettinger County#English


ABC

en-noun

ABC (countable and uncountable, plural ABCs)

active body control
active body control#English

(automotive) Initialism of active body control.


ABC

(electronics, electric vehicles, automotive) Initialism of always be charging; a recommendation to remember to charge or be left without use by a low battery at an inopportune time.


jaguar

jaguar (nominative singular)
jaguary (nominative plural)
jaguara (genitive singular)
jaguarów (genitive plural)
jaguarowi (dative singular)
jaguarom (dative plural)
jaguara (accusative singular)
jaguary (accusative plural)
jaguarem (instrumental singular)
jaguarami (instrumental plural)
jaguarze (locative singular)
jaguarach (locative plural)
jaguarze (singular vocative)
jaguary (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English Jaguar. Genericized trademark.


coke

en-verb

coke (third-person singular simple present cokes, present participle coking, simple past and past participle coked)

cokes (present singular third-person)
coking (participle present)
coked (participle past)
coked (past)

Perhaps from Middle English coke, colk (“core”), from Old English *colc (“hole, well”), from Proto-West Germanic *kolk, from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz (“a hollow, depression”), from Proto-Indo-European *g(ʷ)el- (“to swallow, devour; gullet”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kolk (“maelstrom, depression, whirlpool”), West Frisian kolk (“maelstrom, whirlpool”), Dutch kolk (“maelstrom, vortex, whirlpool”), German Kolk (“pothole”).

cog

In kerolox engines, some of the fuel flow cokes in the engine's cooling passages over time, requiring thorough cleaning prior to reuse.

(especially automotive, astronautics) To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion.


FF

(automotive) The Ferrari FF (Ferrari Four), an all-wheel drive grand tourer by Ferrari.


AAA

Ahead of one of the busiest travel periods of the year, the American Automobile Association (AAA) said more than 112 million people planned to travel 50 miles (80 km) or more from home between 23 December and 2 January.

2022 December 23, Jon Henley, Edward Helmore, Maya Yang, “Gigantic US winter storm leaves millions without power and cancels holiday plans”, in The Guardian:

American Automobile Association
w:American Automobile Association

(US, automotive) Initialism of American Automobile Association.

(Australia, automotive) Initialism of Australian Automobile Association.


tank

nl-noun

tank m (plural tanks, diminutive tankje n)

tanks (plural)
tankje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: tenki

→ Caribbean Javanese: tèng

tank (armoured fighting vehicle with tracks and direct-fire gun)


daily

From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

(US, automotive, colloquial) A daily driver.


daily

en-verb

daily (third-person singular simple present dailies, present participle dailying, simple past and past participle dailied)

dailies (present singular third-person)
dailying (participle present)
dailied (participle past)
dailied (past)

(US, automotive, colloquial) To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.


XL

en-noun

XL (countable and uncountable, plural XLs)

(automotive) A designation for a trim level within a model of trucks; it denotes midrange features.


line

→ Scottish Gaelic: loidhne

From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).
Influenced in Middle English by Middle French ligne (“line”), from Latin linea. More at linen.
The oldest sense of the word is “rope, cord, thread”; from this the senses “path”, “continuous mark” were derived.

lyn

path through two or more points, threadlike mark

lyn

single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.

linja

measure of length, the main division of an inch or its local equivalent

"I guess it's like race cars - if you get the right line you can come out at top speed."

2021 February 20, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 10, column 3:

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

(automotive) A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.


ga

From French gaz (“gas”), from Dutch gas.

xe bị rồ/oà ga

a motorcycle with a broken throttle that accelerates while the twistgrip is released

Nổ nãy giờ mà chẳng có ga gì hết !

I've been trying to start my bike for hours and it's still not working!

chạy tẹt ga

to step on it/on the gas; to floor it; to put your foot down; to run full throttle

(automotive) the ignited mixture of fuel and air that powers an engine; not to be confused with xăng (“gasoline”)


FX

(Philippines, road transport) a public transport service typically using a Tamaraw FX vehicle


FX

Genericized trademark from an ellipsis of English Tamaraw FX.

(road transport) a public transport service typically using a Tamaraw FX vehicle


bus

→ Arabic: بَاص (bāṣ)

⇒ Burmese: ဘတ်စ်ကား (bhatcka:)

→ Cantonese: 巴士

→ Mandarin: 巴士 (bāshì)

→ German: Bus m

→ Hindi: बस (bas)

→ Irish: bus

desctree

→ Japanese: バス (basu)
→ Hakka: 巴士 (pa-sṳ́)
→ Hokkien: 巴士 (bá-suh)
→ Kavalan: basu
→ Sakizaya: basu

→ Korean: 버스 (beoseu)

→ Kurtöp: བས (bas)

→ Malay: bas

→ Pashto: بس

⇒ Sanskrit: बसयान (basayāna)

→ Scottish Gaelic: bus

→ Thai: บัส (bát)

→ Tibetan: འབའ་སེ ('ba' se)

→ Urdu: بس

→ Welsh: bws

Clipping of omnibus. Formerly often spelt 'bus. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.

(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads; by extension, the driver of said vehicle.

(chiefly US, Canada) A coach, a bus used for long travels.


bus

en-verb

bus (third-person singular simple present busses or buses, present participle bussing or busing, simple past and past participle bussed or bused)

busses (present singular third-person)
buses (present singular third-person)
bussing (participle present)
busing (participle present)
bussed (participle past)
bussed (past)
bused (participle past)
bused (past)

Machine guns are the most effective form of ‘election campaigning’, but the occupiers appear to also be bussing in ‘voters’ from the Russian Federation, and ‘registering total strangers in the homes of people forced to flee after the Russian invasion.

2024 March 13, Halya Coynash, “Russians with machine guns ensure occupied Ukraine ‘votes’ for Putin”, in Human Rights in Ukraine. The Information Portal of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group:

The ANC has accused the IFP of bussing in voters from other wards to vote during the recent Newcastle Municipality by-election won by the IFP.

2024 March 14, Clive Ndou, “ANC set to open case against ‘ghost IFP voters’”, in The Witness:

(transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.

But if you ask me to bus my children / I hope the cops take down your name

1966, Phil Ochs, “Love Me, I'm a Liberal”, in Phils Ochs in Concert:

...to strike down Detroit's federal court order to bus students across school district lines for the purpose of desegregation and therefore nullify many busing programs throughout the country.

2008, Ashley R. Holm, Racial Differences in Student Engagement and Attainment: A Study of Topeka High School, 1939--1984, ProQuest, →ISBN, page 23:

(transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.

(intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.


bus

From Italian bus, a clipping of omnibus, from French omnibus.

Benn rifta dar bus?


bus

borrowed from Dutch bus, shortening of omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“for everything/all”); dative plural of omnis (“all”).

alternative pronunciations, especially for the word of etymology 1

bus (a motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads)


circuit

From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire. As a Chinese administrative division, a calque of Chinese 道 (dào) or 路 (lù).

piiri

Methodist Church: district in which an itinerant preacher labors

dao

Imperial Chinese administrative divisions

Interlagos is the 24th track Hamilton has won at in F1, which is more than any other driver in history. The only circuit on the current calendar that Hamilton hasn’t won at is Baku, which only joined the schedule this year.

(motor racing) A track on which a race in held; a racetrack


pilot

→ Dari: پیلوت (pilot)

→ Hindi: पायलट (pāylaṭ)

→ Japanese: パイロット (pairotto)

→ Korean: 파일럿 (pailleot)

→ Northern Kurdish: pîlot

From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”), hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder”).


Christmas tree

Then, after a smoky-burnout to warm up the tires, you're lined up next to another competitor and the Christmas tree lights blink down... yellow, yellow, yellow, green!

1990 January, Popular Mechanics, volume 167, number 1, page 96:

(motor racing) A pole with lights, similar to a traffic signal, used for signalling the start of an automobile race.


gear

en-noun

gear (countable and uncountable, plural gears)

From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.

der

(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.

зъбна предавка

a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears

(countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.


candela

From Latin candēla, derived from candeō (“to shine, glow”).

candela di accensione
candela di accensione#Italian

Ellipsis of candela di accensione (“spark plug”).


cylinder head

(automotive) A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.


prototype

/ˈpɹəʊtətʌɪp/

From French prototype or Late Latin prototypon, from Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος (prōtótupos, “original; prototype”), from πρωτο- (prōto-, “first”) (from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first; earliest”)) + τῠ́πος (túpos, “blow, pressing; sort, type”) (from τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push; to stick”)). The word is analysable as proto- + -type.

(motor racing) A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.


beach

→ Japanese: ビーチ

→ Punjabi: ਬੀਚ (bīc)

→ Zulu: ibhishi

From Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), from Old English beċe (“beck, brook, stream”), from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“flowing water”).
Cognate with Dutch beek (“brook, stream”), German Bach (“brook, stream”), Swedish bäck (“stream, brook, creek”). More at batch, beck.

der

(motor racing, euphemistic) Synonym of gravel trap


grid

Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton fought up from the back of the grid to eighth, with team-mate Jenson Button taking ninth.

2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport:

(motor racing) The pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race.

стартова решетка

motor racing: the pattern of starting positions of the drivers for a race


grid

(motor racing) grid (starting positions of the drivers for a race)


cruise control

The crash-involved truck driver had activated the vehicle’s traditional cruise control, which is only able to maintain a set speed and does not reduce that speed based on vehicles ahead.

2024, NTSB, Highway Investigation Report, HIR-24-05:

A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.


hybrid

head

hybrid c (singular definite hybriden, plural indefinite hybrider)

hybriden (definite singular)
hybrider (indefinite plural)
hybrid (indefinite nominative singular)
hybriden (definite nominative singular)
hybrider (indefinite nominative plural)
hybriderne (definite nominative plural)
hybrids (genitive indefinite singular)
hybridens (definite genitive singular)
hybriders (genitive indefinite plural)
hybridernes (definite genitive plural)

(figuratively) a hybrid (mix of things)
(automotive) a hybrid vehicle

a hybrid (mix of things)
a hybrid vehicle


hybrid

hybrid (indefinite nominative singular)
hybrids (genitive indefinite singular)
hybriden (definite nominative singular)
hybridens (definite genitive singular)
hybrider (indefinite nominative plural)
hybriders (genitive indefinite plural)
hybriderna (definite nominative plural)
hybridernas (definite genitive plural)


knock

en-noun

knock (countable and uncountable, plural knocks)

From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge (“to squeeze”), Swedish knocka (“to hug”)).

(automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.


tyre

→ Chamorro: taia'

→ Japanese: タイヤ (taiya)

→ Korean: 타이어 (taieo)

→ Malay: tayar

→ Welsh: teiar

The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the word derives from attire, while other sources suggest a connection with the verb to tie. George Sturt in The Wheelwright's Shop (1923) makes a case for the latter derivation in that the metal tyre ('tyer') pulled the wooden wagon wheel tightly together when it shrank after being fitted red-hot. The spelling tyre is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most current and former Commonwealth nations after being revived in the 19th century. Both tyre and tire were used in the 15th and 16th centuries. The United States and Canada did not adopt the revival of tyre, and tire is the only spelling currently used there.

neumático

especially Chile and Spain - formal usage in other countries

pneumatic tyres

runflat tyres

The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.

Coordinate term: strakes

iron tyres for the coach and iron shoes for the horse

tyres and rails of steel, and every axle with roller bearings

It is also curious that whereas brake-blocks made of certain compositions (other than cast iron) offer improved coefficients of friction, their use can reduce adhesion, and thereby increase the liability to skid (doubtless by tending to polish the tyres) by as much as 20 per cent.

1960 April, “The braking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 237:

The metal rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives.


sunroof

→ Japanese: サンルーフ (sanrūfu)

→ Korean: 선루프 (seollupeu)

(automotive) A fixed or operable opening in a vehicle roof (car or truck) which allows fresh air and/or light to enter the passenger compartment. A sunroof may include a transparent or opaque panel and may be manually operated or power driven.


sunroof

head

sunroof (definite accusative sunroofu, plural sunrooflar)

sunroofu (accusative definite)
sunrooflar (plural)
sunroof (nominative singular)
sunrooflar (nominative plural)
sunroofu (accusative definite singular)
sunroofları (accusative definite plural)
sunroofa (dative singular)
sunrooflara (dative plural)
sunroofta (locative singular)
sunrooflarda (locative plural)
sunrooftan (ablative singular)
sunrooflardan (ablative plural)
sunroofun (genitive singular)
sunroofların (genitive plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English sunroof.


tire

→ Kashubian: tajra (Canada)

Believed from Middle English tire (“equipment”) aphetic form of attire; see details at tyre. See also German zieren (“to decorate”).

(American spelling, Canadian spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.

(American spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.

tyre

the tire of war


tire

en-verb

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

tires (present singular third-person)
tiring (participle present)
tired (participle past)
tired (past)

From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).

and now doth gaſtly death
With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart,
And like a Harpye tires on my life.

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:

Thus made she her remove, / And left wrath tyring on her son.

Upon that were my thoughts tiring.

c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

(obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.


tire

(North America) tire, tyre (of a car, truck, etc)


los

From Middle High German and Old High German lōs. Compare English loose.

regionally; chiefly as interjection or when meaning “going on”


panda

panda (nominative singular)
pandy (nominative plural)
pandy (genitive singular)
pand (genitive plural)
pandzie (dative singular)
pandom (dative plural)
pandę (accusative singular)
pandy (accusative plural)
pandą (instrumental singular)
pandami (instrumental plural)
pandzie (locative singular)
pandach (locative plural)
pando (singular vocative)
pandy (plural vocative)

Internationalism; compare English panda, French panda, German Panda.


speedway

en-noun

speedway (countable and uncountable, plural speedways)

трек

для мотоцикле́тных го́нок

(uncountable) A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.

(uncountable) A form of bicycle racing on flat (non-banked) oval dirt tracks.

A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.

A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.

(chiefly US) A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.


speedway

speedway (nominative singular)
speedwayt (nominative plural)
speedway (accusative nominative singular)
speedwayt (accusative nominative plural)
speedwayn (accusative genitive singular)
speedwayt (accusative genitive plural)
speedwayn (genitive singular)
speedwayiden (genitive plural)
speedwayitten (genitive plural)
speedwaytä (partitive singular)
speedwayitä (partitive plural)
speedwayssä (inessive singular)
speedwayissä (inessive plural)
speedwaystä (elative singular)
speedwayistä (elative plural)
speedwayhin (illative singular)
speedwayhyn (illative singular)
speedwayihin (illative plural)
speedwayllä (adessive singular)
speedwayillä (adessive plural)
speedwayltä (ablative singular)
speedwayiltä (ablative plural)
speedwaylle (allative singular)
speedwayille (allative plural)
speedwaynä (essive singular)
speedwayinä (essive plural)
speedwayksi (singular translative)
speedwayiksi (plural translative)
speedwayttä (abessive singular)
speedwayittä (abessive plural)
speedwayin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
speedwayni (nominative singular)
speedwayni (nominative plural)
speedwayni (accusative nominative singular)
speedwayni (accusative nominative plural)
speedwayni (accusative genitive singular)
speedwayni (accusative genitive plural)
speedwayni (genitive singular)
speedwayideni (genitive plural)
speedwayitteni (genitive plural)
speedwaytäni (partitive singular)
speedwayitäni (partitive plural)
speedwayssäni (inessive singular)
speedwayissäni (inessive plural)
speedwaystäni (elative singular)
speedwayistäni (elative plural)
speedwayhini (illative singular)
speedwayhyni (illative singular)
speedwayihini (illative plural)
speedwaylläni (adessive singular)
speedwayilläni (adessive plural)
speedwayltäni (ablative singular)
speedwayiltäni (ablative plural)
speedwaylleni (allative singular)
speedwayilleni (allative plural)
speedwaynäni (essive singular)
speedwayinäni (essive plural)
speedwaykseni (singular translative)
speedwayikseni (plural translative)
speedwayttäni (abessive singular)
speedwayittäni (abessive plural)
speedwayineni (comitative plural)
speedwaysi (nominative singular)
speedwaysi (nominative plural)
speedwaysi (accusative nominative singular)
speedwaysi (accusative nominative plural)
speedwaysi (accusative genitive singular)
speedwaysi (accusative genitive plural)
speedwaysi (genitive singular)
speedwayidesi (genitive plural)
speedwayittesi (genitive plural)
speedwaytäsi (partitive singular)
speedwayitäsi (partitive plural)
speedwayssäsi (inessive singular)
speedwayissäsi (inessive plural)
speedwaystäsi (elative singular)
speedwayistäsi (elative plural)
speedwayhisi (illative singular)
speedwayhysi (illative singular)
speedwayihisi (illative plural)
speedwaylläsi (adessive singular)
speedwayilläsi (adessive plural)
speedwayltäsi (ablative singular)
speedwayiltäsi (ablative plural)
speedwayllesi (allative singular)
speedwayillesi (allative plural)
speedwaynäsi (essive singular)
speedwayinäsi (essive plural)
speedwayksesi (singular translative)
speedwayiksesi (plural translative)
speedwayttäsi (abessive singular)
speedwayittäsi (abessive plural)
speedwayinesi (comitative plural)
speedwaymme (nominative singular)
speedwaymme (nominative plural)
speedwaymme (accusative nominative singular)
speedwaymme (accusative nominative plural)
speedwaymme (accusative genitive singular)
speedwaymme (accusative genitive plural)
speedwaymme (genitive singular)
speedwayidemme (genitive plural)
speedwayittemme (genitive plural)
speedwaytämme (partitive singular)
speedwayitämme (partitive plural)
speedwayssämme (inessive singular)
speedwayissämme (inessive plural)
speedwaystämme (elative singular)
speedwayistämme (elative plural)
speedwayhimme (illative singular)
speedwayhymme (illative singular)
speedwayihimme (illative plural)
speedwayllämme (adessive singular)
speedwayillämme (adessive plural)
speedwayltämme (ablative singular)
speedwayiltämme (ablative plural)
speedwayllemme (allative singular)
speedwayillemme (allative plural)
speedwaynämme (essive singular)
speedwayinämme (essive plural)
speedwayksemme (singular translative)
speedwayiksemme (plural translative)
speedwayttämme (abessive singular)
speedwayittämme (abessive plural)
speedwayinemme (comitative plural)
speedwaynne (nominative singular)
speedwaynne (nominative plural)
speedwaynne (accusative nominative singular)
speedwaynne (accusative nominative plural)
speedwaynne (accusative genitive singular)
speedwaynne (accusative genitive plural)
speedwaynne (genitive singular)
speedwayidenne (genitive plural)
speedwayittenne (genitive plural)
speedwaytänne (partitive singular)
speedwayitänne (partitive plural)
speedwayssänne (inessive singular)
speedwayissänne (inessive plural)
speedwaystänne (elative singular)
speedwayistänne (elative plural)
speedwayhinne (illative singular)
speedwayhynne (illative singular)
speedwayihinne (illative plural)
speedwayllänne (adessive singular)
speedwayillänne (adessive plural)
speedwayltänne (ablative singular)
speedwayiltänne (ablative plural)
speedwayllenne (allative singular)
speedwayillenne (allative plural)
speedwaynänne (essive singular)
speedwayinänne (essive plural)
speedwayksenne (singular translative)
speedwayiksenne (plural translative)
speedwayttänne (abessive singular)
speedwayittänne (abessive plural)
speedwayinenne (comitative plural)
speedwaynsä (nominative singular)
speedwaynsä (nominative plural)
speedwaynsä (accusative nominative singular)
speedwaynsä (accusative nominative plural)
speedwaynsä (accusative genitive singular)
speedwaynsä (accusative genitive plural)
speedwaynsä (genitive singular)
speedwayidensä (genitive plural)
speedwayittensä (genitive plural)
speedwaytään (partitive singular)
speedwaytänsä (partitive singular)
speedwayitään (partitive plural)
speedwayitänsä (partitive plural)
speedwayssään (inessive singular)
speedwayssänsä (inessive singular)
speedwayissään (inessive plural)
speedwayissänsä (inessive plural)
speedwaystään (elative singular)
speedwaystänsä (elative singular)
speedwayistään (elative plural)
speedwayistänsä (elative plural)
speedwayhinsä (illative singular)
speedwayhynsä (illative singular)
speedwayihinsä (illative plural)
speedwayllään (adessive singular)
speedwayllänsä (adessive singular)
speedwayillään (adessive plural)
speedwayillänsä (adessive plural)
speedwayltään (ablative singular)
speedwayltänsä (ablative singular)
speedwayiltään (ablative plural)
speedwayiltänsä (ablative plural)
speedwaylleen (allative singular)
speedwayllensä (allative singular)
speedwayilleen (allative plural)
speedwayillensä (allative plural)
speedwaynään (essive singular)
speedwaynänsä (essive singular)
speedwayinään (essive plural)
speedwayinänsä (essive plural)
speedwaykseen (singular translative)
speedwayksensä (singular translative)
speedwayikseen (plural translative)
speedwayiksensä (plural translative)
speedwayttään (abessive singular)
speedwayttänsä (abessive singular)
speedwayittään (abessive plural)
speedwayittänsä (abessive plural)
speedwayineen (comitative plural)
speedwayinensä (comitative plural)


pole

From Middle English pole, pal, from Old English pāl (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-West Germanic *pāl (“pole”), from Latin pālus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”), perhaps from Old Latin *paxlos, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to nail, fasten”). Doublet of peel, pale, and palus.
Cognates
 Cognate with Scots pale, paill (“stake, pale”), North Frisian pul, pil (“stake, pale”), Saterland Frisian Pool (“pole”), West Frisian poal (“pole”), Dutch paal (“pole”), German Pfahl (“pile, stake, post, pole”), Danish pæl (“pole”), Swedish påle (“pole”), Icelandic páll (“hoe, spade, pale”), Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; lustrum”).

cog

not touch something with a ten-foot pole

paalu

motor racing: pole position — see also pole position


manual

en-noun

manual (countable and uncountable, plural manuals)

From Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from manus (“hand”).

Tom's transmission shop can fix both manuals and automatics.

(countable) A device that is operated using the hands, or by a human rather than a machine.

(automotive) A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.


racetrack

/ˈɹeɪsˌtɹæk/

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-racetrack.wav

A course over which any type of races are run.


lore

Borrowed from English lorry, compare Farefare loore.


carburetor

/ˈkɑːb(j)əˌɹɛtə/

Attested from 1862, from carburet (“enrich an illuminating gas with carbon-rich fuel”) + -or. The motor vehicle sense is attested since 1896

affix

carburet<t:enrich an illuminating gas with carbon-rich fuel>

(US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition.

مَازِج

a device in an internal combustion engine


Käfer

de-noun

Käfer m (strong, genitive Käfers, plural Käfer, diminutive Käferchen n, feminine (for the animal) Käferin)

Käfers (genitive)
Käfer (plural)
Käferchen (diminutive neuter)
Käferin (feminine)
Käfer (nominative singular)
Käfer (definite nominative plural)
Käfers (genitive singular)
Käfer (definite genitive plural)
Käfer (dative singular)
Käfern (dative definite plural)
Käfer (accusative singular)
Käfer (accusative definite plural)

→ Ladin: chëifer

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German chevar, cheviro, from Proto-West Germanic *kefrō. Akin to English chafer, Dutch kever.


wheel

we'll (one pronunciation along with the wine–whine merger)

From Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, *hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂, reduplication of *kʷel- (“to turn”) and a suffix (literally "(the thing that) turns and turns"). See also West Frisian tsjil, Dutch wiel, Danish hjul; also Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”), Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “cycle, wheel”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra), Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá); and Latin colō (“to till, cultivate”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B käl- (“to bear; bring”), Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō, “to come into existence, become”), Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo, “wheel”), Albanian sjell (“to bring, carry, turn around”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (caraⁱti, “it circulates”), Sanskrit चरति (cárati, “it moves, wanders”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, and cyclus.

агьежь

a circular device facilitating movement or transportation

peix gros

person with a great deal of power or influence


station wagon

From train station; station wagons were originally designed for transporting people and luggage between stations and country estates.

1952 November, Should You Buy A Station Wagon?, Kiplinger′s Personal Finance, page 45,
Trade-in values for station wagons have shown a marked improvement since the introduction of the all-steel body. In fact, a station wagon buyer need not worry about his investment′s depreciating any more than he would have to if he bought a four-door sedan.

The Negro was lying in a ditch on the left side of the road, face down, headed west, and the body more or less parallel to the road and about a car length behind the station wagon and a car length in front of Price′s car.

1983, Willie Morris, The Courting of Marcus Dupree, published 1992, page 164:

The prosperity of the postwar years, the baby boom, and the birth of suburbia sent the demand for station wagons soaring. As a result, by 1952 almost every manufacturer offered a station wagon model.

2005, Jim Hinckley, The Big Book of Car Culture: The Armchair Guide to Automotive Americana, page 184:

They rushed him to nearby Coledale Hospital in the back of a station wagon where doctors were standing by.

2007, Wendy Lewis, See Australia and Die: Tales of Misadventure Down Under, unnumbered page:

Two Johns (John Hoban and John Groutsch) came to Essendon airport in their Holden station wagon to take me back to Tocumwal for an interview.

2011, Balaji Rao, From India to Australia, unnumbered page:

(US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, automotive) A body style for cars in which the roof is extended rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position and serving the function of the boot (trunk) of a sedan / saloon.