blindside

(automotive) A driver's field of blindness around an automobile; the side areas behind the driver.


garage

en-noun

garage (countable and uncountable, plural garages)

→ Assamese: গেৰেজ (gerez)

→ Bengali: গ্যারেজ (gêrej)

→ Hindi: गेराज (gerāj)

→ Irish: garáiste

→ Japanese: ガレージ, グラージ

→ Malay: garaj

→ Scottish Gaelic: garaids

→ Sinhalese: ගරාජ් (garāj)

→ Urdu: گیراج (gerāj)

/ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/

Borrowed from French garage (“keeping under cover, protection, shelter”), derivative of French garer (“to keep under cover, dock, shunt, guard, keep”), from Middle French garer, garrer, guerrer; partly from Old French garir, warir (from Old Frankish *warjan); and partly from Old French varer (“to fight, defend oneself, protect”), from Old Norse varask (“to defend oneself”), reflexive of vara (“to ware, watch out, defend”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”), *warōną (“to watch, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”).

der

A little further on, to the right, was a large garage, where the charabancs stood, half in and half out of the yard.

1931, Francis Beeding, “2/2”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps:

A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.

garazh

building or section of building to store a car, tools etc.

The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

(chiefly Commonwealth, dated, in US) A place where cars are serviced and repaired.

مَرْأَب

petrol filling station
petrol filling station

(chiefly Commonwealth) A petrol filling station.

(aviation) A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.


bus lane

(automotive, road transport) A traffic lane designated for the use of buses.


roadworthy

en-adj

roadworthy (comparative more roadworthy, superlative most roadworthy)

more roadworthy (comparative)
most roadworthy (superlative)

Coordinate term: unroadworthy

It was one of the rapidest Constitutions ever put together; made, some say in eight days, by Hérault Séchelles and others; probably a workmanlike, roadworthy Constitution enough; — on which point, however, we are, for some reasons, little called to form a judgment.

1851, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History:

The coupe shrieked as it hit the curve, but Harry managed the twist with precision and the roadworthy car responded.

1937 July 15, Maxwell Grant, “House of Silence”, in The Shadow:

(automotive, road transport) Being able to be driven, or suitable for driving, on the open road.


hjul

hjul (indefinite nominative singular)
hjuls (genitive indefinite singular)
hjulet (definite nominative singular)
hjulets (definite genitive singular)
hjul (indefinite nominative plural)
hjuls (genitive indefinite plural)
hjulen (definite nominative plural)
hjulens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish hiul, hiughl, from Old Norse hvél, hjól, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (“wheel”).

a wheel; a circular device capable of rotating on its axis


shock absorber

Hydraulic shock absorbers are used to damp out vertical and lateral oscillations.

1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 93:

mechanical engineering
mechanical engineering

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp any sudden shock impulse and dissipate kinetic energy; usually consists of a combination of a spring and a dashpot.


DUI

en-noun

DUI (countable and uncountable, plural DUIs)

Mr. Kelly acknowledged that alcoholism has been a problem for some air marshals — he said about 13 marshals had gotten D.U.I.s in the last three years — and he said that one marshal in the last five years had committed suicide.

2018 April 25, Ron Nixon, “Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program”, in The New York Times:

They can go out and drink without worrying about getting a DUI or killing someone driving home (“I’m much better off in the back of your car, aren’t I?”).

2020 February 27, Peter Jakubowicz, “The Drunk Men I Drive Around Every Night”, in Slate Magazine:

[see title]

2020, Douglas Cowan, Jon Scott Fox, Defending DUIs in Washington, 3rd edition, →ISBN:

driving under the influence
driving under the influence#English

A charge or conviction for driving under the influence (of drugs or alcohol).


drifter

However, sensing the available traction may actually be more important to a drifter.

2006, Paul Morton, How to Drift: The Art of Oversteer, page 32:

For professional drifters looking for even more fine-tuning of their suspension setups, some companies offer more advanced two-way adjustable shocks […]

2007, Calvin Wan, Calvin Wan's Drifting Performance Handbook, page 132:

While this method is used by a few drifters in rear-wheel drive cars, this technique is really the only way one can drift in a front-wheel drive car.

2009, Michael Bender, The Fast, the Fraudulent and the Fatal, page 50:

(automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires.


airbag

In a fast German car / I'm amazed that I survived / An airbag saved my life

1997, “Airbag”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead:

However, the challenges for the railway world are much greater than for automotive as we generally have more occupants, higher speeds, greater masses, higher energies, and an absence of seatbelts or airbags to contend with.

2021 December 29, Dominique Louis, “Causal analysis: crashworthiness at Sandilands”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32:

(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.


airbag

Unadapted borrowing from English airbag.

(automotive) airbag (a protective system in automobiles)


airbag

Unadapted borrowing from English airbag, attested since the 1970s.


WRC

(motor racing) Initialism of World Rally Championship.


سيارة

ar-noun

سَيَّارَة • (sayyāra) f (plural سَيَّارَات (sayyārāt))

سَيَّارَة (canonical)
sayyāra (romanization)
سَيَّارَات (plural)
سَيَّارَة (ar-infl-a indefinite informal singular triptote)
السَّيَّارَة (ar-infl-a definite informal singular triptote)
سَيَّارَة (ar-infl-a construct informal singular triptote)
سَيَّارَةٌ (ar-infl-a indefinite nominative singular triptote)
السَّيَّارَةُ (ar-infl-a definite nominative singular triptote)
سَيَّارَةُ (ar-infl-a construct nominative singular triptote)
سَيَّارَةً (accusative ar-infl-a indefinite singular triptote)
السَّيَّارَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a definite singular triptote)
سَيَّارَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a construct singular triptote)
سَيَّارَةٍ (ar-infl-a genitive indefinite singular triptote)
السَّيَّارَةِ (ar-infl-a definite genitive singular triptote)
سَيَّارَةِ (ar-infl-a construct genitive singular triptote)
سَيَّارَتَيْن (ar-infl-a dual indefinite informal singular triptote)
السَّيَّارَتَيْن (ar-infl-a definite dual informal singular triptote)
سَيَّارَتَيْ (ar-infl-a construct dual informal singular triptote)
سَيَّارَتَانِ (ar-infl-a dual indefinite nominative singular triptote)
السَّيَّارَتَانِ (ar-infl-a definite dual nominative singular triptote)
سَيَّارَتَا (ar-infl-a construct dual nominative singular triptote)
سَيَّارَتَيْنِ (accusative ar-infl-a dual indefinite singular triptote)
السَّيَّارَتَيْنِ (accusative ar-infl-a definite dual singular triptote)
سَيَّارَتَيْ (accusative ar-infl-a construct dual singular triptote)
سَيَّارَتَيْنِ (ar-infl-a dual genitive indefinite singular triptote)
السَّيَّارَتَيْنِ (ar-infl-a definite dual genitive singular triptote)
سَيَّارَتَيْ (ar-infl-a construct dual genitive singular triptote)
سَيَّارَات (feminine indefinite informal plural sound-form)
السَّيَّارَات (definite feminine informal plural sound-form)
سَيَّارَات (construct feminine informal plural sound-form)
سَيَّارَاتٌ (feminine indefinite nominative plural sound-form)
السَّيَّارَاتُ (definite feminine nominative plural sound-form)
سَيَّارَاتُ (construct feminine nominative plural sound-form)
سَيَّارَاتٍ (accusative feminine indefinite plural sound-form)
السَّيَّارَاتِ (accusative definite feminine plural sound-form)
سَيَّارَاتِ (accusative construct feminine plural sound-form)
سَيَّارَاتٍ (feminine genitive indefinite plural sound-form)
السَّيَّارَاتِ (definite feminine genitive plural sound-form)
سَيَّارَاتِ (construct feminine genitive plural sound-form)

→ Azerbaijani: səyyarə

→ Chagatai: سیاره

Uyghur: سەييارە (seyyare)

Uzbek: sayyora

→ Ottoman Turkish: سیاره (seyyâre)

Turkish: seyyare

Crimean Tatar: seyyare

→ Persian: سیاره (sayyâre)

→ Urdu: سیارہ (sayyārā)

Tool noun formed from the characteristic adjective of سَارَ (sāra, “to move, to travel”), as سَيَّار (sayyār, “moving frequently”) + ـَة (-a).
cognate to the Hebrew root סי"ר


slick

From Middle English slicke, slike, slyke, from Old English slīc (“sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick”), from Proto-Germanic *slīkaz (“sleek, smooth”),
from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Akin to Dutch sluik, dialectal Dutch sleek (“even, smooth”), Old Norse slíkr (“sleek, smooth”), Old English slician (“to make sleek, smooth, or glossy”).

cog

You'll go much faster if you put on slicks.

(sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.


cut in

en-verb

cut in (third-person singular simple present cuts in, present participle cutting in, simple past and past participle cut in)

cuts in (present singular third-person)
cutting in (participle present)
cut in (participle past)
cut in (past)

This is cutting in on my free time.

To intrude or interrupt.
To take up a portion of.

To pull in front of another vehicle in traffic, especially to do so dangerously or unfairly.


groove

From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), from Old English grōf (“trench, furrow, something dug”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Norwegian grov (“brook, riverbed”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Directly descended from Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.

der

(motor racing) A racing line, a path across the racing circuit's surface that a racecar will usually track on. (Note: There may be multiple grooves on any particular circuit or segment of circuit)


topless

(automotive) A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open.


privateer

/ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪə/

/ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪɚ/

From private + -eer, probably after volunteer.

(motor racing, chiefly Canada, US) A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.

yksityiskuski

motor racing: private individual entrant

(motor racing, elite championships) A racing team that is not a subsidiary of a large conglomerate, or automotive or vehicle manufacturer.


chopped

en-adj

chopped (comparative more chopped, superlative most chopped)

more chopped (comparative)
most chopped (superlative)

He later bought a '33 Ford coupe, chopped and channeled it and installed a Mercury engine.

1958, Charles Beaumont, William F. Nolan, Omnibus of Speed: An Introduction to the World of Motor Sport, Putnam, page 183:

(automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline.


bootlegger reverse

en-noun

bootlegger reverse (plural bootlegger reverses)

(US, automotive) An automobile driving maneuver where the driver puts the vehicle in a controlled skid in order to quickly reverse the vehicle's bearing to the opposite direction.


fianchetto

→ English: fianchetto

→ Spanish: fianchetto


back-seat driver

back-seat driver (plural back-seat drivers)

A person sitting (typically) in the back seat of a car issuing (unsolicited and usually unwanted) instructions to the driver.


trim

trim (countable and uncountable, plural trims)

From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”).

varustelutaso

the manner in which something is equipped

Holonyms: make; model

Near-synonym: submodel

This model of car comes in three different trims.

If you want air conditioning, you'll need to move up to the next-higher trim level.

(countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.

(especially automotive) An established configuration of features within a model.


chicane

en-noun

chicane (countable and uncountable, plural chicanes)

On lap 23, Hamilton got a run on Leclerc into the second chicane after the two had overtaken Nico Hulkenberg's out-of-stop-sequence Renault down the main straight.

2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:

(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.

xicana

motor racing: double bend or obstacle designed to prevent unsafe speeds


Auto

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)
Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor.
French auto-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Latin -bilis
Latin mōbilislbor.
French mobile
French automobilebor.
German Automobil
German Autobor.
Hunsrik AutoBorrowed from German Auto.

etymon

Er hod en neies Auto kaafd.


Cabriolet

de-noun

Cabriolet m (strong, genitive Cabriolets, plural Cabriolets)

Cabriolets (genitive)
Cabriolets (plural)
Cabriolet (nominative singular)
Cabriolets (definite nominative plural)
Cabriolets (genitive singular)
Cabriolets (definite genitive plural)
Cabriolet (dative singular)
Cabriolets (dative definite plural)
Cabriolet (accusative singular)
Cabriolets (accusative definite plural)


Chassis

Chassis n (strong, genitive Chassis, plural Chassis)

Chassis (genitive)
Chassis (plural)
Chassis (nominative singular)
Chassis (definite nominative plural)
Chassis (genitive singular)
Chassis (definite genitive plural)
Chassis (dative singular)
Chassis (dative definite plural)
Chassis (accusative singular)
Chassis (accusative definite plural)


Box

Box (genitive)
Boxen (plural)
Box (nominative singular)
Boxen (definite nominative plural)
Box (genitive singular)
Boxen (definite genitive plural)
Box (dative singular)
Boxen (dative definite plural)
Box (accusative singular)
Boxen (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English box. Doublet of Büchse (“can”) and Buchse (“bushing, connector”).

doublet

(motor racing) pit (area for refueling and repairing)


Chevy

Short for Chevrolet.; a brand of car produced by General Motors.


Chevy

Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry […]


intermediate

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intermediate (adj, noun).wav

From Medieval Latin intermediatus, past participle of intermediare, from inter + Late Latin mediare (“to mediate”); also Latin intermedius.

междинен продукт

any substance formed as part of a series of chemical reactions that is not the end-product

(motor racing) A kind of tyre with relatively light grooving, used for conditions between fully dry and fully wet.


Dodge

en-proper noun

Dodge (countable and uncountable, plural Dodges)

From a Middle English diminutive form of Roger.

(countable, chiefly US) A surname transferred from the given name.

A placename
A city and village in North Dakota.

A placename
A census-designated place in Oklahoma.

census-designated place
census-designated place


Fiat

From the Italian abbreviation: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (“Italian Automobile Factory of Turin”).

Even as a young feminist who was very angry at men, a real ballbuster, I had a boyfriend who drove a Fiat, I was always fashionable, even though it was hippie gear.

1997, Jill Nagle, Whores and Other Feminists, page 160:

We'd watched Marion pile her three kids and their stuff into an old Fiat 124 I was sure Dad must have picked for her; she didn't look like a Fiat driver at heart.

2003, Mary-Rose MacColl, Killing Superman, page 108:

You are jet-lagged, have a headache, can't stand driving a Fiat, it's turned dark and you cannot see or read the road signs.

2005, Chris Bonner, Reducing Stress-related Behaviours in People with Dementia Care-based Therapy, page 13:

An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A..


Bug

A river flowing northwest 450 miles between Belarus and Poland.

A river in Ukraine (Southern Bug), flowing 530 miles to the Dnieper estuary.


Jag

"One of the ticket collectors at our local station," observed Mr. Fiennes, "has a Jag."

1960 February, “The future of B.R. passenger traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 76:


Jaguar

A motor car manufactured by this company


Kat

de-noun

Kat m (strong, genitive Kats or Kat, plural Kats)

Kats (genitive)
Kat (genitive)
Kats (plural)
Kat (nominative singular)
Kats (definite nominative plural)
Kats (genitive singular)
Kat (genitive singular)
Kats (definite genitive plural)
Kat (dative singular)
Kats (dative definite plural)
Kat (accusative singular)
Kats (accusative definite plural)

(automotive, informal) Clipping of Katalysator (“catalytic converter”).


Limousine

Limousine f (genitive Limousine, plural Limousinen)

Limousine (genitive)
Limousinen (plural)
Limousine (nominative singular)
Limousinen (definite nominative plural)
Limousine (genitive singular)
Limousinen (definite genitive plural)
Limousine (dative singular)
Limousinen (dative definite plural)
Limousine (accusative singular)
Limousinen (accusative definite plural)

(automotive) saloon car/sedan (car with a lowered boot/trunk)


Himmel

Himmel m (strong, genitive Himmels, plural Himmel)

Himmels (genitive)
Himmel (plural)
Himmel (nominative singular)
Himmel (definite nominative plural)
Himmels (genitive singular)
Himmel (definite genitive plural)
Himmel (dative singular)
Himmeln (dative definite plural)
Himmel (accusative singular)
Himmel (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German himel, from Old High German himil, from Proto-West Germanic *himil.

(automotive) headliner (interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle)


Mini

A model of compact car, originally built by BMC in the United Kingdom, and later by BMW.


Lada

Жигули́ Жигули#Russian

A make of car, produced by the Soviet/Russian automotive manufacturer AvtoVAZ; the car's name for the internal Soviet/Russian market is Zhiguli (Жигули́ (Žigulí)).


Ford

en-proper noun

Ford (countable and uncountable, plural Fords)

Ford (disambiguation)#People
Ford (disambiguation)#Places

An extinct town in Bartow County, Georgia.

Dinwiddie County
Dinwiddie County#English

An unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.


Morris

Morris (countable and uncountable, plural Morrises)

* The surname has converged from several origins; see Morris.


Pedal

de-noun

Pedal n (strong, genitive Pedals, plural Pedale)

Pedals (genitive)
Pedale (plural)
Pedal (nominative singular)
Pedale (definite nominative plural)
Pedals (genitive singular)
Pedale (definite genitive plural)
Pedal (dative singular)
Pedalen (dative definite plural)
Pedal (accusative singular)
Pedale (accusative definite plural)


Piste

Piste (genitive)
Pisten (plural)
Piste (nominative singular)
Pisten (definite nominative plural)
Piste (genitive singular)
Pisten (definite genitive plural)
Piste (dative singular)
Pisten (dative definite plural)
Piste (accusative singular)
Pisten (accusative definite plural)


Lincoln

en-proper noun

Lincoln (countable and uncountable, plural Lincolns)

From Old English Lindcoln, Lindcylene, from Latin Lindum Colonia, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford. In the United States, many of the places established since 1865 are named after Abraham Lincoln.

Talladega County
Talladega County#English

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Talladega County, Alabama, named after Benjamin Lincoln.

Bonneville County
Bonneville County#English

A census-designated place in Bonneville County, Idaho.

A city in Burleigh County, North Dakota.

Allegheny County
Allegheny County#English

A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Providence County
Providence County#English

A town in Providence County, Rhode Island.

An unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia.

An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Eau Claire County
Eau Claire County#English

Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County#English

A town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.

Athabasca County
Athabasca County#English

A community of Athabasca County, Alberta.


Pilot

de-noun

Pilot m (weak, genitive Piloten, plural Piloten, feminine Pilotin)

Piloten (genitive)
Piloten (plural)
Pilotin (feminine)
Pilot (nominative singular)
Piloten (definite nominative plural)
Piloten (genitive singular)
Piloten (definite genitive plural)
Piloten (dative singular)
Piloten (dative definite plural)
Piloten (accusative singular)
Piloten (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: pilot

→ Estonian: piloot

Ca. 1500, from Italian pilota, in part through Middle French pilote.

(motor racing, often media jargon) driver


Morgan

en-prop

Morgan (countable and uncountable, plural Morgans)

A placename.
A locale in the United States:
A minor city in Bosque County, Texas.

An unincorporated community in Shawano County, Wisconsin.


Singer

The sewing machines were named after the company founder, I. M. Singer.

West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire#English

A railway station in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, named after the Singer sewing machine factory that formerly existed there (OS grid ref NS4970).


Singer

They were ancient industrial Singers, made of iron and brass and strung with heavy cotton binding thread that fed like spider webs from spools perched on tall twin spindles.

2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 288:

(sewing) A sewing machine of the Singer brand.


Veteran

de-noun

Veteran m (weak, genitive Veteranen, plural Veteranen, feminine Veteranin)

Veteranen (genitive)
Veteranen (plural)
Veteranin (feminine)
Veteran (nominative singular)
Veteranen (definite nominative plural)
Veteranen (genitive singular)
Veteranen (definite genitive plural)
Veteranen (dative singular)
Veteranen (dative definite plural)
Veteranen (accusative singular)
Veteranen (accusative definite plural)


Winker

Winker m (strong, genitive Winkers, plural Winker)

Winkers (genitive)
Winker (plural)
Winker (nominative singular)
Winker (definite nominative plural)
Winkers (genitive singular)
Winker (definite genitive plural)
Winker (dative singular)
Winkern (dative definite plural)
Winker (accusative singular)
Winker (accusative definite plural)

→ Japanese: ウインカー (uinkā)

From Middle High German winker, winkære, equivalent to winken (“to wave”) + -er.

(automotive, driving) indicator, blinker


Tempo

Genericization of the trademark Tempo. From the name of a popular manufacturer of such structures. Clipping of temporary.

(Quebec, automotive) A type of car shelter, a temporary kit-built prefabricated steel-framed high tunnel peaked hoop house with an impermeable translucent plastic fabric cover, and flap doors.


Tempo

Genericization of the trademark Tempo. From the name of a popular manufacturer of such structures. Clipping of temporaire.

(Quebec, automotive) Tempo: A type of temporary car shelter


Volvo

From Swedish Volvo, from Latin volvō (“I roll”), in reference to ball bearings which were the company's original product.

The Volvo Car Corporation, a Swedish manufacturer of cars, now owned by the Chinese holding company Geely.


pb

(automotive, in classified ads) Abbreviation of power brakes.


leptir

lȅptīr (canonical masculine)
ле̏птӣр (Cyrillic)
lȅptīr (nominative singular)
lȅptīri (nominative plural)
lȅptirovi (nominative plural)
leptira (genitive singular)
leptira (genitive plural)
leptirova (genitive plural)
leptiru (dative singular)
leptirima (dative plural)
leptirovima (dative plural)
leptira (accusative singular)
leptire (accusative plural)
leptirove (accusative plural)
leptiru (singular vocative)
leptiri (plural vocative)
leptirovi (plural vocative)
leptiru (locative singular)
leptirima (locative plural)
leptirovima (locative plural)
leptirom (instrumental singular)
leptirima (instrumental plural)
leptirovima (instrumental plural)

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”);
compare dialectal Bulgarian лепир (lepir, “vampire”), dialectal Russian лепень (lepenʹ, “butterfly”).

com

lepidopteran; butterfly or moth (but prototypically a butterfly)


лептир

ле̏птӣр (canonical masculine)
lȅptīr (romanization)
ле̏птӣр (nominative singular)
ле̏птӣри (nominative plural)
ле̏птирови (nominative plural)
лептира (genitive singular)
лептира (genitive plural)
лептирова (genitive plural)
лептиру (dative singular)
лептирима (dative plural)
лептировима (dative plural)
лептира (accusative singular)
лептире (accusative plural)
лептирове (accusative plural)
лептиру (singular vocative)
лептири (plural vocative)
лептирови (plural vocative)
лептиру (locative singular)
лептирима (locative plural)
лептировима (locative plural)
лептиром (instrumental singular)
лептирима (instrumental plural)
лептировима (instrumental plural)

sh-decl-noun

ле̏птӣри / ле̏птирови

лептира / лептирова

лептирима / лептировима

лептире / лептирове

лептири / лептирови

лептирима / лептировима

лептирима / лептировима


chop shop

Apparently his stolen car had been taken to a chop shop, as the police only recovered the frame.

Once the car is in a chop shop, a skilled cutter can reduce it to salable parts in half an hour to 45 minutes.

1979, “The Car-Theft Boom”, in Newsweek, page 100:

New York City sports a number of chop shops, as do Chicago, Detroit and most other large metropolitan areas.[…]If they can′t find the right engine, the junkyard may call a chop shop contact to get someone on the street looking for the right make and year.

1987 August 20, Ed Heney, “Outsmart the Car Thieves”, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, page 32:

“A chop shop disassembles the entire car, so they need a location that is secluded, like a warehouse or a vacant factory — although today′s forfeiture laws tend to discourage chop shops.”

2009, Taylor Joseph, Allison Investigates, Four Star Publishing, page 94:

(US) A facility where stolen motor vehicles are disassembled in order to sell their mechanical parts.


chop shop

en-verb

chop shop (third-person singular simple present chop shops, present participle chop shopping, simple past and past participle chop shopped)

chop shops (present singular third-person)
chop shopping (participle present)
chop shopped (participle past)
chop shopped (past)

Seller of used car, who had fraudulently represented to buyer that the vehicle identification number (VIN) had been scratched out under windshield because former owner had been trying to prevent repossession of the car, was liable to buyer for punitive damages, based on having acted willfully or with reckless disregard for the consequences of the seller's conduct, even if the seller had not known the car had been "chop shopped" from two different vehicles.

1961, American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts, Annotated, Bancroft-Whitney Company:

A new income, from "chop shopping," the dismantling of stolen cars and the subsequent sale of their parts, was adding to the coffers but was no panacea.

1995, William F. Roemer Jr., Accardo: The Genuine Godfather, page 305:


locker

From lock (lock + -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix)) from Old English loc (“fastening, enclosure”), from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.

шка́фчик

запирающийся

я́щик

запирающийся

locking differential
locking differential


buckle up

en-verb

buckle up (third-person singular simple present buckles up, present participle buckling up, simple past and past participle buckled up)

buckles up (present singular third-person)
buckling up (participle present)
buckled up (participle past)
buckled up (past)

So buckle up for what's coming, readers!

2019 February 27, Robert Kirkman, Outcast By Kirkman & Azaceta #39, Image Comics:

(intransitive, idiomatic, by extension, usually imperative) To get ready, to prepare oneself.


D

en-noun

D (countable and uncountable, plural Ds)

(automotive) Abbreviation of drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.


drive-by

Of a crime, etc.: carried out from a moving vehicle.

If the highly visible mockery of teenagers leads to a serious examination of the practices and institutions that perpetuate racism, perhaps it will be worth it. But I have my doubts. This kind of drive-by scapegoating does not seem conducive to genuine reflection (and it definitely doesn't encourage reflection in the individuals it scapegoats). It allows us to point the finger at other, younger, relatively powerless people, rather than consider the ways in which we're implicated in a problem that is much, much larger than a few misguided teenagers on Twitter.

2012 April 11, L. V. Anderson, “Talking to Teens Who Tweeted Racist Things About The Hunger Games”, in Slate, archived from the original on 2023-06-02:

But what hinders students far more than the technical side is Wikipedia's editing culture. Many of their contributions got reversed almost immediately, in what is known as a "drive-by deletion."

2018 October 8, Dawn Bazely, “Why Nobel winner Donna Strickland didn’t have a Wikipedia page”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-30:

(figuratively) Done in a cursory or superficial manner with little regard for the issues involved; careless, offhand.


drive-by

A crime, such as a shooting, carried out from a moving vehicle.


T

T (countable and uncountable, plural Ts)

(automotive) The Ford Motor Company's Model T automobile.


COE

(automotive) Initialism of cab over engine.


COE

(automotive) Initialism of cab-over-engine.


DD

DD (countable and uncountable, plural DDs)

(automotive) Initialism of daily driver: a vehicle which is used for everyday commuting, unlike a weekend warrior / Sunday Funday vehicle.


toyota

toyota (nominative singular)
toyoty (nominative plural)
toyoty (genitive singular)
toyot (genitive plural)
toyocie (dative singular)
toyotom (dative plural)
toyotę (accusative singular)
toyoty (accusative plural)
toyotą (instrumental singular)
toyotami (instrumental plural)
toyocie (locative singular)
toyotach (locative plural)
toyoto (singular vocative)
toyoty (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Japanese トヨタ (Toyota). Genericized trademark.


automobil

automobil (nominative singular)
automobily (nominative plural)
automobilu (genitive singular)
automobilů (genitive plural)
automobilu (dative singular)
automobilům (dative plural)
automobil (accusative singular)
automobily (accusative plural)
automobile (singular vocative)
automobily (plural vocative)
automobilu (locative singular)
automobilech (locative plural)
automobilem (instrumental singular)
automobily (instrumental plural)


automobil

head

automobil c (singular definite automobilen or automobilet, plural indefinite automobiler)

automobilen (definite singular)
automobilet (definite singular)
automobiler (indefinite plural)
automobil (indefinite nominative singular)
automobilen (definite nominative singular)
automobilet (definite nominative singular)
automobiler (indefinite nominative plural)
automobilerne (definite nominative plural)
automobils (genitive indefinite singular)
automobilens (definite genitive singular)
automobilets (definite genitive singular)
automobilers (genitive indefinite plural)
automobilernes (definite genitive plural)


automobil

de-adj

automobil (strong nominative masculine singular automobiler, not comparable)

automobiler (masculine nominative singular strong)
automobil (masculine predicative singular)
automobil (feminine predicative singular)
automobil (neuter predicative singular)
automobil (plural predicative)
automobiler (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
automobile (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
automobiles (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
automobile (nominative plural strong without-article)
automobilen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
automobiler (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
automobilen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
automobiler (genitive plural strong without-article)
automobilem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
automobiler (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
automobilem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
automobilen (dative plural strong without-article)
automobilen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
automobile (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
automobiles (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
automobile (accusative plural strong without-article)
der automobile (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die automobile (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das automobile (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die automobilen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des automobilen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der automobilen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des automobilen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der automobilen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem automobilen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der automobilen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem automobilen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den automobilen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den automobilen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die automobile (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das automobile (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die automobilen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein automobiler (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine automobile (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein automobiles (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
automobilen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine automobilen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines automobilen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer automobilen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines automobilen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
automobilen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner automobilen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem automobilen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer automobilen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem automobilen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
automobilen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen automobilen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen automobilen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine automobile (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein automobiles (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
automobilen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine automobilen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)


automobil

pl-noun

automobil m inan (related adjective automobilowy)

automobilowy (adjective)
automobil (nominative singular)
automobile (nominative plural)
automobilu (genitive singular)
automobili (genitive plural)
automobilów (genitive plural)
automobilowi (dative singular)
automobilom (dative plural)
automobil (accusative singular)
automobile (accusative plural)
automobilem (instrumental singular)
automobilami (instrumental plural)
automobilu (locative singular)
automobilach (locative plural)
automobilu (singular vocative)
automobile (plural vocative)


automobil

automobile (plural)
automobil (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
automobilul (accusative definite nominative singular)
automobile (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
automobilele (accusative definite nominative plural)
automobil (indefinite singular)
automobilului (definite singular)
automobile (indefinite plural)
automobilelor (definite plural)
automobilule (singular vocative)
automobilelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French automobile, German Automobil. By surface analysis, auto- + mobil.


automobil

sh-noun

automòbīl m (Cyrillic spelling аутомо̀бӣл)

automòbīl (canonical masculine)
аутомо̀бӣл (Cyrillic)
automobil (nominative singular)
automobili (nominative plural)
automobila (genitive singular)
automobila (genitive plural)
automobilu (dative singular)
automobilima (dative plural)
automobil (accusative singular)
automobile (accusative plural)
automobile (singular vocative)
automobili (plural vocative)
automobilu (locative singular)
automobilima (locative plural)
automobilom (instrumental singular)
automobilima (instrumental plural)


automobil

sk-noun

automobil m inan (related adjective automobilový or automobilný)

automobilový (adjective)
automobilný (adjective)
nominative
automobil (singular)
automobily (plural)
genitive
automobilu (singular)
automobilov (plural)
dative
automobilom (plural)
accusative
locative
automobile (singular)
automobiloch (plural)
instrumental
automobilom (singular)
automobilmi (plural)


scoop

From Middle English scope, schoupe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch scoep, scuep, schope, schoepe (“bucket for bailing water”) and Middle Dutch schoppe, scoppe, schuppe ("a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch schop (“spade”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuppǭ, *skuppijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut, to scrape, to hack”). Cognate with Old Frisian skuppe (“shovel”), Middle Low German schōpe (“scoop, shovel”), German Low German Schüppe, Schüpp (“shovel”), German Schüppe, Schippe (“shovel, spade”). Related to English shovel.

gloss

"a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">schop</i> (“spade”)

cog

(automotive) An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine.


автомобиль

ru-noun+

автомоби́льный

автомоби́льчик

автомоби́ль • (avtomobílʹ) m inan (genitive автомоби́ля, nominative plural автомоби́ли, genitive plural автомоби́лей, relational adjective автомоби́льный, diminutive автомоби́льчик)

автомоби́ль (canonical)
avtomobílʹ (romanization)
автомоби́ля (genitive)
автомоби́ли (nominative plural)
автомоби́лей (genitive plural)
автомоби́льный (adjective relational)
автомоби́льчик (diminutive)
автомоби́ль (nominative singular)
автомоби́ли (nominative plural)
автомоби́ля (genitive singular)
автомоби́лей (genitive plural)
автомоби́лю (dative singular)
автомоби́лям (dative plural)
автомоби́ль (accusative singular)
автомоби́ли (accusative plural)
автомоби́лем (instrumental singular)
автомоби́лями (instrumental plural)
автомоби́ле (prepositional singular)
автомоби́лях (plural prepositional)
автомоби́ль (dated nominative singular)
автомоби́ли (dated nominative plural)
автомоби́ля (dated genitive singular)
автомоби́лей (dated genitive plural)
автомоби́лю (dated dative singular)
автомоби́лямъ (dated dative plural)
автомоби́ль (accusative dated singular)
автомоби́ли (accusative dated plural)
автомоби́лемъ (dated instrumental singular)
автомоби́лями (dated instrumental plural)
автомоби́лѣ (dated prepositional singular)
автомоби́ляхъ (dated plural prepositional)

→ Armenian: ավտոմոբիլ (avtomobil)

→ Azerbaijani: avtomobil

→ Georgian: ავტომობილი (avṭomobili)

→ Ingrian: automobili

→ Kazakh: автомобиль (avtomobil)

→ Kyrgyz: автомобиль (avtomobil)

→ Turkmen: awtomobil

→ Uyghur: ئاپتوموبىل (aptomobil)

→ Uzbek: avtomobil

Ru-автомобиль.ogg

ru:автомобиль


CPO

Certified Pre-Owned
certified pre-owned#English

(automotive) Initialism of Certified Pre-Owned. (referring to a used car with a manufacturer's warranty)

Certified Pre-Owned

charge point operator
charge point operator#English

(automotive, electrical) Initialism of charge point operator.


squib

Possibly imitative of a small explosion.

unk

Possibly

(automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.


CAA

Canadian Automobile Association
w:en:Canadian Automobile Association

(Canada, automotive) Initialism of Canadian Automobile Association.


ICE

internal combustion engine
internal combustion engine#English

internal-combustion engine
internal-combustion engine#English

(automotive) Acronym of internal combustion engine, internal-combustion engine.

in-car entertainment
w:in-car entertainment

(automotive) Initialism of in-car entertainment.


ICE

en-verb

ICE (third-person singular simple present ICEs, present participle ICEing, simple past and past participle ICEd)

ICEs (present singular third-person)
ICEing (participle present)
ICEd (participle past)
ICEd (past)

“We do get charge rage if someone ICEs your bay. And people don’t like it if someone parks a Tesla to charge for two hours. When your car has finished charging, our message is: move it.”
ICE-ing is EV owner-speak for when an internal combustion engine (ICE) car blocks or parks in a charging point space. On EV internet forums, stories of drivers being ICEd abound.

2017 May 18, James Foxall, “Electric car drivers face queues and quarrels”, in The Daily Telegraph:

Clearer signs for electric vehicle charge points are needed to prevent drivers of petrol and diesel cars blocking access, the government has been told. […] It was claimed that the blocking of charge points by internal combustion engine cars — known as spaces being “iced” out — was a serious problem.

2020 April 29, Graeme Paton, “Too many electric car charging spaces being blocked”, in The Times:

internal combustion engine
internal combustion engine

(automotive, slang) To occupy a reserved electric car parking space (especially one equipped with a charger) with a traditional car equipped with an internal combustion engine.


RV

Mostly old and pensioned, theyʼd troll the streets in their out-of-state license-plated RVs looking for the last link to their youths.

2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 67:

According to Outdoorsy, an R.V. share app, millennial R.V. rental bookings went up 70 percent from 2019 to 2020.

2021 August 23, Jay Caspian Kang, “Zen and the Art of #VanLife Influencing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

recreational vehicle
recreational vehicle#English

(US, automotive) Initialism of recreational vehicle.


RV

[a̠ːɾɯ̟bɯ̟i]

2013, Autodoa tatsujin-tachi no kyanpingu kā to ōto kyanpu jutsu [Outdoor experts’ camping car and car-camping techniques], page 127:

An RV park recommend by the Japan RV Association is a comfortable place to enjoy automobile travel

日本RV協会が提唱するRVパークとは、クルマ旅を快適に楽しむ

Nihon Ārubui Kyōkai ga teishō suru ārubui pāku to wa, kuruma tabi o kaiteki ni tanoshimu

1998, Oyamada Ryōzō, Sekai o sasaeru Nihon gijutsu [Japanese products that sustain the world], page 21:

This is due to the growth of new product development, such as SUVs (sport utility multipurpose vehicles) from Toyota and Honda, and home electronics such as Sony’s (27th place) minidisc digital audio player

新製品開発によるものであり、トヨタやホンダではRV(レジャー用多目的車)が伸びたこと、家電ソニー（二七位）のミニディスクなどのデジタルAV

Shinseihin kaihatsu ni yoru mono deari, Toyota ya Honda de wa ārubui (rejā yō tamokuteki kuruma) ga nobita koto, kaden Sonī (nijūnanai) no Minidisuku nado no dejitaru ēbui

sport utility vehicle
sport utility vehicle


DWI

en-noun

DWI (countable and uncountable, plural DWIs)

Initialism of driving while intoxicated.

diffusion-weighted imaging
w:Diffusion MRI

(medicine) Initialism of diffusion-weighted imaging.


DWI

(colloquial) Initialism of deal with it.


AWD

(automotive) Initialism of all-wheel drive.


GMC

(automotive, US) Initialism of General Motors Company.

(automotive, US, dated) Initialism of General Motors Corporation.


dagmar

/ˈdæɡmɑː(ɹ)/

(informal) One of the bullet-shaped protrusions on the bumpers of various 1950s cars, especially Cadillacs.


EPA

Acronym of Enhetsprisaktiebolaget (“The uniform price stock company”).
The vehicles got their name in comparison to the department stores' wares: for being cheap and of low quality.


ACC

(automotive) Initialism of adaptive cruise control. (See Wikipedia entry on Autonomous cruise control system)


UDS

(computing, automotive) Initialism of Unified Diagnostic Services.


EP

(automotive) Initialism of extreme pressure (an indicator used in lubricant additives.)

extreme pressure

(motor racing) Abbreviation of electric prix; ePrix.; from electric grand prix.


EP

(motor racing) Abbreviation of électrique prix; ePrix.; from grand prix électrique


ABS

acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
anti-lock braking system

antilock braking system
antilock brake#English

(automotive) Initialism of antilock braking system.


ABS

Borrowed from German ABS, initialism of German Antiblockiersystem.

système de freinage antiblocage
système de freinage antiblocage#French

(automotive) Initialism of système de freinage antiblocage.


ATF

en-noun

ATF (countable and uncountable, plural ATFs)

automatic transmission
automatic transmission#English

(automotive) Abbreviation of automatic transmission fluid.


RHD

RHD (countable and uncountable, plural RHDs)

right-hand drive
right-hand drive#English

(automotive) Initialism of right-hand drive.


GIS

GIS (countable and uncountable, plural GISs)

(automotive) Initialism of gas injection system.


DP

DP (countable and uncountable, plural DPs)

(motor racing) Abbreviation of Daytona prototype.


marcha

Marcha Real

gear (a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears)

(colloquial, Spain) party (social gathering)


FWD

FWD (countable and uncountable, plural FWDs)

front-wheel drive
front-wheel drive#English

(automotive) Initialism of front-wheel drive.


ESP

ESP (countable and uncountable, plural ESPs)

electronic stability program
w:electronic stability program

(automotive) Initialism of electronic stability program.


CMS

Charlotte Motor Speedway
w:en:Charlotte Motor Speedway

(US, motor racing) Initialism of Charlotte Motor Speedway.


automatic leveling system

automatic leveling system (plural automatic leveling systems)

(automotive) A suspension system that automatically adjusts front and rear ride heights to compensate for changes in axle load.


automatic distance control

automatic distance control (uncountable)

(automotive) Technologies that use radar, infrared and image processing to allow for a decentralized recording of the environment around a vehicle.


TPI

(automotive) Initialism of transfer port injection.


semi-automatic

semi-automatic transmission
semi-automatic transmission

(automotive) A semi-automatic transmission.


stripper

(automotive, informal) A base or entry-level trim level of a car model, lacking amenities or features found in higher trim levels.


deux chevaux (conventional French shortening of deux chevaux-vapeur "two horsepower") (a model of car by French manufacturer, Citroën)


Stößel

de-noun

Stößel m (strong, genitive Stößels, plural Stößel)

Stößels (genitive)
Stößel (plural)
Stößel (nominative singular)
Stößel (definite nominative plural)
Stößels (genitive singular)
Stößel (definite genitive plural)
Stößel (dative singular)
Stößeln (dative definite plural)
Stößel (accusative singular)
Stößel (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German stœʒel, from Old High German stōʒil, from Proto-West Germanic *stautil (compare Middle Low German stȫtele), from Proto-Germanic *stautaną + *-ilaz. Equivalent to stoßen + -el.


Kotflügel

Kotflügel m (strong, genitive Kotflügels, plural Kotflügel)

Kotflügels (genitive)
Kotflügel (plural)
Kotflügel (nominative singular)
Kotflügel (definite nominative plural)
Kotflügels (genitive singular)
Kotflügel (definite genitive plural)
Kotflügel (dative singular)
Kotflügeln (dative definite plural)
Kotflügel (accusative singular)
Kotflügel (accusative definite plural)

Probably because one of its functions at invention time was to keep feces (Kot) from the street away from the passengers of the first, quite open cars.

fender (United States), mudguard (British)


MPG

en-noun

MPG (countable and uncountable, plural MPG or MPGs)

monopropylene glycol
monopropylene glycol#English

(organic chemistry) Initialism of monopropylene glycol.


moose test

From Swedish älgtest (which see for more), from German Elchtest; although a Swedish test, the word was coined in German and then calqued into Swedish.

(automotive, engineering) A test of the stability of a vehicle, which determines the maximum speed it can attain and still be able to steer clear of an obstacle (such as a child or a large animal running in front of the car) without going out of control.


overdrive

overdrive (countable and uncountable, plural overdrives)

From over- + drive, originally referring to gear ratios over 1:1.

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdɹaɪv/

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdɹaɪv/

Near-synonym: top gear

In the 1970s, many transmission designs were revised to add an overdrive gear.

Cruising in overdrive at legal highway speed keeps rpm right at 1800, depending on rear-axle ratio.

1981 October, Popular Mechanics, volume 156, number 4, page 201:

en:high-ratio gear most suitable for highway use

(dated, automotive) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the traditionally normal top gear, mainly to allow better fuel economy at highway speeds. In the 21st century, such gears are no longer viewed as "extra" and thus are often not called by this name anymore.


HGV

The unnamed driver appeared before the South East Traffic Commissioner in late November, to receive a six-month HGV driving ban. It followed an earlier court appearance when he was fined a means-tested £715 and given six points on his driving licence for driving without due care and attention.

2022 December 14, “Network News: HGV driver banned after Coulsdon bridge bash”, in RAIL, number 972, page 7:

I'm a writer first, but I do have my HGV licence, and I use it every now and then.

2024 March 6, Pip Dunn, “Freight's future is in ISO containers”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 36:

heavy goods vehicle
heavy goods vehicle#English

(UK, automotive, transport) Initialism of heavy goods vehicle. (a lorry/truck weighing more than 3.5 tons)


radiator

→ Gulf Arabic: راديتر (rādētar)

/ˈrædɪeɪ̯tə/

From radiate + -or. Doublet of radiatori.

(automotive) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.


radiator

radiatoren (definite singular)
radiatorer (indefinite plural)
radiatorene (definite plural)


radiator

radiatoren (definite singular)
radiatorar (indefinite plural)
radiatorane (definite plural)


radiator

radiator (indefinite nominative singular)


wheelhouse

From wheel + house. Sense 3 (“(baseball) a pitch location which is favourable to the hitter”) references the fact that a vessel is controlled from its wheelhouse (sense 1.2), and sense 4 (“a person’s area of authority or expertise”) is a figurative use of sense 3.

This invention relates to an improved device for hanging the body of carriages having a so-called "cut-under" or wheel-house, such as a common rockaway, extension-top phaeton, coupé-rockaway, &c., [...]

1878 June 13, Edwin R. Wheeler, Improvement in Vehicle-spring Braces, US Patent 205,594, column 1:

To install a new outer wheelhouse in a convertible, measure (at 1-in. intervals) the distance from the reinforcement that runs along the top of the old wheelhouse to the flange where the inner and outer wheelhouses are joined. Then transfer these measurements onto the new wheelhouse.

1990, Tom Currao, Ron Sessions, “Body Repair”, in Camaro Restoration Handbook: Ground-up or Sectional Restoration Tips & Techniques for 1967 to 1981 Camaros. All Models Included, New York, N.Y.: HPBooks, Berkley Publishing Group, →ISBN, image caption, page 97, column 1:

A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.

The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.

hjulbue

partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile — see also wheel well


grill

grill (plural grills or (jewelry) grillz)

1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.

(colloquial, by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.


grill

grillen (definite singular)
griller (indefinite plural)
grillene (definite plural)

From English grill, grille, from French gril (“grill”), grille (“gate, grate, grid”), from Middle French grille, grisle, from Old French greille, graïlle, from earlier gradilie, from Latin crāticula (“grill, grating, griddle”) (or Vulgar Latin graticula), diminutive of crātis (“wickerwork, bundle of brush, fascine”), possibly either from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥tis, from *kert- (“to weave, twist together”), or from *kréh₂-tis.


grill

grillen (definite singular)
grillar (indefinite plural)
grillane (definite plural)

From French grille, gril, via English grill, grille.


jaywalk

en-verb

jaywalk (third-person singular simple present jaywalks, present participle jaywalking, simple past and past participle jaywalked)

jaywalks (present singular third-person)
jaywalking (participle present)
jaywalked (participle past)
jaywalked (past)

Back-formation from jaywalker. Analyzable as jay (“a stupid person”) + walk.

(chiefly US, law, automotive, transitive, intransitive) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.

eine Straße an verbotener Stelle überqueren

atravessar no meio da rua

literally: to cross in the middle of the street

переходи́ть доро́гу в неполо́женном ме́сте

but see oförsiktig fotgängare and vårdslös fotgängare.


tub

From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube.

Every street or race car McLaren has built since 1981 uses a carbon fiber tub. Now, McLaren will make them in-house.

2017 February 10, Máté Petrány, McLaren Will Start Building its Own Carbon Fiber Tubs, archived from the original on 2023-08-31:

(automotive) The bare body shell of an automobile (minus the doors, hood, trunk lid, fenders, etc.) which is lowered onto the chassis at the time of assembly, or in the case of modern unibody designed vehicles, is itself a monocoque around which the rest of the vehicle is built.


back door

(automotive) A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.


ROC

Translingual: ROC

Coordinate term: IROC

(motor racing) Abbreviation of Race of Champions.


skateboard

(automotive) A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.


bíll

is-noun

bíll m (genitive singular bíls, nominative plural bílar)

bíls (genitive singular)
bílar (nominative plural)
bíll (indefinite nominative singular)
bíllinn (definite nominative singular)
bílar (indefinite nominative plural)
bílarnir (definite nominative plural)
bíl (accusative indefinite singular)
bílinn (accusative definite singular)
bíla (accusative indefinite plural)
bílana (accusative definite plural)
bíl (dative indefinite singular)
bílnum (dative definite singular)
bílum (dative indefinite plural)
bílunum (dative definite plural)
bíls (genitive indefinite singular)
bílsins (definite genitive singular)
bíla (genitive indefinite plural)
bílanna (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Danish bil, a shortened form of automobil, ultimately from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”), stem αὐτo- (auto-) + Latin mōbilis (“mobile”), ergo ‘[vehicle] which moves by itself’.

Að aka bíl.


bonnet

→ Scottish Gaelic: bonaid

From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).
Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni.
Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle.

der

The car is burgundy red, wide and elegant, ten years old but still the boys are impressed and they run to touch it, pressing sticky handprints against the polished bodywork and trying to climb up onto the bonnet.

2003, Jon McGregor, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, page 189:

People were reluctant to slam a bonnet shut in those days. One just did not slam bonnets and doors.

2004, David Spencer, quoted in Don Loffler, The FJ Holden: A Favourite Australian Car, page 217:

By about 20 ms, there is contact between the bonnet leading edge and the pedestrian upper leg/pelvis on the struck side, the severity of which depends on the vehicle shape.

2009, Ciaran Simms, Denis Wood, Pedestrian and Cyclist Impact: A Biomechanical Perspective, page 38:

Stoll was still standing on the car bonnet with the catch of his large-calibre repeating rifle off.

2009, Stefan Aust, Anthea Bell, Baader-Meinhof: the inside story of the R.A.F., page 308:

(Australia, British, New Zealand, South Africa, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.


dekk

fo-noun

dekk n (genitive singular deks, plural dekk)

deks (genitive singular)
dekk (plural)
dekk (indefinite nominative singular)
dekkið (definite nominative singular)
dekk (indefinite nominative plural)
dekkini (definite nominative plural)
dekk (accusative indefinite singular)
dekkið (accusative definite singular)
dekk (accusative indefinite plural)
dekkini (accusative definite plural)
dekki (dative indefinite singular)
dekkinum (dative definite singular)
dekkum (dative indefinite plural)
dekkunum (dative definite plural)
deks (genitive indefinite singular)
deksins (definite genitive singular)
dekka (genitive indefinite plural)
dekkanna (definite genitive plural)


dekk

is-noun

dekk n (genitive singular dekks, nominative plural dekk)

dekks (genitive singular)
dekk (nominative plural)
dekk (indefinite nominative singular)
dekkið (definite nominative singular)
dekk (indefinite nominative plural)
dekkin (definite nominative plural)
dekk (accusative indefinite singular)
dekkið (accusative definite singular)
dekk (accusative indefinite plural)
dekkin (accusative definite plural)
dekki (dative indefinite singular)
dekkinu (dative definite singular)
dekkjum (dative indefinite plural)
dekkjunum (dative definite plural)
dekks (genitive indefinite singular)
dekksins (definite genitive singular)
dekkja (genitive indefinite plural)
dekkjanna (definite genitive plural)


dekk

head

dekk n (definite singular dekket, indefinite plural dekk, definite plural dekka or dekkene)

dekket (definite singular)
dekk (indefinite plural)
dekka (definite plural)
dekkene (definite plural)


dekk

dekk n (definite singular dekket, indefinite plural dekk, definite plural dekka)

dekket (definite singular)
dekk (indefinite plural)
dekka (definite plural)


rafgeymir

is-noun

rafgeymir m (genitive singular rafgeymis, nominative plural rafgeymar)

rafgeymis (genitive singular)
rafgeymar (nominative plural)
rafgeymir (indefinite nominative singular)
rafgeymirinn (definite nominative singular)
rafgeymar (indefinite nominative plural)
rafgeymarnir (definite nominative plural)
rafgeymi (accusative indefinite singular)
rafgeyminn (accusative definite singular)
rafgeyma (accusative indefinite plural)
rafgeymana (accusative definite plural)
rafgeymi (dative indefinite singular)
rafgeyminum (dative definite singular)
rafgeymum (dative indefinite plural)
rafgeymunum (dative definite plural)
rafgeymis (genitive indefinite singular)
rafgeymisins (definite genitive singular)
rafgeyma (genitive indefinite plural)
rafgeymanna (definite genitive plural)

From raf- (“electro-”) + geymir (“tank, repository”).


roadkill

en-noun

roadkill (usually uncountable, plural roadkills)

(chiefly US, automotive) The killing of an animal by a road vehicle.

The van was heading straight for her and travelling faster and faster by the second. Zoe had to do something or she would be roadkill.

2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

(chiefly US, automotive) The animal or animals so killed.


rollover

rollover (countable and uncountable, plural rollovers)

“They blink if I step on the brake at the same time, and anybody who don't step on his brakes when he's makin^([sic]) a turn is lookin^([sic]) to do a rollover.”

1980, Stephen King, Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game:

(automotive) A road traffic accident in which a vehicle overturns.

kierähdysonnettomuus

automotive: a road traffic accident in which a vehicle overturns


sector

Sector (Star Trek)
Sector (instrument)
sector

(motor racing) A fixed, continuous section of the track, such that sectors do not overlap but all sectors make up the whole track.


road rage

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

road + rage. First use appears c. 1988 in the Orlando Sentinel.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:road rage.

(automotive, law, psychology) Uncontrollable aggressive behavior by the driver of a road vehicle, especially when caused by stress or frustration.


bus stop

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

bus stop chicane
bus stop chicane#English

(motor racing) Ellipsis of bus stop chicane.


tuta

tuta (indefinite nominative singular)
tutas (genitive indefinite singular)
tutan (definite nominative singular)
tutans (definite genitive singular)
tutor (indefinite nominative plural)
tutors (genitive indefinite plural)
tutorna (definite nominative plural)
tutornas (definite genitive plural)

From Low German tuten, from Middle Low German tūten, either of imitative origin or derived from Proto-West Germanic *þeutan (“to howl”), itself probably imitative.

onomatopoeic

imitative


tuta

head

tuta (present tutar, preterite tutade, supine tutat, imperative tuta)

tutar (present)
tutade (preterite)
tutat (supine)
tuta (imperative)
tuta (active infinitive)
tutat (active supine)
tuta (active imperative)
tuten (active archaic imperative plural)
tutar (active indicative present)
tutade (active indicative past)
tuta (active archaic indicative plural present)
tutade (active archaic indicative past plural)
tute (active dated present subjunctive)
tutade (active dated past subjunctive)
tutande (participle present)

onomatopoeic

imitative

tuta i luren

Hon tutade

to toot (on a horn or the like)
to honk (sound the horn of a vehicle)


CIS

Clark International Speedway
w:Clark International Speedway

(Philippines, motor racing) Initialism of Clark International Speedway.


PFI

port fuel injection
port fuel injection#English

(automotive) Initialism of port fuel injection.


sleeper

(automotive, slang) An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.


ignition

en-noun

ignition (countable and uncountable, plural ignitions)

mechanical engineering
mechanical engineering

(automotive, mechanical engineering) A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.

запалване

system for activating combustion in an engine

Put the key in the ignition and turn in right.

(automotive) Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.


indicator

From Late Latin indicātor (“one who points out”), from Latin indicō (“point out”); see indicate.

der

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive) A turn signal; 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 etc.


parking ticket

Guests staying at least one night at an on-airport hotel are offered free or reduced-rate parking for multiple days. This offer is in addition to the validated parking typically offered guests for each night they stay at the hotel. Typically, hotel staff at the front desk or a concierge will validate a guest's parking ticket.

2009, Jacobs Consultancy et al., “Parking Strategies and Supporting Technologies”, in Guidebook for Evaluating Airport Parking Strategies and Supporting Technologies (Airport Cooperative Research Program; report 24), Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 47:

The man parked in the supermarket's new car park and bought a ticket at the 'Pay and Display' machine. He then displayed the ticket on the dashboard and went into the shop. However, it turned out that what he believed to be a parking ticket was in fact a voucher for the store. The new parking machines were handing out receipts, tickets and store vouchers whenever someone bought a parking ticket. Others were also left confused by the system.

2012, Howard Lester, More Than My Job's Worth, London: Constable & Robinson, →ISBN:

A small ticket issued as proof of payment for the right to park a motor vehicle.


seat belt

"Wearing a seat belt for drivers and front seat occupants reduces the risk of death by 45 to 50%. Just think about that for a moment. A 50% more chance of staying alive. Who wouldn't go for that?" Michelle Yeoh, Reckless driving has 'immense' human and economic toll, Brussels, Euronews, Jorge Liboreiro, 20/9/2023

(automotive) A restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat and fastened around occupants in order to keep them in place and decelerate them smoothly rather than suddenly in an accident, mitigating the risk of injury from uncontrolled impact with injurious objects.

would you mind putting on your seat belt


aileron

→ Dutch: aileron

→ English: aileron

→ Portuguese: ailerão

→ Spanish: alerón


Hudson

en-proper noun

Hudson (countable and uncountable, plural Hudsons)

A river in the United States, flowing from Lake Tear of the Clouds in Keene, New York into the Upper New York Bay at New York City; named for English explorer Henry Hudson.

A city, the county seat of Columbia County, New York, United States; named for the river.

A placename
A city in Texas, United States.

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States.

An unincorporated community in Missouri, United States; named for Henry Hudson.


Hudson

The water-level route, the whistle and the loud staccato exhaust of this great engine recalled most vividly memories of the New York Central Hudsons highballing along the Hudson River between Harmon and Albany!

1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 613:

(rail transport, US, Canada) A steam locomotive of the 4-6-4 wheel arrangement.


grille

The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

Alternative form of grill (only in the senses of "grating over opening", "grating on the front of a vehicle", and "window divider")


alphabet soup

en-noun

alphabet soup (countable and uncountable, plural alphabet soups)

(motor racing, slang) The series of preliminary races (denoted by letters) through which drivers must advance to the main event.


meatball

→ Japanese: ミートボール

→ Korean: 미트볼 (miteubol)


NASCAR

2008 February 16, Peter Sagal (host), Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio
Chuck Liddell, also known as Ice Man, is one of the stars of the sport that has been called the NASCAR of the twenty-first century, mixed martial arts.

(sports) Acronym of National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, a U.S. auto racing organization founded in 1948.


Volga

(automotive) Any of several automobiles of the same brand manufactured by GAZ in the Soviet Union and Russia.


headliner

(automotive) The interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle.


ajaja

head

ajaja (genitive ajaja, partitive ajajat)

ajaja (genitive)
ajajat (partitive)
ajaja (nominative singular)
ajajad (nominative plural)
ajaja (accusative nominative singular)
ajajad (accusative nominative plural)
ajaja (accusative genitive singular)
ajajad (accusative genitive plural)
ajaja (genitive singular)
ajajate (genitive plural)
ajajat (partitive singular)
ajajaid (partitive plural)
ajajasse (illative singular)
ajajatesse (illative plural)
ajajaisse (illative plural)
ajajas (inessive singular)
ajajates (inessive plural)
ajajais (inessive plural)
ajajast (elative singular)
ajajatest (elative plural)
ajajaist (elative plural)
ajajale (allative singular)
ajajatele (allative plural)
ajajaile (allative plural)
ajajal (adessive singular)
ajajatel (adessive plural)
ajajail (adessive plural)
ajajalt (ablative singular)
ajajatelt (ablative plural)
ajajailt (ablative plural)
ajajaks (singular translative)
ajajateks (plural translative)
ajajaiks (plural translative)
ajajani (singular terminative)
ajajateni (plural terminative)
ajajana (essive singular)
ajajatena (essive plural)
ajajata (abessive singular)
ajajateta (abessive plural)
ajajaga (comitative singular)
ajajatega (comitative plural)


ajaja

ajaja (nominative singular)
ajajat (nominative plural)
ajaja (accusative nominative singular)
ajajat (accusative nominative plural)
ajajan (accusative genitive singular)
ajajat (accusative genitive plural)
ajajan (genitive singular)
ajajien (genitive plural)
ajajain (genitive plural rare)
ajajaa (partitive singular)
ajajia (partitive plural)
ajajassa (inessive singular)
ajajissa (inessive plural)
ajajasta (elative singular)
ajajista (elative plural)
ajajaan (illative singular)
ajajiin (illative plural)
ajajalla (adessive singular)
ajajilla (adessive plural)
ajajalta (ablative singular)
ajajilta (ablative plural)
ajajalle (allative singular)
ajajille (allative plural)
ajajana (essive singular)
ajajina (essive plural)
ajajaksi (singular translative)
ajajiksi (plural translative)
ajajatta (abessive singular)
ajajitta (abessive plural)
ajajin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
ajajani (nominative singular)
ajajani (nominative plural)
ajajani (accusative nominative singular)
ajajani (accusative nominative plural)
ajajani (accusative genitive singular)
ajajani (accusative genitive plural)
ajajani (genitive singular)
ajajieni (genitive plural)
ajajaini (genitive plural rare)
ajajaani (partitive singular)
ajajiani (partitive plural)
ajajassani (inessive singular)
ajajissani (inessive plural)
ajajastani (elative singular)
ajajistani (elative plural)
ajajaani (illative singular)
ajajiini (illative plural)
ajajallani (adessive singular)
ajajillani (adessive plural)
ajajaltani (ablative singular)
ajajiltani (ablative plural)
ajajalleni (allative singular)
ajajilleni (allative plural)
ajajanani (essive singular)
ajajinani (essive plural)
ajajakseni (singular translative)
ajajikseni (plural translative)
ajajattani (abessive singular)
ajajittani (abessive plural)
ajajineni (comitative plural)
ajajasi (nominative singular)
ajajasi (nominative plural)
ajajasi (accusative nominative singular)
ajajasi (accusative nominative plural)
ajajasi (accusative genitive singular)
ajajasi (accusative genitive plural)
ajajasi (genitive singular)
ajajiesi (genitive plural)
ajajaisi (genitive plural rare)
ajajaasi (partitive singular)
ajajiasi (partitive plural)
ajajassasi (inessive singular)
ajajissasi (inessive plural)
ajajastasi (elative singular)
ajajistasi (elative plural)
ajajaasi (illative singular)
ajajiisi (illative plural)
ajajallasi (adessive singular)
ajajillasi (adessive plural)
ajajaltasi (ablative singular)
ajajiltasi (ablative plural)
ajajallesi (allative singular)
ajajillesi (allative plural)
ajajanasi (essive singular)
ajajinasi (essive plural)
ajajaksesi (singular translative)
ajajiksesi (plural translative)
ajajattasi (abessive singular)
ajajittasi (abessive plural)
ajajinesi (comitative plural)
ajajamme (nominative singular)
ajajamme (nominative plural)
ajajamme (accusative nominative singular)
ajajamme (accusative nominative plural)
ajajamme (accusative genitive singular)
ajajamme (accusative genitive plural)
ajajamme (genitive singular)
ajajiemme (genitive plural)
ajajaimme (genitive plural rare)
ajajaamme (partitive singular)
ajajiamme (partitive plural)
ajajassamme (inessive singular)
ajajissamme (inessive plural)
ajajastamme (elative singular)
ajajistamme (elative plural)
ajajaamme (illative singular)
ajajiimme (illative plural)
ajajallamme (adessive singular)
ajajillamme (adessive plural)
ajajaltamme (ablative singular)
ajajiltamme (ablative plural)
ajajallemme (allative singular)
ajajillemme (allative plural)
ajajanamme (essive singular)
ajajinamme (essive plural)
ajajaksemme (singular translative)
ajajiksemme (plural translative)
ajajattamme (abessive singular)
ajajittamme (abessive plural)
ajajinemme (comitative plural)
ajajanne (nominative singular)
ajajanne (nominative plural)
ajajanne (accusative nominative singular)
ajajanne (accusative nominative plural)
ajajanne (accusative genitive singular)
ajajanne (accusative genitive plural)
ajajanne (genitive singular)
ajajienne (genitive plural)
ajajainne (genitive plural rare)
ajajaanne (partitive singular)
ajajianne (partitive plural)
ajajassanne (inessive singular)
ajajissanne (inessive plural)
ajajastanne (elative singular)
ajajistanne (elative plural)
ajajaanne (illative singular)
ajajiinne (illative plural)
ajajallanne (adessive singular)
ajajillanne (adessive plural)
ajajaltanne (ablative singular)
ajajiltanne (ablative plural)
ajajallenne (allative singular)
ajajillenne (allative plural)
ajajananne (essive singular)
ajajinanne (essive plural)
ajajaksenne (singular translative)
ajajiksenne (plural translative)
ajajattanne (abessive singular)
ajajittanne (abessive plural)
ajajinenne (comitative plural)
ajajansa (nominative singular)
ajajansa (nominative plural)
ajajansa (accusative nominative singular)
ajajansa (accusative nominative plural)
ajajansa (accusative genitive singular)
ajajansa (accusative genitive plural)
ajajansa (genitive singular)
ajajiensa (genitive plural)
ajajainsa (genitive plural rare)
ajajaansa (partitive singular)
ajajiaan (partitive plural)
ajajiansa (partitive plural)
ajajassaan (inessive singular)
ajajassansa (inessive singular)
ajajissaan (inessive plural)
ajajissansa (inessive plural)
ajajastaan (elative singular)
ajajastansa (elative singular)
ajajistaan (elative plural)
ajajistansa (elative plural)
ajajaansa (illative singular)
ajajiinsa (illative plural)
ajajallaan (adessive singular)
ajajallansa (adessive singular)
ajajillaan (adessive plural)
ajajillansa (adessive plural)
ajajaltaan (ablative singular)
ajajaltansa (ablative singular)
ajajiltaan (ablative plural)
ajajiltansa (ablative plural)
ajajalleen (allative singular)
ajajallensa (allative singular)
ajajilleen (allative plural)
ajajillensa (allative plural)
ajajanaan (essive singular)
ajajanansa (essive singular)
ajajinaan (essive plural)
ajajinansa (essive plural)
ajajakseen (singular translative)
ajajaksensa (singular translative)
ajajikseen (plural translative)
ajajiksensa (plural translative)
ajajattaan (abessive singular)
ajajattansa (abessive singular)
ajajittaan (abessive plural)
ajajittansa (abessive plural)
ajajineen (comitative plural)
ajajinensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *ajaja. Equivalent to ajaa (“to drive”) + -ja.


driverless

a driverless vehicle

Will Underground trains be completely driverless? The new signalling being installed as part of the Upgrade will allow this, and the development, allowing a faster throughput of trains, might arise from, or be stopped by, a battle with the unions. Mike Brown, Managing Director of London Underground, envisages driverless trains within twenty years.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 277:

One of the latest [conditions], from last summer, was that Transport for London should look again at driverless trains. I examined their prospects in RAIL 933, and it's fair to say that their introduction is technically difficult and very expensive. If introducing driverless Tube trains were easy, then I'm quite sure that Prime Minister Boris Johnson would have brought them into service during his two terms as London mayor.

2021 December 1, Philip Haigh, “TfL's deepening financial crisis puts Tube services at risk”, in RAIL, number 945, page 59:

Toyota Motor Corp. will begin a self-driving transportation service in Odaiba, Tokyo, this summer using the technology of Level 4 autonomous driving — automated driving under certain conditions — with the aim of starting a driverless robotaxi business in the future, sources said.

2024 February 11, “Toyota to Launch Japan’s First Fully Automated Driving Service on Public Roads Starting in Odaiba, Tokyo, This Summer”, in The Japan News:


catalytic converter

en-noun

catalytic converter (plural catalytic converters)

(automotive) A chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.

محول حفزي

chamber in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized into carbon dioxide


мечка

ме̏чка (canonical feminine)
mȅčka (romanization)
ме̏чка (nominative singular)
ме̏чке (nominative plural)
ме̏чке (genitive singular)
ме̏ча̄ка̄ (genitive plural)
ме̏чкӣ (genitive plural)
ме̏чки (dative singular)
ме̏чкама (dative plural)
ме̏чку (accusative singular)
ме̏чке (accusative plural)
ме̏чко (singular vocative)
ме̏чке (plural vocative)
ме̏чки (locative singular)
ме̏чкама (locative plural)
ме̏чком (instrumental singular)
ме̏чкама (instrumental plural)

sh-decl-noun

ме̏ча̄ка̄ / ме̏чкӣ


Волга

ru-proper noun+

Во́лга • (Vólga) f inan (genitive Во́лги, nominative plural Во́лги, genitive plural Волг, relational adjective во́лжский)

Во́лга (canonical)
Vólga (romanization)
Во́лги (genitive)
Во́лги (nominative plural)
Волг (genitive plural)
во́лжский (adjective relational)
Во́лга (nominative singular)
Во́лги (nominative plural)
Во́лги (genitive singular)
Во́лг (genitive plural)
Во́лге (dative singular)
Во́лгам (dative plural)
Во́лгу (accusative singular)
Во́лги (accusative plural)
Во́лгой (instrumental singular)
Во́лгою (instrumental singular)
Во́лгами (instrumental plural)
Во́лге (prepositional singular)
Во́лгах (plural prepositional)
Во́лга (dated nominative singular)
Во́лги (dated genitive singular)
Во́лгѣ (dated dative singular)
Во́лгу (accusative dated singular)
Во́лгой (dated instrumental singular)
Во́лгою (dated instrumental singular)
Во́лгѣ (dated prepositional singular)

Probably from Proto-Slavic *vьlga and related to во́лглый (vólglyj, “damp, humid”), вла́га (vlága).

Volga (mid-size Russian automobile often used as a taxi)


CVT

(automotive) Initialism of continuously variable transmission.


CVT

boite de vitesses à variation continue#English

(automotive) Initialism of boite de vitesses à variation continue.


marbles

Some corners are littered with marbles, off the racing line.

2014, Amen Zwa, Going Nowhere Fast In Assetto Corsa (2015-05-01), →ISBN, page 395:

(motor racing) Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.


gymkhana

→ Catalan: gimcana

→ Italian: gincana

→ Portuguese: gincana

→ Spanish: yincana

/d͡ʒɪmˈkɑnə/

From Hindustani گیند خانہ (gendxānā) / गेंदख़ाना (gendxānā, “racquet court”), from گیند / गेंद (gend, “ball”) + خانہ / ख़ाना (xānā, “court”). Influenced by gymnastics and gymnasium.


dipper

desc

→ Kashubian: dyper (Canada, United States)

From Middle English dippere; equivalent to dip + -er.

(UK, India) The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles.


bílstjóri

is-noun

bílstjóri m (genitive singular bílstjóra, nominative plural bílstjórar)

bílstjóra (genitive singular)
bílstjórar (nominative plural)
bílstjóri (indefinite nominative singular)
bílstjórinn (definite nominative singular)
bílstjórar (indefinite nominative plural)
bílstjórarnir (definite nominative plural)
bílstjóra (accusative indefinite singular)
bílstjórann (accusative definite singular)
bílstjóra (accusative indefinite plural)
bílstjórana (accusative definite plural)
bílstjóra (dative indefinite singular)
bílstjóranum (dative definite singular)
bílstjórum (dative indefinite plural)
bílstjórunum (dative definite plural)
bílstjóra (genitive indefinite singular)
bílstjórans (definite genitive singular)
bílstjóra (genitive indefinite plural)
bílstjóranna (definite genitive plural)


vanne

vanne (nominative singular)
vanteet (nominative plural)
vanne (accusative nominative singular)
vanteet (accusative nominative plural)
vanteen (accusative genitive singular)
vanteet (accusative genitive plural)
vanteen (genitive singular)
vanteiden (genitive plural)
vanteitten (genitive plural)
vannetta (partitive singular)
vanteita (partitive plural)
vanteessa (inessive singular)
vanteissa (inessive plural)
vanteesta (elative singular)
vanteista (elative plural)
vanteeseen (illative singular)
vanteisiin (illative plural)
vanteihin (illative plural)
vanteella (adessive singular)
vanteilla (adessive plural)
vanteelta (ablative singular)
vanteilta (ablative plural)
vanteelle (allative singular)
vanteille (allative plural)
vanteena (essive singular)
vanteina (essive plural)
vanteeksi (singular translative)
vanteiksi (plural translative)
vanteetta (abessive singular)
vanteitta (abessive plural)
vantein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
vanteeni (nominative singular)
vanteeni (nominative plural)
vanteeni (accusative nominative singular)
vanteeni (accusative nominative plural)
vanteeni (accusative genitive singular)
vanteeni (accusative genitive plural)
vanteeni (genitive singular)
vanteideni (genitive plural)
vanteitteni (genitive plural)
vannettani (partitive singular)
vanteitani (partitive plural)
vanteessani (inessive singular)
vanteissani (inessive plural)
vanteestani (elative singular)
vanteistani (elative plural)
vanteeseeni (illative singular)
vanteisiini (illative plural)
vanteihini (illative plural)
vanteellani (adessive singular)
vanteillani (adessive plural)
vanteeltani (ablative singular)
vanteiltani (ablative plural)
vanteelleni (allative singular)
vanteilleni (allative plural)
vanteenani (essive singular)
vanteinani (essive plural)
vanteekseni (singular translative)
vanteikseni (plural translative)
vanteettani (abessive singular)
vanteittani (abessive plural)
vanteineni (comitative plural)
vanteesi (nominative singular)
vanteesi (nominative plural)
vanteesi (accusative nominative singular)
vanteesi (accusative nominative plural)
vanteesi (accusative genitive singular)
vanteesi (accusative genitive plural)
vanteesi (genitive singular)
vanteidesi (genitive plural)
vanteittesi (genitive plural)
vannettasi (partitive singular)
vanteitasi (partitive plural)
vanteessasi (inessive singular)
vanteissasi (inessive plural)
vanteestasi (elative singular)
vanteistasi (elative plural)
vanteeseesi (illative singular)
vanteisiisi (illative plural)
vanteihisi (illative plural)
vanteellasi (adessive singular)
vanteillasi (adessive plural)
vanteeltasi (ablative singular)
vanteiltasi (ablative plural)
vanteellesi (allative singular)
vanteillesi (allative plural)
vanteenasi (essive singular)
vanteinasi (essive plural)
vanteeksesi (singular translative)
vanteiksesi (plural translative)
vanteettasi (abessive singular)
vanteittasi (abessive plural)
vanteinesi (comitative plural)
vanteemme (nominative singular)
vanteemme (nominative plural)
vanteemme (accusative nominative singular)
vanteemme (accusative nominative plural)
vanteemme (accusative genitive singular)
vanteemme (accusative genitive plural)
vanteemme (genitive singular)
vanteidemme (genitive plural)
vanteittemme (genitive plural)
vannettamme (partitive singular)
vanteitamme (partitive plural)
vanteessamme (inessive singular)
vanteissamme (inessive plural)
vanteestamme (elative singular)
vanteistamme (elative plural)
vanteeseemme (illative singular)
vanteisiimme (illative plural)
vanteihimme (illative plural)
vanteellamme (adessive singular)
vanteillamme (adessive plural)
vanteeltamme (ablative singular)
vanteiltamme (ablative plural)
vanteellemme (allative singular)
vanteillemme (allative plural)
vanteenamme (essive singular)
vanteinamme (essive plural)
vanteeksemme (singular translative)
vanteiksemme (plural translative)
vanteettamme (abessive singular)
vanteittamme (abessive plural)
vanteinemme (comitative plural)
vanteenne (nominative singular)
vanteenne (nominative plural)
vanteenne (accusative nominative singular)
vanteenne (accusative nominative plural)
vanteenne (accusative genitive singular)
vanteenne (accusative genitive plural)
vanteenne (genitive singular)
vanteidenne (genitive plural)
vanteittenne (genitive plural)
vannettanne (partitive singular)
vanteitanne (partitive plural)
vanteessanne (inessive singular)
vanteissanne (inessive plural)
vanteestanne (elative singular)
vanteistanne (elative plural)
vanteeseenne (illative singular)
vanteisiinne (illative plural)
vanteihinne (illative plural)
vanteellanne (adessive singular)
vanteillanne (adessive plural)
vanteeltanne (ablative singular)
vanteiltanne (ablative plural)
vanteellenne (allative singular)
vanteillenne (allative plural)
vanteenanne (essive singular)
vanteinanne (essive plural)
vanteeksenne (singular translative)
vanteiksenne (plural translative)
vanteettanne (abessive singular)
vanteittanne (abessive plural)
vanteinenne (comitative plural)
vanteensa (nominative singular)
vanteensa (nominative plural)
vanteensa (accusative nominative singular)
vanteensa (accusative nominative plural)
vanteensa (accusative genitive singular)
vanteensa (accusative genitive plural)
vanteensa (genitive singular)
vanteidensa (genitive plural)
vanteittensa (genitive plural)
vannettaan (partitive singular)
vannettansa (partitive singular)
vanteitaan (partitive plural)
vanteitansa (partitive plural)
vanteessaan (inessive singular)
vanteessansa (inessive singular)
vanteissaan (inessive plural)
vanteissansa (inessive plural)
vanteestaan (elative singular)
vanteestansa (elative singular)
vanteistaan (elative plural)
vanteistansa (elative plural)
vanteeseensa (illative singular)
vanteisiinsa (illative plural)
vanteihinsa (illative plural)
vanteellaan (adessive singular)
vanteellansa (adessive singular)
vanteillaan (adessive plural)
vanteillansa (adessive plural)
vanteeltaan (ablative singular)
vanteeltansa (ablative singular)
vanteiltaan (ablative plural)
vanteiltansa (ablative plural)
vanteelleen (allative singular)
vanteellensa (allative singular)
vanteilleen (allative plural)
vanteillensa (allative plural)
vanteenaan (essive singular)
vanteenansa (essive singular)
vanteinaan (essive plural)
vanteinansa (essive plural)
vanteekseen (singular translative)
vanteeksensa (singular translative)
vanteikseen (plural translative)
vanteiksensa (plural translative)
vanteettaan (abessive singular)
vanteettansa (abessive singular)
vanteittaan (abessive plural)
vanteittansa (abessive plural)
vanteineen (comitative plural)
vanteinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈʋɑ̝nːe̞(ʔ)]

From Proto-Finnic *vandëh, from earlier *vandeš, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wanduz. Cognate with Karelian vanneh, Veps vandeh, Ludian vandeh.

(engineering, automotive) rim, wheelrim (the entire wheelrim of a motor vehicle, or the outer rim of a spoked wheel such as on a bicycle)


FOM

(motor racing) Acronym of Formula One Management.


taksi

(colloquial) Alternative spelling of taxi


paddock

The noun is almost certainly a variant of dialectal British parrock (“enclosure; park; croft, small field, paddock”), from Middle English parrok, parrock (“enclosed pasture, paddock; coop; feeding stall; cabin, hut”) [and other forms], from Old English pearroc, pearruc (“fence used to enclose a space; area enclosed by such a fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *parruk (“enclosure; pen for animals”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“fence; enclosure”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *barō (“bar, beam; barrier”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”). Doublet of park.
The verb is derived from the noun.
cognates
* Danish park (“pond”)
* Dutch perk (“flowerbed; garden; pen”)
* German Pferch (“sheepfold, sheep-pen”)

cog

(motor racing) An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.


paddock

Borrowed from English paddock. Doublet of parque.


encuentro

Deverbal from encontrar. From Old Spanish encuentro


maleta

→ Central Tarahumara: maleta

> Chavacano: maleta (inherited)

→ Tagalog: maleta

From mala (“suitcase”, originally referred to a larger item like a chest or trunk) + -eta (diminutive suffix).


ADB

(automotive) Initialism of adaptive driving beams.


headlight

A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.

(Canada, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's erect nipples, partially masked by clothing.

Lysergic acid diethylamide
lysergic acid diethylamide#English

(US, slang, chiefly in the plural) Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).


retrovisor

mirall retrovisor
mirall retrovisor#Catalan

Clipping of mirall retrovisor (“rear-view mirror”).


retrovisor

rear-view mirror (mirror in a vehicle giving view of the traffic behind)


minibus

en-noun

minibus (plural minibuses or minibusses)

From mini- + bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus.

A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.

Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them.

(South Africa) A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi.

(historical) A small four-wheeled carriage.

The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.

2020 July 25, Danielle Haynes, “House passes 4-bill spending package”, in UPI:

(US politics) A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill.


ICS

(motor racing) Initialism of Indy Car Series, the premier open-wheel racing series in the United States.


defensa

Borrowed from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“bounded, defended”), from Latin dēfēnsus. Doublet of dehesa, which was inherited. Cognate with English defense.


cinturón

→ Tagalog: sinturón

[θĩn̪.t̪uˈɾõn]

From cintura + -ón. Compare Portuguese cinturão.


fuel cell

(energy) Synonym of fuel tank: A fuel storage tank.

(motor racing) A fuel tank with a flexible inner liner to reduce the risk of puncture.


cubierta

(Argentina, Paraguay, Spain, Uruguay) tire


bhp

brake horsepower
brake horsepower#English

(automotive) Initialism of brake horsepower.


stint

From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).

inh

(motor racing) A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.


spotter

contrasted with the Übungsleiter m meaning “trainer”

(motor racing) A team member responsible for communication with the driver to keep them up-to-date about on-track events, such as other nearby cars.


top-down

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

a top-down ride

(automotive, of a drop top) with the convertible top down


taillight

All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?"

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162:

One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.


mečka

mȅčka (canonical feminine)
ме̏чка (Cyrillic)
mȅčka (nominative singular)
mȅčke (nominative plural)
mȅčke (genitive singular)
mȅčākā (genitive plural)
mȅčkī (genitive plural)
mȅčki (dative singular)
mȅčkama (dative plural)
mȅčku (accusative singular)
mȅčke (accusative plural)
mȅčko (singular vocative)
mȅčke (plural vocative)
mȅčki (locative singular)
mȅčkama (locative plural)
mȅčkom (instrumental singular)
mȅčkama (instrumental plural)

sh-decl-noun

mȅčākā / mȅčkī


gumi

head

gumi (countable and uncountable, plural gumik)

gumik (plural)
gumi (nominative singular)
gumik (nominative plural)
gumit (accusative singular)
gumikat (accusative plural)
guminak (dative singular)
gumiknak (dative plural)
gumival (instrumental singular)
gumikkal (instrumental plural)
gumiért (causal-final singular)
gumikért (causal-final plural)
gumivá (singular translative)
gumikká (plural translative)
gumiig (singular terminative)
gumikig (plural terminative)
gumiként (essive-formal singular)
gumikként (essive-formal plural)
gumiban (inessive singular)
gumikban (inessive plural)
gumin (singular superessive)
gumikon (plural superessive)
guminál (adessive singular)
gumiknál (adessive plural)
gumiba (illative singular)
gumikba (illative plural)
gumira (singular sublative)
gumikra (plural sublative)
gumihoz (allative singular)
gumikhoz (allative plural)
gumiból (elative singular)
gumikból (elative plural)
gumiról (delative singular)
gumikról (delative plural)
gumitól (ablative singular)
gumiktól (ablative plural)
gumié (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
gumiké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
gumiéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
gumikéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
gumim (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
gumijaim (or gumiim) (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
gumid (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
gumijaid (or gumiid) (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
gumija (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
gumijai (or gumii) (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
gumink (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
gumijaink (or gumiink) (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
gumitok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
gumijaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
or gumiitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
gumijuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
gumijaik (or gumiik) (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Ellipsis of gumiabroncs or autógumi (“tyre, tire”).


peel out

en-verb

peel out (third-person singular simple present peels out, present participle peeling out, simple past and past participle peeled out)

peels out (present singular third-person)
peeling out (participle present)
peeled out (participle past)
peeled out (past)

(idiomatic, US, automotive) To start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.


propeller shaft

en-noun

propeller shaft (plural propeller shafts)

(automotive) the shaft which connects the gearbox to the differential on the axle of a rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive vehicle.


eje

Inherited from Old Spanish exe, ex, ax, inherited from Latin axem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). First attested in the 13th century. Cognate with English axis.


retread

en-verb

retread (third-person singular simple present retreads, present participle retreading, simple past and past participle retreaded)

retreads (present singular third-person)
retreading (participle present)
retreaded (participle past)
retreaded (past)

From re- + tread (“grooves carved into the face of a tire”, noun).

affix

There was no evidence to suggest that the fact that both tyres had been retreaded 3 times was a factor in the failure occurrence. This type of aircraft tyre (Type VII) is routinely retreaded 6 times or more before being taken out of service.

1993 June, Presidency of Civil Aviation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, “1.12.13.6.3 Visual and Microscopic Examinations”, in McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, C-GMXQ, accident at King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 11 July 1991, archived from the original on 2022-05-14:

(chiefly UK) To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheaper alternative to buying a new tyre, but potentially introducing a risk of premature failure if performed improperly.


Chevrolet

/ˌʃəvɹoʊˈleɪ/

From French Chevrolet. The car company was named after its founder Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941).

named-after

Do you remember back in old L.A. / When everybody drove a Chevrolet?

1974, “Beach Baby”, performed by The First Class:

Settle down, raise a family, join the PTA
Buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet

1985, "Weird Al" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Dare to Be Stupid”, in Dare to Be Stupid, performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic:

A brand of automobile, now produced by a part of the General Motors group.


rumble seat

I suspected I wouldn't care an awful lot for his companionship, so I put him and another one in the rumble seat, and with the other two in with me I found the trail back to the Parkway and turned south.

1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, pages 166–167:

(dated) An extra passenger seat or row of seats in a carriage or automobile, which typically folds away into a rear storage compartment.