"four-wheel drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: four-wheel drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} four-wheel drive (countable and uncountable, plural four-wheel drives)
  1. A four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Vehicles
    Sense id: en-four-wheel_drive-en-noun-tZ~72gnj Disambiguation of Vehicles: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 91 9
  2. (uncountable) the type of vehicle transmission system. Tags: uncountable Translations (transmission system): firehjulstræk (Danish), vierwielaandrijving [feminine] (Dutch), neliveto (Finnish), tiomáint ceithre roth [feminine] (Irish), firehjulsdrift [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), firehjulstrekk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), firehjulsdrift [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fyrhjulsdrift [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-four-wheel_drive-en-noun-p16ZXpwI Disambiguation of 'transmission system': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 4WD, 4x4 Related terms: all-wheel drive, four-on-the-floor (english: manual transmission) Translations (vehicle): اَلدَّفْع اَلرَّبَاعِيّ (ad-dafʕ ar-rabāʕiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), tot terreny [masculine] (Catalan), 四輪驅動車 (Chinese Mandarin), 四轮驱动车 (sìlún qūdòngchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 四輪驅動 (Chinese Mandarin), 四轮驱动 (sìlún qūdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 四輪傳動 (Chinese Mandarin), 四轮传动 (sìlún chuándòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 四驅車 (Chinese Mandarin), 四驱车 (sìqūchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 四輪驅動汽車 (Chinese Mandarin), 四轮驱动汽车 (sìlún qūdòng qìchē) (Chinese Mandarin), firehjulstrækker (Danish), fourwheeldrive [masculine] (Dutch), nelivetoauto (Finnish), tout-terrain [masculine] (French), ორხიდიანი მანქანა (orxidiani mankana) (Georgian), Allradantrieb [masculine] (German), Allrad [neuter] (German), ארבע על ארבע (arba' 'al arba') [masculine] (Hebrew), feithicil faoi thiomáint ceithre roth [feminine] (Irish), quattro ruote motrici [feminine] (Italian), 四輪駆動 (yonrin-kudō) (alt: よんりんくどう) (Japanese), 四輪駆動車 (yonrin-kudōsha) (alt: よんりんくどうしゃ) (Japanese), 四駆 (yonku) (alt: よんく) (Japanese), 사륜구동차 (saryun'gudongcha) (Korean), pacuan empat roda (Malay), tracțiune pe patru roți [feminine] (Romanian), внедоро́жник (vnedoróžnik) [masculine] (Russian), вездехо́д (vezdexód) (english: has other meanings) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), cuatro por cuatro [masculine] (Spanish), todoterreno [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'vehicle': 48 52

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      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вездехо́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuatro por cuatro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "todoterreno"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "transmission system",
      "word": "firehjulstræk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "transmission system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vierwielaandrijving"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transmission system",
      "word": "neliveto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "transmission system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tiomáint ceithre roth"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "transmission system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "firehjulsdrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "transmission system",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "firehjulstrekk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "transmission system",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "firehjulsdrift"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transmission system",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fyrhjulsdrift"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "four-wheel drive"
  ],
  "word": "four-wheel drive"
}

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