"front-wheel drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} front-wheel drive (uncountable)
  1. Engine layout in motor vehicles where only the front wheels are driven. Wikipedia link: front-wheel drive Tags: uncountable Related terms: four-wheel drive Translations (layout in which only ront wheels drive): voorwielaandrijving [feminine] (Dutch), etuveto (Finnish), Frontantrieb [masculine] (German), Vorderradantrieb [masculine] (German), 前輪駆動 (zenrin-kudō) (alt: ぜんりんくどう) (Japanese), пере́дний при́вод (perédnij prívod) [masculine] (Russian), framhjulsdrift [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-front-wheel_drive-en-noun-jJSbCLJs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

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