"hatchback" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hatchbacks [plural]
Etymology: hatch + back Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hatch|back}} hatch + back Head templates: {{en-noun}} hatchback (plural hatchbacks)
  1. A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards. Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: hatchback car Translations (a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards): luikrug (Afrikaans), 掀背車 (Chinese Mandarin), 掀背车 (xiānbèichē) (Chinese Mandarin), viistoperä (Finnish), hayon [masculine] (French), Steilheck [neuter] (German), ferde hátú autó/gépkocsi (Hungarian), portellone [masculine] (Italian), auto con portellone posteriore [masculine] (Italian), ハッチバック (hatchibakku) (Japanese), هاچبک (hâčbak) (Persian), хетчбэ́к (xɛtčbék) [masculine] (Russian), хэтчбе́к (xetčbɛ́k) [masculine] (Russian), halvkombi [common-gender] (Swedish), כעטשבעק (khetshbek) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-hatchback-en-noun-xd0NUf~s Disambiguation of Automotive: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards': 97 3
  2. The door itself.
    Sense id: en-hatchback-en-noun-p~3uAxmQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hot hatchback Related terms: fastback, notchback

Inflected forms

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