"motorcade" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌməʊtə(ɹ)ˈkeɪd/, /ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌkeɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-motorcade.wav [Southern-England] Forms: motorcades [plural]
Etymology: Blend of motor + cavalcade. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|motor|cavalcade}} Blend of motor + cavalcade Head templates: {{en-noun}} motorcade (plural motorcades)
  1. A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures. Translations (procession of cars): 車隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 车队 (chēduì) (Chinese Mandarin), 汽車行列 (Chinese Mandarin), 汽车行列 (qìchē hángliè) (Chinese Mandarin), autocolonne [feminine] (Dutch), autokolonn (Estonian), autokulkue (Finnish), cortège motorisé [masculine] (French), ავტოკოლონა (avṭoḳolona) (Georgian), Autokolonne [feminine] (German), Wagenkolonne [feminine] (German), αυτοκινητοπομπή (aftokinitopompí) [feminine] (Greek), autósor (Hungarian), bílalest [feminine] (Icelandic), corteo di automobili [masculine] (Italian), corteo di auto [masculine] (Italian), sfilata di automobili [feminine] (Italian), 車列 (sharetsu) (alt: しゃれつ) (Japanese), parada samochodowa [feminine] (Polish), carreata [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), cortejo automóvel [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), автоколо́нна (avtokolónna) [feminine] (Russian), моторизирана пратња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), motorizirana pratnja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), caravana [feminine] (Spanish), bilkortege (Swedish), modurgad [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-motorcade-en-noun-a9HvtwEV Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 95 5

Verb

IPA: /ˌməʊtə(ɹ)ˈkeɪd/, /ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌkeɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-motorcade.wav [Southern-England] Forms: motorcades [present, singular, third-person], motorcading [participle, present], motorcaded [participle, past], motorcaded [past]
Etymology: Blend of motor + cavalcade. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|motor|cavalcade}} Blend of motor + cavalcade Head templates: {{en-verb}} motorcade (third-person singular simple present motorcades, present participle motorcading, simple past and past participle motorcaded)
  1. (intransitive) To travel in a motorcade. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-motorcade-en-verb-j8yeBajY

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for motorcade meaning in English (6.5kB)

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        "(intransitive) To travel in a motorcade."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌməʊtə(ɹ)ˈkeɪd/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈməʊtə(ɹ)ˌkeɪd/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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}

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