"off-road" meaning in English

See off-road in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From off- + road. Etymology templates: {{af|en|off-|road}} off- + road Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} off-road (not comparable)
  1. Designed for, used for, or taking place on a driving surface that is not traditionally paved, such as a beach or rugged terrain Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (Designed for driving on rugged terrain): all-terrain Translations (designed for driving on a rugged terrain): tot terreny (Catalan), 越野 (yuèyě) (Chinese Mandarin), maasto- (Finnish), maastokelpoinen (Finnish), tout-terrain [feminine, masculine] (French), geländegängig (German), παντός εδάφους (pantós edáfous) [neuter] (Greek), вездехо́дный (vezdexódnyj) (Russian), внедоро́жный (vnedoróžnyj) (Russian), todoterreno (Spanish), terränggående (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-off-road-en-adj-TRKv1Wyu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 42 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 28 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 40 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 50 41 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 43 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 56 31 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 55 36 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 43 38 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 43 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 54 38 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 57 34 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 43 9 Disambiguation of 'Designed for driving on rugged terrain': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'designed for driving on a rugged terrain': 92 8
  2. Synonym of off-street Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: off-street [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-off-road-en-adj-F8HlhSo1 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with off-, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with off-: 34 46 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 50 41 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 43 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 43 38 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 43 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 48 43 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: off-roader

Verb

Forms: off-roads [present, singular, third-person], off-roading [participle, present], off-roaded [participle, past], off-roaded [past]
Etymology: From off- + road. Etymology templates: {{af|en|off-|road}} off- + road Head templates: {{en-verb}} off-road (third-person singular simple present off-roads, present participle off-roading, simple past and past participle off-roaded)
  1. (intransitive) To travel in rugged terrain instead of on a paved track. Tags: intransitive Translations (travel in rugged terrain): 越野行駛 /越野行驶 (yuèyě xíngshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kulkea maastossa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-off-road-en-verb-Wwl-6YwL Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 43 38 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 43 11

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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