"passenger car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: passenger cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} passenger car (plural passenger cars)
  1. (rail transport, US) A railroad car designed to carry passengers. Tags: US Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: passenger carriage [British, English], passenger coach, passenger bogie [India] Hyponyms: sleeper Related terms: Pullman car Translations (railroad car designed to carry passengers): personvogn (Danish), passagervogn [common-gender] (Danish), reisivagun (Estonian), matkustajavaunu (Finnish), სამგზავრო ვაგონი (samgzavro vagoni) (Georgian), Personenwagen [masculine] (German), Reisezugwagen [masculine] (German), személykocsi (Hungarian), személyszállító vagon (Hungarian), cóiste paisinéirí [masculine] (Irish), personvogn (Norwegian), пассажи́рский ваго́н (passažírskij vagón) [masculine] (Russian), coche de pasajeros (Spanish), vagón de pasajeros (Spanish), personvagn (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-passenger_car-en-noun-d714uF0m Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport Disambiguation of 'railroad car designed to carry passengers': 80 20
  2. (vehicles) A motor vehicle designed to carry (a few) passengers; a motorcar. Categories (topical): Vehicles Translations (road vehicle that carries passengers): 轎車 (Chinese Mandarin), 轿车 (jiàochē) (Chinese Mandarin), personbil (Danish), personenauto [masculine] (Dutch), personenwagen [masculine] (Dutch), sõiduauto (Estonian), henkilöauto (Finnish), მსუბუქი ავტომობილი (msubuki avṭomobili) (Georgian), მსუბუქი ავტომანქანა (msubuki avṭomankana) (Georgian), მსუბუქი მანქანა (msubuki mankana) (Georgian), PKW [masculine] (German), Personenkraftwagen (German), személygépkocsi (Hungarian), személyautó (Hungarian), személygépjármű (Hungarian), personbil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), personbil [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), autoturism [neuter] (Romanian), легковая машина (lexkovaja mašina) [feminine] (Russian), легковой автомобиль (lexkovoj avtomobilʹ) [masculine] (Russian), turismo [masculine] (Spanish), personbil (Swedish), binek araç (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-passenger_car-en-noun-1A8WObgY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Topics: transport, vehicles Disambiguation of 'road vehicle that carries passengers': 44 56

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lexkovoj avtomobilʹ",
      "sense": "road vehicle that carries passengers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "легковой автомобиль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "road vehicle that carries passengers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "road vehicle that carries passengers",
      "word": "personbil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "road vehicle that carries passengers",
      "word": "binek araç"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "passenger car"
  ],
  "word": "passenger car"
}

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