"private car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: private cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} private car (plural private cars)
  1. A car (automobile) that is for personal use and owned privately. Hypernyms: car, auto, automobile, motor vehicle, vehicle Coordinate_terms: company car
    Sense id: en-private_car-en-noun-en:private_Q1420
  2. (rail transport, US) A railroad passenger car that is either privately owned or used privately, or both. Wikidata QID: Q7246239 Tags: US Hypernyms: railroad car, rail car, car, carriage, rolling stock, vehicle Translations (privately owned car): 私家車 /私家车 (sījiāchē) (Chinese Mandarin), privatbil [common-gender] (Danish), eginbilur [masculine] (Faroese), privatbilur [masculine] (Faroese), yksityisauto (Finnish), Privatwagen [masculine] (German), Privatauto [neuter] (German), einkabíll [masculine] (Icelandic), einkabifreið [feminine] (Icelandic), personbil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), privatbil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), personbil [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), privatbil [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), coche privado [masculine] (Spanish), privatbil [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-private_car-en-noun-en:Q7246239 Categories (other): American English, Rail transportation, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Vehicles Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Vehicles: 31 69 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport Disambiguation of 'privately owned car': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: passenger car (english: automotive sense), passenger car (english: railway sense), private property

Inflected forms

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