"sleeping car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sleeping cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sleeping car (plural sleeping cars)
  1. (rail transport) A railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight. Wikipedia link: sleeping car Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: sleeper car Translations (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.): спален вагон (spalen vagon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 臥舖車 (Chinese Mandarin), 卧铺车 (wòpùchē) (Chinese Mandarin), lůžkový vůz [masculine] (Czech), sovevogn [common-gender] (Danish), slaapwagen [masculine] (Dutch), magamisvagun (Estonian), makuuvaunu (Finnish), wagon-couchette [masculine] (French), wagon-lit [masculine] (French), Schlafwagen [masculine] (German), hálókocsi (Hungarian), svefnvagn [masculine] (Icelandic), cóiste codlata [masculine] (Irish), vagone letto [masculine] (Italian), 寝台車 (shindaisha) (alt: しんだいしゃ) (Japanese), 침대차 (chimdaecha) (Korean), sovevogn [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sovevogn [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wagon sypialny [masculine] (Polish), vagão-leito [masculine] (Portuguese), vagon de dormit [neuter] (Romanian), спа́льный ваго́н (spálʹnyj vagón) [masculine] (Russian), vagón litera [masculine] (Spanish), coche cama [masculine] (Spanish), coche dormitorio [masculine] (Spanish), sovvagn [common-gender] (Swedish), спа́льний ваго́н (spálʹnyj vahón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sleeping_car-en-noun-z3hmOJoV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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          "code": "is",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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          "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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      "roman": "spalen vagon",
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      "word": "спален вагон"
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      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
      "word": "臥舖車"
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      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "svefnvagn"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cóiste codlata"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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      "word": "vagone letto"
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      "word": "寝台車"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chimdaecha",
      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
      "word": "침대차"
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      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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    },
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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    },
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      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spálʹnyj vagón",
      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спа́льный ваго́н"
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      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spálʹnyj vahón",
      "sense": "a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.",
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      "word": "спа́льний ваго́н"
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