tire

(North America) tire, tyre (of a car, truck, etc)


direction

→ Turkish: direksiyon

→ Hijazi Arabic: دركسون (diriksōn)

(mechanics) Set of subsystems which allow to orient the wheels of a vehicle.


moteur

→ Persian: موتور (motor)

Borrowed from Latin mōtor. Displaced Old French mouveur.

moteur de recherche


klaxon

Borrowed from English klaxon. Genericized trademark.


char

Inherited from Old French char, from Latin carrus, a loan from Transalpine Gaulish. Doublet of car (“coach”), a borrowing from English.


aileron

→ Dutch: aileron

→ English: aileron

→ Portuguese: ailerão

→ Spanish: alerón


volant

fr-adj

volant (feminine volante, masculine plural volants, feminine plural volantes)

volante (feminine)
volants (masculine plural)
volantes (feminine plural)

soucoupe volante

tapis volant


volant

→ Czech: volant

→ Danish: volant

→ German: Volant

→ Italian: volant

→ Swedish: volang

→ Turkish: volan

→ Vietnamese: vô-lăng

prendre le volant

au volant

fou du volant


voyant

fr-noun

voyant m (plural voyants, feminine voyante)


champignon

→ Catalan: xampinyó

→ Crimean Tatar: şampinyon

→ Danish: champignon

→ Dutch: champignon

→ English: champignon

→ Galician: champiñón

→ German: Champignon

→ Italian: champignon

→ Luxembourgish: Champignon

→ Portuguese: champignon

→ Serbo-Croatian: šampìnjōn, шампѝњо̄н

→ Spanish: champiñón

/ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃/

From Vulgar Latin *campāniolus (“grows in the field”), from Late Latin campāneus (“relating to fields”), from Latin campānia (“level country”).
The “accelerator” sense comes from the fact that accelerator pedals were initially mushroom-shaped.

der

appuyer sur le champignon

to step on it, to floor it, to put the pedal to the metal, to put one's foot down, to step on the gas

le pied sur le champignon

champignon au plancher


pneu

Mon pneu est crevé!


caisse

Inherited from Middle French caisse, borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. Compare the etymological doublets châsse and casse.

Dans sa caisse / La musique à Joe / C’est la rumba

1987, “Joe le taxi”, Étienne Roda-Gil (lyrics), Franck Langolff (music), performed by Vanessa Paradis:


frein

→ Khmer: ហ្វ្រ័ង (frang)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: فرن (fren), فرهن (fren)
Turkish: fren

→ Vietnamese: phanh

Inherited from Old French frein, from Latin frēnum n. Cognate with Portuguese freio and Spanish freno.
Cf. the borrowed freiner.

(chiefly obsolete) bit (equipment put in a horse's mouth)


ceinture de sécurité

fr-noun

ceinture de sécurité f (plural ceintures de sécurité)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-ceinture de sécurité.wav


phare

Borrowed from Latin pharus, itself from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

“La vie en rose” est une des chansons phares d’Édith Piaf.

“La vie en rose” is one of Edith Piaf's signature songs.


phare

→ Bulgarian: фар (far)

→ English: phare

→ Khmer: ហ្វារ (faa)

→ Luxembourgish: Phar

→ Macedonian: фар (far)

→ Moore: faare

→ Romanian: far

→ Russian: фара (fara)

→ Crimean Tatar: fara

→ Turkish: far

→ Vietnamese: pha

(nautical) The set of sails on the mast.


* (UEFA Intertoto Cup): From Coupe 4 (“Cup 4”), because was the four more important football competition in Europe, at the time of its creation.
* (UEFA Europa Conference League): Because the UEFA Champions League is called "C1" and the UEFA Europa League is called "C3" (it retains the name of "C3" despite the disappearance of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup which was called "C2") and the UEFA Europa Conference League is the third competition most important in Europe.

the defunct UEFA Intertoto Cup (1961-2008)

the UEFA Europa Conference League (2021-)


Suzuki

Borrowed from Japanese Suzuki (Suzuki), from Japanese すずき (Suzuki, “surname”) or Japanese スズキ (Suzuki, “automaker”); from Japanese 鈴木 (Suzuki) (automaker from the surname).


Volkswagen

LL-Q150 (fra)-Damien R. (BiblioCanet66)-Volkswagen.wav

, Volksie


compteur de vitesse

compteur de vitesse m (plural compteurs de vitesse)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-compteur de vitesse.wav


clignotant

fr-adj

clignotant (feminine clignotante, masculine plural clignotants, feminine plural clignotantes)

clignotante (feminine)
clignotants (masculine plural)
clignotantes (feminine plural)


plaque d'immatriculation

fr-noun

plaque d’immatriculation f (plural plaques d’immatriculation)

plaque d’ immatriculation (canonical feminine)
plaques d’immatriculation (plural)

license plate, number plate (identifying tag, usually of metal, bearing a unique sequence of letters, numbers, or both, and placed at the back and, sometimes, also at the front of a motor vehicle)


vilebrequin

→ Catalan: filaberquí

→ Spanish: berbiquí

→ Portuguese: berbequim, virabrequim

Inherited from Middle French wembelkin, from Middle Dutch wimmelkijn.


bagnole

(colloquial) ride; whip; wheels (an automobile)


phare antibrouillard

phare antibrouillard m (plural phares antibrouillard)


pneumatique

→ English: pneumatique

→ Portuguese: pneumático

Learned borrowing from Latin pneumaticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πνευματικός (pneumatikós, “relating to wind or air”), from πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, air, breath, spirit”).


pare-brise

→ Armenian: պարբրիս (parbris)

→ Romanian: parbriz

→ Greek: παρμπρίζ (parmpríz)

From parer + brise. Compare Spanish parabrisas, Italian parabrezza, Portuguese para-brisa.


calandre

→ English: calander

Inherited from Middle French calende, calandre. Trésor de la langue française informatisé proposes a dialectal form of charançon as the origin, but other sources derive this group of cognates (including Dutch kalander) from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros, “cylinder”) through Latin.

Sitophilus granarius
Sitophilus granarius#Translingual

wheat weevil larva (Sitophilus granarius)


capot

→ Catalan: capó

→ Gulf Arabic: كبوت (kabbūt)

→ Hijazi Arabic: كَبُّوت (kabbūt)

→ Portuguese: capô

→ Spanish: capó

→ Luxembourgish: Capot

Inherited from Old French capote (“hooded cloak”), diminutive of cape, from Late Latin cappa.


embrayage

→ Greek: αμπραγιάζ (ampragiáz)

→ Portuguese: embraiagem


silencieux

→ Norman: silencieux

Borrowed from Latin silentiōsus (adjective). Documented since 1527.

bor+

pot d’échappement
pot d'échappement#French

(North America) Synonym of pot d’échappement (“exhaust pipe”)


guimbarde

→ Catalan: guimbarda

→ English: guimbarde

→ Spanish: guimbarda

From Occitan guimbardo, from guimbar (“to jump”), from Old Occitan guimar (“to leap”), possibly from a hypothetical Gothic *𐍅𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽 (*wimōn, “to rise [?]”), which would be related to Old Saxon upwimōn (“to rise”), Old High German ūfwiumen (“to well or bubble up”) and/or Old High German wemōn (“to sway, fluctuate”), all ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wīpaną (“to wrap, wind”).


planétaire

(automobile) epicyclic gear, planetary gear


amortisseur

→ Greek: αμορτισέρ (amortisér)

→ Turkish: amortisör

→ Laz: ამორტისორი (amorťisori)


arbre à cames

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-arbre à cames.wav


plaquette de frein

fr-noun

plaquette de frein f (plural plaquettes de frein)


tableau de bord

tableau de bord m (plural tableaux de bord)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-tableau de bord.wav


échappement

desc

→ North Levantine Arabic: أشطمان (ʔašṭmān, “exhaust pipe”), أشكمان (ʔašᵊkmān), أشكمون (ʔašᵊkmōn) (Lebanon)

→ Moroccan Arabic: شاكمة (šāgma, “exhaust pipe”), شاڭمة (šāgma), شاگمة (šāgma)


frein à main

/fʁɛ̃ a mɛ̃/

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-frein à main.wav

handbrake, parking brake (hand-operated brake in a car, that can be set to avoid the vehicle rolling down a slope)


pneu de secours

fr-noun

pneu de secours m (plural pneus de secours)


roue de secours

roue de secours f (plural roues de secours)


delco

From the Delco corporation, whose acronym spells Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company.


gamos

Sors pas les gros gamos
Car sur toi il feront du srol

2017, “Jacques a dit”, in Indépendant, performed by Elh Kmer:


Renault

Inherited from Latin Reginaldus, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *Raginawaldaz, a personal name composed of the elements Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel”) *waldaną (“to rule”).


véhicule utilitaire sport

véhicule utilitaire sport m (plural véhicules utilitaires sports)

Calque of English sport utility vehicle.

sport utility vehicle
sport utility vehicle


pot d'échappement

pot d’échappement m (plural pots d’échappement)

pot d’ échappement (canonical masculine)
pots d’échappement (plural)

→ Vietnamese: pô


moteur thermique

moteur thermique m (plural moteurs thermiques)


pneu hiver

Coordinate term: pneu été


gaz d'échappement

gaz d’échappement m (plural gaz d’échappement)

gaz d’échappement (canonical masculine)
gaz d’échappement (plural)


pédale d'embrayage

pédale d’embrayage f (plural pédales d’embrayage)

pédale d’ embrayage (canonical feminine)
pédales d’embrayage (plural)


feux de route

high-beam (automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance)


feux de détresse

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-feux de détresse.wav


tchop

Y’a les gyrophares qui éclairent la tchop mais on s’arrête pas

2020 March 13, Lazamah (lyrics and music), “BDFDP”, in Pimp:

There are sirens lightening the cars but one does not hold on


plaque minéralogique

plaque minéralogique f (plural plaques minéralogiques)


pneu été

Coordinate term: pneu hiver