limousine

See also Limousine

English

A limousine.

• Limousine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

From French limousine.

Noun

limousine (plural limousines)

1. An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front
2. An automobile with such a body.
3. A luxury sedan/saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set^[1]:

     It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue ; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current ; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau ; […] .

Synonyms

• limo (Slang)

Translations

An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front

An automobile with such a body

A luxury sedan/saloon car

• Arabic: ليموزين (ar) (limuziin) m
• Catalan: limusina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豪華轎車 (cmn), 豪华轿车 (cmn) (háohuá jiàochē)

• Czech: limuzína (cs) f
• Dutch: limousine (nl) f
• Finnish: limusiini (fi)
• Hebrew: לימוזינה (he) (limuzína) f
• Hindi: लिमोसिन (hi) (limosin)

• Icelandic: limmósína (is) f, glæsivagn (is) m, eðalvagn (is) m
• Japanese: リムジン (ja) (rimujin)
• Korean: 리무진 (ko) (limujin)
• Malay: limusin (ms)
• Persian: لیموزین (fa)
• Russian: лимузин (ru) (limuzín) m
• Spanish: limusina (es) f
• Thai: ลีมูซีน (th) (lee-moo-seen)
• Turkish: limuzin (tr)

---

French

Etymology

From the name of the French région Limousin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /limuzin/

Adjective

limousine

1. feminine form of limousin

Noun

limousine f (plural limousines)

1. cloak
2. limousine
3. limousin (cow)