tramcar
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tramcar (plural tramcars)
- A streetcar.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 149:
- A style guide of the 1930s for journalists on the Daily Express tried to bring trams upmarket by insisting they be called 'tramcars'.
- A rail vehicle for carrying loads in a mine; a tram.
- We arrived at level 15 where we piled into a battery powered tramcar for a ten minute ride to the section of the mine we would be visiting. Packed into the tram we realized why the gigantic cooling and ventilation systems on the surface pumps 550 cubic meters of air into the mine each second.
Synonyms edit
Hypernyms edit
- (mine vehicle): rolling stock
Translations edit
streetcar — see tram
mine vehicle
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English tramcar.
Noun edit
tramcar n (plural tramcare)
Declension edit
Declension of tramcar
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) tramcar | tramcarul | (niște) tramcare | tramcarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) tramcar | tramcarului | (unor) tramcare | tramcarelor |
| vocative | tramcarule | tramcarelor | ||