carpool

English

Etymology

car +‎ pool

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

carpool (plural carpools)

1. An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.

   The neighbors decided on a carpool to get their kids to school, so that they wouldn't each have to drive every day.

2. The group of people who participate in such a pool.

Synonyms

• (arrangement to travel together): lift scheme

Hypernyms

• (arrangement to travel together): rideshare

Derived terms

• carpool lane

Translations

arrangement

• Czech: spolujízda (cs)
• Finnish: kimppakyyti
• French: covoiturage (fr) m
• Georgian: ერთობლივი მგზავრობა (ertoblivi mgzavroba)
• German: Fahrgemeinschaft (de) f
• Hungarian: telekocsi
• Italian: auto di gruppo m, carpooling m
• Japanese: 相乗り (ja) (ainori)
• Portuguese: carona (pt)
• Slovene: sopotništvo
• Swedish: bilpool c

group of people

• German: Fahrgemeinschaft (de) f

Verb

carpool (third-person singular simple present carpools, present participle carpooling, simple past and past participle carpooled)

1. To travel together in such a pool.

Translations

travel together

• Finnish: mennä kimppakyydillä
• French: faire du covoiturage
• Swedish: samåka (sv)
• Tagalog: maghinakay

See also

• carpooling
• vanpool

Anagrams

• copolar

Spanish

Noun

carpool m (plural carpools)

1. carpool