roadster
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊdstə(ɹ)/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊdstə(ɹ)
Noun edit
roadster (plural roadsters)
- (archaic) A horse for riding or driving on the road.
- 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:
- a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster
- A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction.
- (UK, dated) One who drives much; a coach driver.
- (UK, dated, slang) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
- An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
- A person who lives along the road. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- a sea-going vessel riding at anchor in a road or bay.
- (nautical) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides[19th century].
Translations edit
horse for riding or driving on the road
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bicycle or tricycle adapted for common roads
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hunter who keeps to the roads
type of open automobile
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sea-going vessel riding at anchor
nautical: clumsy vessel
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See also edit
- cabriolet, cabrio
- convertible
- drophead
- High Nelly(Irish)
- landau
- landaulet
- nellie(Irish)
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
roadster m (plural roadsters)
- roadster (automobile)
Further reading edit
- “roadster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English roadster.
Noun edit
roadster n (plural roadstere)
Declension edit
Declension of roadster
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) roadster | roadsterul | (niște) roadstere | roadsterele |
genitive/dative | (unui) roadster | roadsterului | (unor) roadstere | roadsterelor |
vocative | roadsterule | roadsterelor |
Spanish edit
Noun edit
roadster m (plural roadsters)
- roadster (vehicle)