autocar

From auto- (“self-propelled”) +‎ car.

autocar (plural autocars)

1. (archaic) A road vehicle powered by steam or electricity rather than by traction.

• acatour

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌaw.tuˈkar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌaw.toˈkar]

autocar m (plural autocars)

1. coach (vehicle similar to a bus)

   Synonym: autobús

• “autocar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “autocar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “autocar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From auto- +‎ car.

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔ.kaʁ/, /ɔ.tɔ.kaʁ/

autocar m (plural autocars)

1. motorcoach, bus, coach (vehicle)

   Synonyms: (North America) autobus voyageur; (Europe) car

• → Bulgarian: автока́р (avtokár)
• → German: Autocar
• → Italian: autocarro (calque)
• → Portuguese: autocarro (calque)
• → Spanish: autocar
• → Turkish: otokar
• → Vietnamese: xe ca (partial calque)

• autobus

• “autocar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

autocar m (plural autocars) (Limousin)

1. motorcoach

   Synonym: autobus

• Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN; page 94

Borrowed from French autocar.

autocar n (plural autocare)

1. coach

Borrowed from French autocar.

• IPA^(key): /autoˈkaɾ/ [au̯.t̪oˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: au‧to‧car

autocar m (plural autocares)

1. motorcoach, bus, coach (vehicle)

• “autocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024