dresina
Catalan
Etymology
Named after Baron Karl Drais (1785–1851).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [dɾəˈzi.nə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [dɾeˈzi.na]
- Rhymes: -inə, -ina
- Hyphenation: dre‧si‧na
Noun
dresina f (plural dresines)
- (rail transport) draisine (light self-propelled vehicle for transporting personnel in charge of track maintenance)
- 2024, Adam O., chapter 10, in Gro[1], →ISBN:
- La dresina va avançar mig metre més pels rails inclinats i després va tornar a caure cap enrere lentament.
- The draisine moved forward another half meter along the inclined rails and then slowly fell back again.
Further reading
- “dresina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “dresina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dresina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “dresina”, 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
Italian
Noun
dresina f (plural dresine)
Anagrams
Spanish
Noun
dresina f (plural dresinas)