motor home

See also: motorhome

English

Alternative forms

motorhome

Noun

motor home (plural motor homes)

A type of recreational vehicle, a self-propelled structure built on a truck or bus chassis containing living accommodations.
Synonym: (US) housecar

Usage notes

Do not confuse motor home with mobile home.

Translations

recreational home on wheels

Bulgarian: кемпер m (kemper)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 旅宿汽車 / 旅宿汽车 (lǚsù qìchē), 房車 / 房车 (zh) (fángchē) (mainland), 房车 (zh) (fángchē) (mainland)
Dutch: camper (nl) m, kampeerauto (nl) m
Finnish: matkailuauto (fi)
French: camping-car (fr), autocaravane (fr)
Greek: τροχόσπιτο (el) n (trochóspito)
Irish: veain champála f
Italian: camper (it) m
Korean: 캠핑카 (kaempingka)
Maori: wakanoho
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bobil (no) m
Polish: kamper (pl) m
Portuguese: autocaravana f (Portugal), motocasa (pt) f (Brazil), motor home m
Russian: дом на колёсак f (dom na koljósak, literally “house on wheels”), автодом (ru) m (avtodom)
Swedish: husbil (sv) c
Turkish: motokaravan (tr)
Vietnamese: nhà di động
Welsh: cartref modur m

Portuguese

Alternative forms

motor-home, motorhome

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English motor home.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈʁo(w).mi/ [ˈmɔ.toɦ ˈho(ʊ̯).mi], /ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈʁõ/ [ˈmɔ.toɦ ˈhõ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.toɾ ˈʁo(w).mi/ [ˈmɔ.toɾ ˈho(ʊ̯).mi], /ˈmɔ.toɾ ˈʁõ/ [ˈmɔ.toɾ ˈhõ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈʁo(w).mi/ [ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈχo(ʊ̯).mi], /ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈʁõ/ [ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈχõ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.toɻ ˈʁo(w).me/ [ˈmɔ.toɻ ˈho(ʊ̯).me], /ˈmɔ.toɻ ˈʁõ/ [ˈmɔ.toɻ ˈhõ]

Noun

motor home m (plural motor homes)

motor home
Synonyms: autocaravana, motocasa