Meanings
plural Toyotas
- countableA surname from Japanese.
- countableuncountableautomotiveThe Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of cars.
So vehicles, like some Toyota Corollas, have a 160-mph speedometer despite coming nowhere close to reaching such speeds.
2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Why your car’s speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can’t)”, in CNN Business - countableuncountableautomotiveA brand of car manufactured by Toyota.
It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers.
2001, Stephen Brown, Marketing – the Retro Revolution, London: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 139
Origin
- Japaneseトヨタ
- EnglishToyota
Borrowed from Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky.
More words from Japanese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تُويُوتَا, تُويُوتَا
- تُويُوتَا (tuyūtā)city in the Aichi Prefecture
- تُويُوتَا (toyotā)Toyota Motor Corporation
- تُويُوتَا (toyūtā)Toyota Motor Corporation
- تُويُوتَا (tuyūtā)Toyota Motor Corporation
Chinese Mandarin 豐田 /丰田, 豐田 /丰田
- 豐田 /丰田 (Fēngtián)city in the Aichi Prefecture
- 豐田 /丰田 (Fēngtián)Toyota Motor Corporation
- 豐田 /丰田 (Fēngtián)a Toyota car
- 豐田車 /丰田车 (Fēngtiánchē)a Toyota car
French Toyota
- Toyotaa Toyota car
Greek Τογιότα
- Τογιότα (Togióta)city in the Aichi Prefecture
Hebrew טויוטה
- טויוטה (toyota)Toyota Motor Corporation
Hindi टोयोटा
- टोयोटा (ṭoyoṭā)Toyota Motor Corporation
Japanese 豊田, 豊田市
- 豊田 (Toyota)city in the Aichi Prefecture
- 豊田市 (Toyota-shi)city in the Aichi Prefecture
- トヨタ (Toyota)Toyota Motor Corporation
- 豊田 (Toyoda)Toyota Motor Corporation
Korean 도요타, 토요타
- 도요타 (Doyota)city in the Aichi Prefecture
- 토요타 (Toyota)city in the Aichi Prefecture
- 도요타 (Doyota)Toyota Motor Corporation
Persian تویوتا
- تویوتا (toyotâ)Toyota Motor Corporation
Polish Toyota, toyota
- ToyotaToyota Motor Corporation
- toyotaa Toyota car
Russian Тойо́та
- Тойо́та (Tojóta)Toyota Motor Corporation
Slovak toyota
- toyotaa Toyota car
Ukrainian тойота
- тойота (tojota)a Toyota car
Urdu ٹویوٹا
- ٹویوٹا (ṭoyoṭā)Toyota Motor Corporation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Toyota
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Toyota. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toyota
“Toyota.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toyota. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Toyota,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toyota.
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