Meanings
plural cable cars · alternative cablecar · alternative cable-car
- PhilippinesUSA streetcar moved by gripping to rotating loop of cable running along the track.
Synonyms: cable tram, cable tramway
- Any passenger vehicle attached to a moving cable for propulsion, and guided by some form of rails, on a specially-built track not in a street.
The Luton Direct Air-Rail Transit (DART) opened to passengers on March 10. The 1.3-mile cable car system is initially available for public use between 1400-1900 before opening in full at the end of the month.
2023 March 22, “Network News: Luton DART opens for business”, in RAIL, number 979, page 13Synonyms: people mover, cable tramway
- A hanging carriage or car for transporting people or cargo.
Synonyms: tram, aerial tram, ropeway, gondola, gondola lift, telpher, cable tramway
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA streetcar moved by gripping to rotating loop of cable running along the track.
nounAny passenger vehicle attached to a moving cable for propulsion, and guided by some form of rails, on a specially-built track not in a street.
nounA hanging carriage or car for transporting people or cargo.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans kabelkar, sweefspoor
- kabelkarhanging carriage
- sweefspoorhanging carriage
Bengali কেব্লকার
- কেব্লকার (keblokar)hanging carriage
Bulgarian каби́нкa
- каби́нкa (kabínka)hanging carriage
Catalan telefèric
- telefèrichanging carriage
Chinese Mandarin 纜車 /缆车
- 纜車 /缆车 (lǎnchē)hanging carriage
Danish svævebane, kabelbane
- svævebanehanging carriage
- kabelbanehanging carriage
Dutch kabelbaan
- kabelbaanhanging carriage
Finnish köysirata
- köysiratahanging carriage
French téléphérique, chariot
- téléphériquehanging carriage
- chariothanging carriage
German Pendelbahn
- Pendelbahnhanging carriage
Greek τελεφερίκ
- τελεφερίκ (teleferík)hanging carriage
Hebrew רכבל
- רכבל (rakével, rachbál)hanging carriage
Icelandic kláfur, loftferja
- kláfurhanging carriage
- loftferjahanging carriage
- kláfferjahanging carriage
Italian funivia
- funiviahanging carriage
Japanese ケーブルカー
- ケーブルカー (kēburukā)hanging carriage
Korean 케이블카
- 케이블카 (keibeulka)hanging carriage
Latvian vagoniņš
- vagoniņšhanging carriage
Lithuanian vagoniņš
- vagoniņšhanging carriage
Malay kereta kabel
- kereta kabelhanging carriage
Norwegian taubane, togbane
- taubanehanging carriage
- togbanehanging carriage
Persian تلهکابین
- تلهکابین (tele-kâbin)hanging carriage
Polish tramwaj linowy, mała kolej automatyczna
- tramwaj linowystreetcar moved by gripping — see also streetcar
- mała kolej automatycznapassenger vehicle attached to a moving cable
- kolej linowahanging carriage
- kolejka linowahanging carriage
Portuguese teleférico
- teleféricohanging carriage
Romanian telecabină
- telecabinăhanging carriage
Russian ваго́н кана́тной доро́ги, кана́тная доро́га
- ваго́н кана́тной доро́ги (vagón kanátnoj dorógi)hanging carriage
- кана́тная доро́га (kanátnaja doróga)hanging carriage
Spanish teleférico, funicular
- teleféricohanging carriage
- funicularhanging carriage
Swedish kabinbana, linbana
- kabinbanahanging carriage
- linbanahanging carriage
Tagalog kablekotse
- kablekotsehanging carriage
Tamil கேபிள் கார்
- கேபிள் கார் (kēpiḷ kār)hanging carriage
Turkish teleferik
- teleferikhanging carriage
Cite this entry
cable car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cable%20car
“cable car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cable%20car. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cable car,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cable%20car.
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