Meanings
nouncar door (plural car doors)
plural car doors · alternative car-door · alternative cardoor
- automotiveA door designed for use on a car (whether a railway carriage or an automobile).
We found Jeru to be a pleasant city; with only one fault: the inhabitants will crowd into a car before passengers can get out; consequently the heads of the two columns collide near the car-door, and there is a general choke.
1863, Gail Hamilton, Gala-Days, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, page 22
Origin
1863 (US, applied to “railway car”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 車門 /车门
- 車門 /车门 (chēmén)door designed for use on a car
Danish bildør, vogndør
- bildørdoor designed for use on a car
- vogndørdoor designed for use on a car
Finnish auton ovi, junan ovi
- auton ovidoor designed for use on a car
- junan ovidoor designed for use on a car
French portière
- portièredoor designed for use on a car
Japanese 車のドア
- 車のドア (kuruma no doa)door designed for use on a car
Norwegian Bokmål bildør
- bildørdoor designed for use on a car
Spanish portezuela
- portezueladoor designed for use on a car
Swedish bildörr
- bildörrdoor designed for use on a car
Cite this entry
APA
car door. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20door
MLA
“car door.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20door. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “car door,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20door.
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