electric car

noun

A car that uses electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine, the power coming from rechargeable batteries.

Similar
electricelectric automobile

Meanings

nounelectric car (plural electric cars)

plural electric cars

  1. A car that uses electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine, the power coming from rechargeable batteries.

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    2023, Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Penguin, →ISBN, page 328

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna car that is powered by electricity

Similar
electricelectric automobile
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic سَيَّارَة كَهْرَبَائِيَّة
  • سَيَّارَة كَهْرَبَائِيَّة (sayyāra kahrabāʔiyya)a car that uses electric motors
Bengali বৈদ্যুতিক গাড়ী
  • বৈদ্যুতিক গাড়ী (bōiddutik gaṛi)a car that uses electric motors
Bulgarian електри́чески автомоби́л, електромоби́л
  • електри́чески автомоби́л (elektríčeski avtomobíl)a car that uses electric motors
  • електромоби́л (elektromobíl)a car that uses electric motors
Catalan cotxe elèctric
  • cotxe elèctrica car that uses electric motors
Chinese Mandarin 電動車 /电动车, 電動汽車 /电动汽车
  • 電動車 /电动车 (diàndòngchē)a car that uses electric motors
  • 電動汽車 /电动汽车 (diàndòng qìchē)a car that uses electric motors
Czech elektromobil
  • elektromobila car that uses electric motors
Danish elbil
  • elbila car that uses electric motors
Dutch elektrische auto, stekkerauto
  • elektrische autoa car that uses electric motors
  • stekkerautoa car that uses electric motors
Esperanto elektroaŭto
  • elektroaŭtoa car that uses electric motors
Estonian elektriauto
  • elektriautoa car that uses electric motors
Finnish sähköauto, täyssähköauto
  • sähköautoa car that uses electric motors
  • täyssähköautoa car that uses electric motors
  • täyssähköa car that uses electric motors
French voiture électrique
  • voiture électriquea car that uses electric motors
German Elektroauto, E-Auto
  • Elektroautoa car that uses electric motors
  • E-Autoa car that uses electric motors
  • Elektromobila car that uses electric motors
  • Stromera car that uses electric motors
Hindi इलेक्ट्रिक कार, विद्युतचालित कार
  • इलेक्ट्रिक कार (ilekṭrik kār)a car that uses electric motors
  • विद्युतचालित कार (vidyutcālit kār)a car that uses electric motors
Hungarian elektromos autó, villanyautó
  • elektromos autóa car that uses electric motors
  • villanyautóa car that uses electric motors
Icelandic rafmagnsbíll, rafbíll
  • rafmagnsbílla car that uses electric motors
  • rafbílla car that uses electric motors
Indonesian mobil listrik
  • mobil listrika car that uses electric motors
Italian auto elettrica
  • auto elettricaa car that uses electric motors
Japanese 電気自動車)
  • 電気自動車) (denki jidōsha)a car that uses electric motors
Korean 전기자동차, 전기차
  • 전기자동차 (jeon'gijadongcha)a car that uses electric motors
  • 전기차 (jeon'gicha)a car that uses electric motors
Latvian elektromobilis
  • elektromobilisa car that uses electric motors
Lithuanian elektromobilis
  • elektromobilisa car that uses electric motors
Malay kereta elektrik
  • kereta elektrika car that uses electric motors
Norwegian Bokmål elbil
  • elbila car that uses electric motors
Persian خودرُویِ بَرقی
  • خودرُویِ بَرقی (xodrow-ye barqi)a car that uses electric motors
Polish samochód elektryczny, elektryk
  • samochód elektrycznya car that uses electric motors
  • elektryka car that uses electric motors
Portuguese carro elétrico
  • carro elétricoa car that uses electric motors
Romanian automobil electric
  • automobil electrica car that uses electric motors
Russian электромоби́ль
  • электромоби́ль (elektromobílʹ)a car that uses electric motors
Slovak elektromobil
  • elektromobila car that uses electric motors
Spanish coche eléctrico, auto eléctrico
  • coche eléctricoa car that uses electric motors
  • auto eléctricoa car that uses electric motors
  • carro eléctricoa car that uses electric motors
Swahili gari la umeme
  • gari la umemea car that uses electric motors
Swedish elbil
  • elbila car that uses electric motors
Thai รถพลังงานไฟฟ้า
  • รถพลังงานไฟฟ้า (rót-pá-lang-ngaan-fai-fáa)a car that uses electric motors
Turkish elektrikli otomobil
  • elektrikli otomobila car that uses electric motors
Ukrainian електромобі́ль
  • електромобі́ль (elektromobílʹ)a car that uses electric motors
Urdu بَرْقی گاڑی
  • بَرْقی گاڑی (barqī gāṛī)a car that uses electric motors
Vietnamese xe điện, ô tô điện
  • xe điệna car that uses electric motors
  • ô tô điệna car that uses electric motors
Cite this entry
APA

electric car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electric%20car

MLA

“electric car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electric%20car. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electric car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electric%20car.

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