front-wheel drive

noun

Engine layout in motor vehicles where only the front wheels are driven.

Opposite
rear-wheel drive
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Meanings

nounfront-wheel drive (uncountable)
  1. uncountableEngine layout in motor vehicles where only the front wheels are driven.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
rear-wheel drive

Translations

Dutch voorwielaandrijving
  • voorwielaandrijvinglayout in which only ront wheels drive
Finnish etuveto
  • etuvetolayout in which only ront wheels drive
German Frontantrieb, Vorderradantrieb
  • Frontantrieblayout in which only ront wheels drive
  • Vorderradantrieblayout in which only ront wheels drive
Japanese 前輪駆動
  • 前輪駆動 (zenrin-kudō)layout in which only ront wheels drive
Polish napęd przedni
  • napęd przednilayout in which only ront wheels drive
Russian пере́дний при́вод
  • пере́дний при́вод (perédnij prívod)layout in which only ront wheels drive
Swedish framhjulsdrift
  • framhjulsdriftlayout in which only ront wheels drive
Cite this entry
APA

front-wheel drive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front-wheel%20drive

MLA

“front-wheel drive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front-wheel%20drive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “front-wheel drive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front-wheel%20drive.

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