Meanings
plural handbrakes · alternative hand brake
- automotiveA brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
On arrival at Spiez, the locomotive (No. 206) was immediately uncoupled and drew ahead to enable an Italian through coach from Interlaken to Milan to be loose shunted (with passengers aboard and controlled by means of its handbrake) on to the front of the train.
1953 August, J. G. Click, “The Lötschberg Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 515
present singular third person handbrakes · participle present handbraking · participle past handbraked · past handbraked · alternative hand brake
- To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Bengali হাত ব্রেক
- হাত ব্রেক (hat brek)hand-operated brake in a car
Catalan fre de mà
- fre de màhand-operated brake in a car
Chinese Cantonese 手掣
- 手掣 (sau² zai³)hand-operated brake in a car
Chinese Mandarin 手剎 /手刹, 手剎車 /手刹车
- 手剎 /手刹 (shǒushā)hand-operated brake in a car
- 手剎車 /手刹车 (shǒushāchē)hand-operated brake in a car
- 手閘 /手闸 (shǒuzhá)hand-operated brake in a car
Danish håndbremse
- håndbremsehand-operated brake in a car
Dutch handrem
- handremhand-operated brake in a car
Finnish käsijarru, seisontajarru
- käsijarruhand-operated brake in a car
- seisontajarruhand-operated brake in a car
French frein à main
- frein à mainhand-operated brake in a car
German Handbremse
- Handbremsehand-operated brake in a car
Greek χειρόφρενο
- χειρόφρενο (cheirófreno)hand-operated brake in a car
Hebrew אמברקס
- אמברקס (ambreks)hand-operated brake in a car
Hungarian kézifék
- kézifékhand-operated brake in a car
Icelandic handbremsa, handhemill
- handbremsahand-operated brake in a car
- handhemillhand-operated brake in a car
Italian freno a mano
- freno a manohand-operated brake in a car
Japanese ハンドブレーキ
- ハンドブレーキ (handoburēki)hand-operated brake in a car
Korean 핸드브레이크
- 핸드브레이크 (haendeubeureikeu)hand-operated brake in a car
Norwegian håndbrekk
- håndbrekkhand-operated brake in a car
Norwegian Bokmål håndbrems, handbrems
- håndbremshand-operated brake in a car
- handbremshand-operated brake in a car
- håndbremsehand-operated brake in a car
- handbremsehand-operated brake in a car
- håndbrekkhand-operated brake in a car
- handbrekkhand-operated brake in a car
Persian ترمز دستی
- ترمز دستی (tormoz dasti)hand-operated brake in a car
Polish hamulec ręczny
- hamulec ręcznyhand-operated brake in a car
Portuguese freio de mão, travão de mão
- freio de mãohand-operated brake in a car
- travão de mãohand-operated brake in a car
Russian ручно́й то́рмоз, ручни́к
- ручно́й то́рмоз (ručnój tórmoz)hand-operated brake in a car
- ручни́к (ručník)hand-operated brake in a car
Spanish freno de mano
- freno de manohand-operated brake in a car
Swedish handbroms
- handbromshand-operated brake in a car
Tagalog kamay-pigil
- kamay-pigilhand-operated brake in a car
Turkish el freni
- el frenihand-operated brake in a car
Welsh brêc llaw
- brêc llawhand-operated brake in a car
Cite this entry
handbrake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handbrake
“handbrake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handbrake. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handbrake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handbrake.
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