Meanings
nounhubcap (plural hubcaps)
plural hubcaps · alternative hub cap
- A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel.
Synonyms: wheel cover, wheel trim
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel.
Similar
wheel coverwheel trim
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian тас
- тас (tas)decorative disk for wheels
Catalan tapaboques
- tapaboquesdecorative disk for wheels
Chinese Mandarin 輪轂罩 /轮毂罩, 軑 /轪
- 輪轂罩 /轮毂罩 (lúngǔzhào)decorative disk for wheels
- 軑 /轪 (dài)decorative disk for wheels
Dutch wieldop, naafdop
- wieldopdecorative disk for wheels
- naafdopdecorative disk for wheels
Finnish pölykapseli
- pölykapselidecorative disk for wheels
French chapeau de roue, enjoliveur
- chapeau de rouedecorative disk for wheels
- enjoliveurdecorative disk for wheels
German Radkappe
- Radkappedecorative disk for wheels
Hebrew טסה, צלחת גלגל
- טסה (tása)decorative disk for wheels
- צלחת גלגל (tzalákhat galgál)decorative disk for wheels
Hungarian dísztárcsa
- dísztárcsadecorative disk for wheels
Icelandic hjólkoppur
- hjólkoppurdecorative disk for wheels
Irish caipín moil
- caipín moildecorative disk for wheels
Italian copricerchio
- copricerchiodecorative disk for wheels
Japanese ホイールキャップ
- ホイールキャップ (hoīru kyappu)decorative disk for wheels
Korean 휠캡
- 휠캡 (hwilkaep)decorative disk for wheels
Norwegian hjulkapsel
- hjulkapseldecorative disk for wheels
Persian قالپاق
- قالپاق (qâlpâq)decorative disk for wheels
Polish kołpak
- kołpakdecorative disk for wheels
Portuguese calota
- calotadecorative disk for wheels
Russian колпа́к
- колпа́к (kolpák)decorative disk for wheels
Spanish copa, taza
- copadecorative disk for wheels
- tazadecorative disk for wheels
- tapabocinasdecorative disk for wheels
- tapacubosdecorative disk for wheels
- taparruedasdecorative disk for wheels
- tapóndecorative disk for wheels
- vasodecorative disk for wheels
Swedish navkapsel, hjulsida
- navkapseldecorative disk for wheels
- hjulsidadecorative disk for wheels
- fälgsidadecorative disk for wheels
Thai ฝาครอบล้อ, ฝาตบ
- ฝาครอบล้อ (fǎa-krɔ̂ɔp-lɔ́ɔ)decorative disk for wheels
- ฝาตบ (fǎa-dtòp)decorative disk for wheels
Turkish jant kapağı
- jant kapağıdecorative disk for wheels
Welsh cap both
- cap bothdecorative disk for wheels
Cite this entry
APA
hubcap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hubcap
MLA
“hubcap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hubcap. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hubcap,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hubcap.
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