motor scooter

noun

A small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.

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Meanings

nounmotor scooter (plural motor scooters)

plural motor scooters · alternative motorscooter

  1. A small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.

    Synonyms: scooter

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.

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scooter

More synonyms by meaning

nouna wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel

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scooter
Broader
wheeled vehicle
Also see
scooter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Compound of motor + scooter.

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Translations

Bengali স্কুটার
  • স্কুটার (skuṭar)small motorcycle or moped
Catalan escúter
  • escútersmall motorcycle or moped
Chinese Mandarin 小型摩托車 /小型摩托车
  • 小型摩托車 /小型摩托车 (xiǎoxíng mótuōchē)small motorcycle or moped
Dutch scooter
  • scootersmall motorcycle or moped
Finnish skootteri, skoppe
  • skootterismall motorcycle or moped
  • skoppesmall motorcycle or moped
French scooter, scouteur
  • scootersmall motorcycle or moped
  • scouteursmall motorcycle or moped
German Motorroller
  • Motorrollersmall motorcycle or moped
Greek βέσπα, σκούτερ
  • βέσπα (véspa)small motorcycle or moped
  • σκούτερ (skoúter)small motorcycle or moped
  • μηχανοκίνητο πατίνι (michanokínito patíni)small motorcycle or moped
Hungarian robogó
  • robogósmall motorcycle or moped
Italian lambretta, motoscooter
  • lambrettasmall motorcycle or moped
  • motoscootersmall motorcycle or moped
Japanese スクーター
  • スクーター (sukūtā)small motorcycle or moped
Korean 스쿠터
  • 스쿠터 (seukuteo)small motorcycle or moped
Māori kutarere
  • kutareresmall motorcycle or moped
Polish skuter
  • skutersmall motorcycle or moped
Portuguese lambreta, motoneta
  • lambretasmall motorcycle or moped
  • motonetasmall motorcycle or moped
  • vespasmall motorcycle or moped
  • acelerasmall motorcycle or moped
Russian мотороллер, скутер
  • мотороллер (motoroller)small motorcycle or moped
  • скутер (skuter)small motorcycle or moped
Spanish motoneta, vespa
  • motonetasmall motorcycle or moped
  • vespasmall motorcycle or moped
  • escútersmall motorcycle or moped
Swedish scooter, skoter
  • scootersmall motorcycle or moped
  • skotersmall motorcycle or moped
  • vespasmall motorcycle or moped
Thai สกู๊ตเตอร์
  • สกู๊ตเตอร์ (sà-gúut-dtə̂ə)small motorcycle or moped
Vietnamese xe xcutơ, xe tay ga
  • xe xcutơsmall motorcycle or moped
  • xe tay gasmall motorcycle or moped
Cite this entry
APA

motor scooter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motor%20scooter

MLA

“motor scooter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motor%20scooter. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “motor scooter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motor%20scooter.

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