Meanings
nounmotorail (plural motorails)
plural motorails
- rail transportA train allowing passengers to take their automobile along with them on their journey.
Synonyms: accompanied car train, car-sleeper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA train allowing passengers to take their automobile along with them on their journey.
Similar
accompanied car traincar-sleeper
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinmōtor
- Middle Englishmotour
- Englishmotor
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
- Proto-Italic*regō
- Latinregō
- Latinrēgula
- Proto-West Germanic*regulu
- Old Englishregol
- Latinrēgula
- Old Frenchreille
- Middle Englishrail
- Englishrail
- Englishmotorail
Translations
Finnish autojuna, autopikajuna
- autojunatype of train
- autopikajunatype of train
German Autoreisezug
- Autoreisezugtype of train
Turkish arabalı tren
- arabalı trentype of train
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
motorail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motorail
MLA
“motorail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motorail. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “motorail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/motorail.
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