passenger car

noun

A railroad car designed to carry passengers.

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passenger carriagepassenger coachpassenger bogierailway carriagecoachcarriage
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Meanings

nounpassenger car (plural passenger cars)

plural passenger cars

  1. USrail transportA railroad car designed to carry passengers.

    Synonyms: passenger carriage, passenger coach, passenger bogie, railway carriage

  2. transportA motor vehicle designed to carry (a few) passengers; a motorcar.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA railroad car designed to carry passengers.

Similar
passenger carriagepassenger coachpassenger bogierailway carriage

More synonyms by meaning

nouna railcar where passengers ride

Similar
coachcarriage
Broader
carrailcarrailway car
Also see
carriagecoachrailway carriage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian лек автомоби́л
  • лек автомоби́л (lek avtomobíl)road vehicle that carries passengers
Chinese Cantonese 轎車 /轿车
  • 轎車 /轿车road vehicle that carries passengers
Chinese Mandarin 轎車 /轿车
  • 轎車 /轿车 (jiàochē)road vehicle that carries passengers
Czech osobní auto, osobní automobil
  • osobní autoroad vehicle that carries passengers
  • osobní automobilroad vehicle that carries passengers
Danish personvogn, passagervogn
  • personvognrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • passagervognrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • personbilroad vehicle that carries passengers
Dutch personenauto, personenwagen
  • personenautoroad vehicle that carries passengers
  • personenwagenroad vehicle that carries passengers
Estonian reisivagun, sõiduauto
  • reisivagunrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • sõiduautoroad vehicle that carries passengers
Finnish matkustajavaunu, henkilöauto
  • matkustajavaunurailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • henkilöautoroad vehicle that carries passengers
French voiture de tourisme
  • voiture de tourismeroad vehicle that carries passengers
German Personenwagen, Reisezugwagen
  • Personenwagenrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • Reisezugwagenrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • PKWroad vehicle that carries passengers
  • Personenkraftwagenroad vehicle that carries passengers
Hungarian személykocsi, személyszállító vagon
  • személykocsirailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • személyszállító vagonrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • személygépkocsiroad vehicle that carries passengers
  • személyautóroad vehicle that carries passengers
  • személygépjárműroad vehicle that carries passengers
Icelandic fólksbifreið, fólksbíll
  • fólksbifreiðroad vehicle that carries passengers
  • fólksbíllroad vehicle that carries passengers
Irish cóiste paisinéirí
  • cóiste paisinéirírailroad car designed to carry passengers
Japanese 乗用車
  • 乗用車 (jōyōsha)road vehicle that carries passengers
Korean 승용차
  • 승용차 (seung'yongcha)road vehicle that carries passengers
Norwegian Bokmål personvogn, personbil
  • personvognrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • personbilroad vehicle that carries passengers
Polish samochód osobowy, osobówka
  • samochód osobowyrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • osobówkarailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • samochód osobowyroad vehicle that carries passengers
  • osobówkaroad vehicle that carries passengers
Romanian autoturism
  • autoturismroad vehicle that carries passengers
Russian пассажи́рский ваго́н, легково́й автомоби́ль
  • пассажи́рский ваго́н (passažírskij vagón)railroad car designed to carry passengers
  • легково́й автомоби́ль (lexkovój avtomobílʹ)road vehicle that carries passengers
  • легкова́я маши́на (lexkovája mašína)road vehicle that carries passengers
  • легкову́шка (lexkovúška)road vehicle that carries passengers
Slovak osobný automobil, osobné auto
  • osobný automobilroad vehicle that carries passengers
  • osobné autoroad vehicle that carries passengers
Spanish coche de pasajeros, vagón de pasajeros
  • coche de pasajerosrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • vagón de pasajerosrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • turismoroad vehicle that carries passengers
Swedish personvagn, personbil
  • personvagnrailroad car designed to carry passengers
  • personbilroad vehicle that carries passengers
Turkish binek araç, binek otomobil
  • binek araçroad vehicle that carries passengers
  • binek otomobilroad vehicle that carries passengers
Ukrainian легкови́й автомобі́ль, легкова́ маши́на
  • легкови́й автомобі́ль (lehkovýj avtomobílʹ)road vehicle that carries passengers
  • легкова́ маши́на (lehková mašýna)road vehicle that carries passengers
  • легкове́ авто́ (lehkové avtó)road vehicle that carries passengers
  • легкову́шка (lehkovúška)road vehicle that carries passengers
Vietnamese xe con, ô tô con
  • xe conroad vehicle that carries passengers
  • ô tô conroad vehicle that carries passengers
Cite this entry
APA

passenger car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passenger%20car

MLA

“passenger car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passenger%20car. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “passenger car,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passenger%20car.

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