passenger compartment

noun

The part of a road vehicle partitioned from the engine compartment, trunk or boot, etc., designed to hold the passengers and usually the driver; but in limousines and some taxis, buses and goods vehicles, the driver is separated in a cab or driver's compartment.

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Meanings

nounpassenger compartment (plural passenger compartments)

plural passenger compartments

  1. automotiveThe part of a road vehicle partitioned from the engine compartment, trunk or boot, etc., designed to hold the passengers and usually the driver; but in limousines and some taxis, buses and goods vehicles, the driver is separated in a cab or driver's compartment.

Origin

From passenger + compartment.

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Translations

French habitacle
  • habitaclespace for road vehicle passengers
German Innenraum
  • Innenraumspace for road vehicle passengers
Italian abitacolo
  • abitacolospace for road vehicle passengers
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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