Meanings
nounpickup truck (plural pickup trucks)
plural pickup trucks · alternative pickup · alternative pick-up · alternative pick up · alternative pick up truck
- CanadaSingaporeUSA light truck with an open cargo bed.
On the same highway, I once absent-mindedly cut in front of this enormous jacked-up pickup truck.
2024 June 10, Thomas Lake, “17 years later, I still remember this act of kindness from another driver”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Jun 20241 more example
The wildly entertaining trip that follows, involving a used Winnebago and an old pickup truck with ropes for seatbelts, has a profound effect on Pedro.
2023 September 13, Matt de la Peña, “‘Mexikid’ and ‘Salsa Magic’ Drive Latino Kids to Their Roots”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
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Origin
Uncertain, but likely related to its intended use to pick up various supplies.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans bakkie
- bakkietruck with an open cargo bed
Arabic نِصْف نَقْل, شَاحِنَةُ نَقْلٍ صَغِيرَة
- نِصْف نَقْل (niṣf naql)truck with an open cargo bed
- شَاحِنَةُ نَقْلٍ صَغِيرَة (šāḥinatu naqlin ṣaḡīra)truck with an open cargo bed
- سَيَّارَةُ نَقْلٍ (sayyāratu naqlin)truck with an open cargo bed
- سَيَّارَةُ بِيكْ أَبْ (sayyāratu bīk ʔab)truck with an open cargo bed
- سَيَّارَةُ النِّصْفِ نَقْلٍ (sayyāratu n-niṣfi naqlin)truck with an open cargo bed
Bulgarian пика́п
- пика́п (pikáp)truck with an open cargo bed
Catalan camioneta
- camionetatruck with an open cargo bed
Chinese Mandarin 皮卡, 皮卡車 /皮卡车
- 皮卡 (píkǎ)truck with an open cargo bed
- 皮卡車 /皮卡车 (píkǎchē)truck with an open cargo bed
Czech pick-up
- pick-uptruck with an open cargo bed
Danish pickup
- pickuptruck with an open cargo bed
Dutch pick-uptruck, pick-up
- pick-uptrucktruck with an open cargo bed
- pick-uptruck with an open cargo bed
Esperanto ŝarĝaŭto, kamiono
- ŝarĝaŭtotruck with an open cargo bed
- kamionotruck with an open cargo bed
Estonian pikap
- pikaptruck with an open cargo bed
Finnish lava-auto, avolava
- lava-autotruck with an open cargo bed
- avolavatruck with an open cargo bed
- pick-uptruck with an open cargo bed
French pick-up, pickup
- pick-uptruck with an open cargo bed
- pickuptruck with an open cargo bed
German Pickup, Pritschenwagen
- Pickuptruck with an open cargo bed
- Pritschenwagentruck with an open cargo bed
Greek ημιφορτηγό, φορτηγάκι
- ημιφορτηγό (imifortigó)truck with an open cargo bed
- φορτηγάκι (fortigáki)truck with an open cargo bed
Hebrew טֶנְדֶּר
- טֶנְדֶּר (ténder)truck with an open cargo bed
Hungarian pick-up
- pick-uptruck with an open cargo bed
Icelandic pallbíll
- pallbílltruck with an open cargo bed
Indonesian pikap
- pikaptruck with an open cargo bed
Japanese ピックアップトラック, ピックアップ
- ピックアップトラック (pikkuappu torakku)truck with an open cargo bed
- ピックアップ (pikkuappu)truck with an open cargo bed
Korean 픽업, 픽업 트럭
- 픽업 (pigeop)truck with an open cargo bed
- 픽업 트럭 (pigeop teureok)truck with an open cargo bed
Latvian pikaps
- pikapstruck with an open cargo bed
Lithuanian pikapas
- pikapastruck with an open cargo bed
Norwegian Bokmål pickup
- pickuptruck with an open cargo bed
Polish pikap, pick-up
- pikaptruck with an open cargo bed
- pick-uptruck with an open cargo bed
- półciężarówkatruck with an open cargo bed
Portuguese caminhonete, camioneta
- caminhonetetruck with an open cargo bed
- camionetatruck with an open cargo bed
- camionetetruck with an open cargo bed
- picapetruck with an open cargo bed
Romanian camionetă
- camionetătruck with an open cargo bed
Russian пика́п
- пика́п (pikáp)truck with an open cargo bed
Slovak pick-up
- pick-uptruck with an open cargo bed
Spanish camioneta, pickup
- camionetatruck with an open cargo bed
- pickuptruck with an open cargo bed
- picoptruck with an open cargo bed
- trocatruck with an open cargo bed
- troquetruck with an open cargo bed
- pick-uptruck with an open cargo bed
- picachotruck with an open cargo bed
- picótruck with an open cargo bed
Swedish pickup
- pickuptruck with an open cargo bed
Thai รถกระบะ, ปิคอัพ
- รถกระบะ (rót-grà-bà)truck with an open cargo bed
- ปิคอัพ (bpìk-àp)truck with an open cargo bed
Turkish pikap, kamyonet
- pikaptruck with an open cargo bed
- kamyonettruck with an open cargo bed
Ukrainian піка́п
- піка́п (pikáp)truck with an open cargo bed
Vietnamese xe bán tải
- xe bán tảitruck with an open cargo bed
Welsh codcar, tryc picyp
- codcartruck with an open cargo bed
- tryc picyptruck with an open cargo bed
- lori fechantruck with an open cargo bed
Cite this entry
APA
pickup truck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickup%20truck
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“pickup truck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickup%20truck. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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