Meanings
nounrailroad car (plural railroad cars)
plural railroad cars
- USAny railway vehicle or rolling stock.
Synonyms: railway wagon, railwagon, railway carriage, rail-carriage, railway truck, railtruck, truck, railcar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny railway vehicle or rolling stock.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
Broader
wheeled vehicle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans wa
- warailway vehicle
Arabic عَرَبَة
- عَرَبَة (ʕaraba)railway vehicle
Basque bagoi
- bagoirailway vehicle
Bengali রেল গাড়ী, গাড়ী
- রেল গাড়ী (rel gaṛi)railway vehicle
- গাড়ী (gaṛi)railway vehicle
Bulgarian ваго́н
- ваго́н (vagón)railway vehicle
Catalan vagó
- vagórailway vehicle
Chinese Cantonese 車廂 /车厢, 車卡 /车卡
- 車廂 /车厢 (ce¹ soeng¹)railway vehicle
- 車卡 /车卡 (ce¹ kaa¹)railway vehicle
Chinese Mandarin 鐵路車輛 /铁路车辆, 車皮 /车皮
- 鐵路車輛 /铁路车辆 (tiělù chēliàng)railway vehicle
- 車皮 /车皮 (chēpí)railway vehicle
- 火車車廂 /火车车厢 (huǒchē chēxiāng)railway vehicle
- 車廂 /车厢 (chēxiāng)railway vehicle
- 貨車 /货车 (huòchē)railway vehicle
Czech vagón
- vagónrailway vehicle
Danish togvogn, jernbanevogn
- togvognrailway vehicle
- jernbanevognrailway vehicle
Dutch rijtuig, goederenwagen
- rijtuigrailway vehicle
- goederenwagenrailway vehicle
- wagenrailway vehicle
- wagonrailway vehicle
Esperanto vagono
- vagonorailway vehicle
Estonian vagun, raudteevagun
- vagunrailway vehicle
- raudteevagunrailway vehicle
Finnish vaunu, junavaunu
- vaunurailway vehicle
- junavaunurailway vehicle
- rautatievaunurailway vehicle
French wagon, voiture
- wagonrailway vehicle
- voiturerailway vehicle
German Eisenbahnwagen, Wagon
- Eisenbahnwagenrailway vehicle
- Wagonrailway vehicle
- Waggonrailway vehicle
Greek άμαξα, βαγόνι
- άμαξα (ámaxa)railway vehicle
- βαγόνι (vagóni)railway vehicle
Hawaiian hale (hale kaʻa)
- hale (hale kaʻa)railway vehicle
Hebrew קָרוֹן
- קָרוֹן (karón)railway vehicle
Hindi रेलगाड़ी, गाड़ी
- रेलगाड़ी (relgāṛī)railway vehicle
- गाड़ी (gāṛī)railway vehicle
Hungarian vagon, kocsi
- vagonrailway vehicle
- kocsirailway vehicle
- vasúti kocsirailway vehicle
- személykocsirailway vehicle
Icelandic járnbrautarvagn
- járnbrautarvagnrailway vehicle
Indonesian gerbong
- gerbongrailway vehicle
Irish carráiste traenach
- carráiste traenachrailway vehicle
Italian carrozza, vagone
- carrozzarailway vehicle
- vagonerailway vehicle
- bisarcarailway vehicle
Japanese 鉄道車両, 旅客車
- 鉄道車両 (tetsudō sharyō)railway vehicle
- 旅客車 (ryokyakusha)railway vehicle
- 客車 (kyakusha)railway vehicle
- 貨車 (kasha)railway vehicle
Korean 궤도차, 객차
- 궤도차 (gwedocha)railway vehicle
- 객차 (gaekcha)railway vehicle
Latvian vagons
- vagonsrailway vehicle
Lithuanian vagonas
- vagonasrailway vehicle
Malay gerabak
- gerabakrailway vehicle
Māori kāreti, taraka
- kāretirailway vehicle
- tarakarailway vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål togvogn, jernbanevogn
- togvognrailway vehicle
- jernbanevognrailway vehicle
Polish wagon
- wagonrailway vehicle
Portuguese carruagem, vagão
- carruagemrailway vehicle
- vagãorailway vehicle
Romanian vagon
- vagonrailway vehicle
Russian ваго́н
- ваго́н (vagón)railway vehicle
Scottish Gaelic carbad
- carbadrailway vehicle
Slovak vagón
- vagónrailway vehicle
Spanish vagón, coche
- vagónrailway vehicle
- cocherailway vehicle
- wagónrailway vehicle
Swahili behewa
- behewarailway vehicle
Swedish järnvägsvagn, tågvagn
- järnvägsvagnrailway vehicle
- tågvagnrailway vehicle
Tagalog bagon
- bagonrailway vehicle
Thai ตู้รถไฟ
- ตู้รถไฟ (dtûu-rót-fai)railway vehicle
Turkish vagon
- vagonrailway vehicle
Ukrainian ваго́н
- ваго́н (vahón)railway vehicle
Urdu ریل گاڑی, گاڑی
- ریل گاڑی (rel gāṛī)railway vehicle
- گاڑی (gāṛī)railway vehicle
Vietnamese toa, toa tàu
- toarailway vehicle
- toa tàurailway vehicle
- toa xerailway vehicle
Welsh cerbyd
- cerbydrailway vehicle
Yiddish וואַגאָן, אײַזנבאַן וואַגאָן
- וואַגאָן (vagon)railway vehicle
- אײַזנבאַן וואַגאָן (ayznban vagon)railway vehicle
Cite this entry
APA
railroad car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railroad%20car
MLA
“railroad car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railroad%20car. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “railroad car,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railroad%20car.
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