telecabin

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/ˈtɛlɪˌkæbɪn/

noun

A type of cable car used as a ski lift.

OriginFrench télécabine →
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Meanings

nountelecabin (plural telecabins)

plural telecabins · alternative telecabine

  1. A type of cable car used as a ski lift.

    Any doubts I had as to the potential of the resort vanished as I rode the telecabin to Borreguiles, swaying up the sheeted white to the jagged-toothed peak of Veleta.

    2001 January 20, David Clement-Davies, “White sierras”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. Frenchtélécabine
  2. Englishtelecabin

Borrowed from French télécabine.

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APA

telecabin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecabin

MLA

“telecabin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecabin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “telecabin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telecabin.

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