trolley bus

noun

A bus, powered via overhead electric cables, that does not run on tracks.

Meanings

nountrolley bus (plural trolley busses or trolley buses)

plural trolley busses · plural trolley buses · alternative trolleybus

  1. A bus, powered via overhead electric cables, that does not run on tracks.

Translations

Arabic تْرُولِي بَاص
  • تْرُولِي بَاص (trūlī bāṣ)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Basque trolebus
  • trolebusbus powered via overhead electric cables
Bulgarian тролейбу́с
  • тролейбу́с (trolejbús)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Catalan troleibús
  • troleibúsbus powered via overhead electric cables
Chinese Mandarin 無軌電車 /无轨电车
  • 無軌電車 /无轨电车 (wúguǐ diànchē)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Czech trolejbus
  • trolejbusbus powered via overhead electric cables
Danish trolleybus
  • trolleybusbus powered via overhead electric cables
Dutch trolleybus
  • trolleybusbus powered via overhead electric cables
Estonian trollibuss
  • trollibussbus powered via overhead electric cables
Finnish johdinauto
  • johdinautobus powered via overhead electric cables
French trolleybus
  • trolleybusbus powered via overhead electric cables
German Oberleitungsbus, O-Bus
  • Oberleitungsbusbus powered via overhead electric cables
  • O-Busbus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Trolleybusbus powered via overhead electric cables
Greek τρόλεϊ
  • τρόλεϊ (tróleï)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Hebrew טְרוֹלִיבּוּס
  • טְרוֹלִיבּוּס (trólibus)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Hindi ट्रॉलीबस
  • ट्रॉलीबस (ṭrŏlības)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Hungarian trolibusz, troli
  • trolibuszbus powered via overhead electric cables
  • trolibus powered via overhead electric cables
Icelandic sporvagn
  • sporvagnbus powered via overhead electric cables
Indonesian bus troli
  • bus trolibus powered via overhead electric cables
Irish bus tralaí
  • bus tralaíbus powered via overhead electric cables
Italian filoveicolo, filobus
  • filoveicolobus powered via overhead electric cables
  • filobusbus powered via overhead electric cables
Japanese トロリーバス
  • トロリーバス (tororībasu)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Korean 트롤리버스, 무궤도전차
  • 트롤리버스 (teurollibeoseu)bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • 무궤도전차 (mugwedojeoncha)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Latin filoraeda
  • filoraedabus powered via overhead electric cables
Latvian trolejbuss
  • trolejbussbus powered via overhead electric cables
Lithuanian troleibusas
  • troleibusasbus powered via overhead electric cables
Malay bas troli
  • bas trolibus powered via overhead electric cables
Norwegian Bokmål trolleybuss
  • trolleybussbus powered via overhead electric cables
Polish trolejbus
  • trolejbusbus powered via overhead electric cables
Portuguese trólebus, troleicarro
  • trólebusbus powered via overhead electric cables
  • troleicarrobus powered via overhead electric cables
Romanian troleibuz
  • troleibuzbus powered via overhead electric cables
Russian тролле́йбус
  • тролле́йбус (trolléjbus)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Slovak trolejbus
  • trolejbusbus powered via overhead electric cables
Spanish trolebús
  • trolebúsbus powered via overhead electric cables
Swedish trådbuss
  • trådbussbus powered via overhead electric cables
Thai รถโดยสารประจำทางไฟฟ้า
  • รถโดยสารประจำทางไฟฟ้า (rót-dooi-sǎan-bprà-jam-taang-fai-fáa)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Turkish troleybüs
  • troleybüsbus powered via overhead electric cables
Ukrainian троле́йбус
  • троле́йбус (troléjbus)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Urdu ٹْرالی بَس
  • ٹْرالی بَس (ṭrālī bas)bus powered via overhead electric cables
Vietnamese xe buýt điện, xe điện bánh hơi
  • xe buýt điệnbus powered via overhead electric cables
  • xe điện bánh hơibus powered via overhead electric cables
Welsh bys trydan
  • bys trydanbus powered via overhead electric cables
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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