tram
A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the roadA passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
» Do you like going by tram?
Вы любите ездить на трамвае?
Ви полюбляєте їздити трамваєм?
Meaning
9 senses(Australia, UK)A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
Bim, Straßenbahn, S-Bahn
трамва́йtramváj
трамва́йtramváj
A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
вагоне́ткаvagonétka
(US)A people mover.
(US)An aerial cable car.
(US)A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
(UK, historical)A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
(obsolete)The shaft of a cart.
(obsolete)One of the rails of a tramway.
- a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
- a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine
- a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
Examples
99 sentencesDo you like going by tram?
Ви полюбляєте їздити трамваєм?
ruВы любите ездить на трамвае?
The tram was crowded, so I decided to walk.
Трамвай був переповнений, тому я вирішив піти пішки.
ruТрамвай был переполнен, так что я решил пойти пешком.
The tram was crowded, so I decided to go on foot.
Трамвай був переповнений, тому я вирішив піти пішки.
ruТрамвай был переполнен, так что я решил пойти пешком.
Trams like that don't drive anymore.
Такі трамваї вже не їздять.
We missed the tram.
Ми не встигли на трамвай.
Translations
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Origin
Early 16th century, borrowed from Scots, probably from Low German traam (“tram, shaft of aEarly 16th century, borrowed from Scots, probably from Low German traam (“tram, shaft of a barrow”), from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch trame (“narrow shaft, beam”), said to be ultimately from a lost West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) word, probably from Proto-Germanic *drum (“splinter, fragment”), from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“peg, post, boundary”), cognate with Latin terminus.
From Spanish trama, or French trame (“weft”). Doublet of trama.
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Forms
plural: tramsSynonyms
8 synonyms- a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity:streetcartramcartrolleytrolley car
- a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine:tramcar
- a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers:tramwayaerial tramwaycable tramwayropeway
Word family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2City and transport — Because the lesson uses it