monorail

English

A type of monorail

Etymology

Borrowed from French monorail, equivalent to mono- +‎ rail.

Pronunciation

(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnəɹeɪl/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒnəɹeɪl/, /ˈmɒnəʊˌɹeɪl/

Noun

monorail (plural monorails)

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
a train running on a single rail

Translations

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

Chinese:
Mandarin: 單軌鐵路／单轨铁路 (dānguǐ tiělù)
Dutch: monorail (nl) m
Finnish: yksiraiteinen, kohorata, monorail (fi)
French: monorail (fr) m
Galician: monorraíl m, monocarril m
German: Einschienenbahn f
Greek: μονοτροχιόδρομος (el) m (monotrochiódromos) (rare)
Japanese: モノレール (ja) (monorēru)
Korean: 모노레일 (ko) (monoreil)
Macedonian: едноши́нка f (ednošínka)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: énskinnebane m
Polish: kolej jednoszynowa f
Portuguese: monotrilho m (Portugal), monocarril m (Brazil)
Russian: моноре́льс (ru) m (monorélʹs) (dated) одноре́льсовая желе́зная доро́га f (odnorélʹsovaja želéznaja doróga)
Spanish: monorraíl m, monorriel m, monocarril m
Swedish: monorail (sv) c, enskensbana c, balkbana c
Vietnamese: đường một rầy

a train running on a single rail

Chinese:
Mandarin: 單軌火車／单轨火车 (dānguǐ huǒchē)
Finnish: yksiraiteinen, kohoratajuna, monorailjuna
French: wagon monorail m
Galician: monorraíl m, monocarril m
Icelandic: einteinungur m, einteinslest f
Macedonian: едноши́нец m (ednošínec)
Portuguese: monotrilho m (Portugal), monocarril m (Brazil)
Russian: моноре́льс (ru) m (monorélʹs)
Spanish: monorraíl m, monorriel m, monocarril m

Anagrams

Molinaro

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnoːˌreːl/
Audio (file)

Noun

monorail m (plural monorails, diminutive monorailtje n)

monorail

French

Etymology

From mono- +‎ rail.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔ.no.ʁaj/

Adjective

monorail (plural monorails)

(relational) monorail

Noun

monorail m (plural monorails)

monorail

Further reading

“monorail”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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