Phrase guide

car door

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A door designed for use on a car (whether a railway carriage or an automobile).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: automotive, rail-transport, railways, transport, vehicles

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the door of a car

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: door

Narrower terms: hatchback, hatchback door

History

Etymology

1863 (US, applied to “railway car”).

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 車門 /车门 (chēmén) — door designed for use on a car
  • Danish: bildør — door designed for use on a car
  • Danish: vogndør — door designed for use on a car
  • Finnish: auton ovi — door designed for use on a car
  • Finnish: junan ovi — door designed for use on a car
  • French: portière — door designed for use on a car
  • Gujarati: બારણું (bārṇũ) — door designed for use on a car
  • Japanese: 車のドア (kuruma no doa) — door designed for use on a car
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bildør — door designed for use on a car
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bildør — door designed for use on a car
  • Spanish: portezuela — door designed for use on a car
  • Swedish: bildörr — door designed for use on a car