Phrase guide

dining car

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A carriage on a train that functions as a restaurant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diner, restaurant car

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: railroad car, rail car, car, carriage, rolling stock, vehicle

2

noun

Meaning 2

a passenger car where food is served in transit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diner, dining compartment, buffet car

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: passenger car, coach, carriage

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَافِلَة طَعَام (ḥāfilat ṭaʕām) — restaurant carriage
  • Armenian: վագոն-ռեստորան (vagon-ṙestoran) — restaurant carriage
  • Azerbaijani: vaqon-restoran — restaurant carriage
  • Belarusian: ваго́н-рэстара́н (vahón-restarán) — restaurant carriage
  • Breton: bagon-debriñ — restaurant carriage
  • Bulgarian: ваго́н-рестора́нт (vagón-restoránt) — restaurant carriage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 餐車 /餐车 (cānchē) — restaurant carriage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用餐車廂 /用餐车厢 (yòngcān chēxiāng) — restaurant carriage
  • Czech: jídelní vůz — restaurant carriage
  • Czech: restaurační vůz — restaurant carriage
  • Czech: restaurační vagón — restaurant carriage
  • Danish: spisevogn — restaurant carriage
  • Dutch: restauratiewagen — restaurant carriage
  • Estonian: restoranvagun — restaurant carriage
  • Faroese: matarvognur — restaurant carriage
  • Finnish: ravintolavaunu — restaurant carriage
  • French: wagon-restaurant — restaurant carriage
  • Georgian: ვაგონ-რესტორანი (vagon-resṭorani) — restaurant carriage
  • German: Speisewagen — restaurant carriage
  • German: Bordrestaurant — restaurant carriage
  • Greek: βαγόνι εστιατόριο (vagóni estiatório) — restaurant carriage
  • Hindi: पैंट्री कार (pa͠iṭrī kār) — restaurant carriage
  • Hindi: डाइनिंग-कार (ḍāiniṅg-kār) — restaurant carriage
  • Hindi: भोजन यान (bhojan yān) — restaurant carriage
  • Hungarian: büfékocsi — restaurant carriage
  • Irish: bialann — restaurant carriage
  • Irish: proinncharr — restaurant carriage
  • Italian: vagone ristorante — restaurant carriage
  • Italian: carrozza ristorante — restaurant carriage
  • Japanese: 食堂車 (shokudōsha) — restaurant carriage
  • Korean: 식당차 (sikdangcha) — restaurant carriage
  • Latvian: restorānvagons — restaurant carriage
  • Lithuanian: restorano vagonas — restaurant carriage
  • Lithuanian: vagonas restoranas — restaurant carriage
  • Macedonian: вагон-ресторан (vagon-restoran) — restaurant carriage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spisevogn — restaurant carriage
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spisevogn — restaurant carriage
  • Iranian Persian: واگُنِ غَذاخوری (vâgon-e ġazâxori) — restaurant carriage
  • Polish: wagon restauracyjny — restaurant carriage
  • Portuguese: vagão-restaurante — restaurant carriage
  • Romanian: vagon restaurant — restaurant carriage
  • Russian: ваго́н-рестора́н (vagón-restorán) — restaurant carriage
  • Slovak: jedálenský vozeň — restaurant carriage
  • Slovak: jedálny vozeň — restaurant carriage
  • Slovak: reštauračný vozeň — restaurant carriage
  • Slovene: jedilni vagon — restaurant carriage
  • Slovene: jedilni voz — restaurant carriage
  • Spanish: vagón restaurante — restaurant carriage
  • Swedish: restaurangvagn — restaurant carriage
  • Swedish: bistrovagn — restaurant carriage
  • Turkish: yemekli vagon — restaurant carriage
  • Ukrainian: ваго́н-рестора́н (vahón-restorán) — restaurant carriage
  • Urdu: ڈائِنِنْگ کار (ḍāiniṅg kār) — restaurant carriage
  • Uzbek: vagon-restoran — restaurant carriage
  • Vietnamese: toa ăn — restaurant carriage