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electric car

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A car that uses electric motors and motor controllers instead of an internal combustion engine, the power coming from rechargeable batteries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a car that is powered by electricity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: electric, electric automobile

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar

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Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: automobil elektrik — a car that uses electric motors
  • Arabic: سَيَّارَة كَهْرَبَائِيَّة (sayyāra kahrabāʔiyya) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Armenian: էլեկտրոմոբիլ (ēlektromobil) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Azerbaijani: elektrik avtomobili — a car that uses electric motors
  • Belarusian: электрамабі́ль (eljektramabílʹ) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Bengali: বৈদ্যুতিক গাড়ী (bōiddutik gaṛi) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Bulgarian: електри́чески автомоби́л (elektríčeski avtomobíl) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Bulgarian: електромоби́л (elektromobíl) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Burmese: လျှပ်စစ်ကား (hlyapcacka:) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Catalan: cotxe elèctric — a car that uses electric motors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電動車 /电动车 (diàndòngchē) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電動汽車 /电动汽车 (diàndòng qìchē) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Czech: elektromobil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Danish: elbil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Dutch: elektrische auto — a car that uses electric motors
  • Dutch: stekkerauto — a car that uses electric motors
  • Esperanto: elektroaŭto — a car that uses electric motors
  • Estonian: elektriauto — a car that uses electric motors
  • Finnish: sähköauto — a car that uses electric motors
  • Finnish: täyssähköauto — a car that uses electric motors
  • Finnish: täyssähkö — a car that uses electric motors
  • French: voiture électrique — a car that uses electric motors
  • Galician: coche eléctrico — a car that uses electric motors
  • Georgian: ელექტრომობილი (elekṭromobili) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Georgian: ელექტროავტომობილი (elekṭroavṭomobili) — a car that uses electric motors
  • German: Elektroauto — a car that uses electric motors
  • German: E-Auto — a car that uses electric motors
  • German: Elektromobil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Hindi: इलेक्ट्रिक कार (ilekṭrik kār) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Hindi: विद्युतचालित कार (vidyutcālit kār) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Hungarian: elektromos autó — a car that uses electric motors
  • Hungarian: villanyautó — a car that uses electric motors
  • Icelandic: rafmagnsbíll — a car that uses electric motors
  • Icelandic: rafbíll — a car that uses electric motors
  • Indonesian: mobil listrik — a car that uses electric motors
  • Italian: auto elettrica — a car that uses electric motors
  • Japanese: 電気自動車) (denki jidōsha) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Kazakh: электромобиль (élektromobil) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Khmer: យានយន្តអគ្គិសនី (yiən yŭən ʼakkisaʼnii) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Korean: 전기자동차 (jeon'gijadongcha) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Korean: 전기차 (jeon'gicha) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Kyrgyz: электромобиль (elektromobil) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Lao: ລົດພະລັງງານໄຟຟ້າ (lot pha lang ngān fai fā) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Latvian: elektromobilis — a car that uses electric motors
  • Lithuanian: elektromobilis — a car that uses electric motors
  • Macedonian: електричен автомобил (električen avtomobil) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Malay: kereta elektrik — a car that uses electric motors
  • Nepali: इलेक्ट्रिक कार (ilekṭrik kār) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Nepali: विद्युतिय गाडि (vidyutiya gāḍi) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Norwegian Bokmål: elbil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: elbil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Persian: خودرُویِ بَرقی (xodrow-ye barqi) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Polish: samochód elektryczny — a car that uses electric motors
  • Polish: elektryk — a car that uses electric motors
  • Portuguese: carro elétrico — a car that uses electric motors
  • Romanian: automobil electric — a car that uses electric motors
  • Russian: электромоби́ль (elektromobílʹ) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Serbo-Croatian: електрични аутомобил — a car that uses electric motors
  • Serbo-Croatian: електромо̀бӣл — a car that uses electric motors
  • Serbo-Croatian: električni automobil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Serbo-Croatian: elektromòbīl — a car that uses electric motors
  • Slovak: elektromobil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Slovene: električni avtomobil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Spanish: coche eléctrico — a car that uses electric motors
  • Spanish: auto eléctrico — a car that uses electric motors
  • Spanish: carro eléctrico — a car that uses electric motors
  • Swahili: gari la umeme — a car that uses electric motors
  • Swedish: elbil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Tajik: мошини барқӣ (mošin-i barqi) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Tajik: мошини электрикӣ (mošin-i elektriki) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Tajik: худрави барқӣ (xudrav-i barqi) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Thai: รถพลังงานไฟฟ้า (rót-pá-lang-ngaan-fai-fáa) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Turkish: elektrikli otomobil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Turkmen: elektrikli awtomobil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Turkmen: elektromobil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Ukrainian: електромобі́ль (elektromobílʹ) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Urdu: بَرْقی گاڑی (barqī gāṛī) — a car that uses electric motors
  • Uzbek: elektromobil — a car that uses electric motors
  • Vietnamese: xe điện — a car that uses electric motors
  • Vietnamese: ô tô điện — a car that uses electric motors