Phrase guide

food truck

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A van (or wagon) that serves as a restaurant kitchen to sell hot food to customers.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see food, truck.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see food, truck.

A food delivery truck.

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History

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَاحِنَةُ طَعَام (šāḥinatu ṭaʕām) — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美食車 /美食车 — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移動餐車 /移动餐车 (yídòng cānchē) — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Dutch: foodtruck — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Finnish: ruoka-auto — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Finnish: ruokarekka — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Finnish: ketterä kioski — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • French: foodtruck — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • French: camion-restaurant — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • French: camion de cuisine de rue — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • French: camion de nourriture de rue — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • French: camion de restauration — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • German: Imbisswagen — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Italian: food truck — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Italian: gastrofurgone — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Japanese: フードトラック (fūdo torakku) — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Japanese: キッチンカー (kitchin kā) — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Korean: 푸드트럭 (pudeuteureok) — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Malay: kendera saji — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Polish: barobus — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Polish: barowóz — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Portuguese: food truck — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Russian: фудтра́к (fudtrák) — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Spanish: gastroneta — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Swedish: matbil — a van that serves hot food to customers
  • Ukrainian: фудтра́к (fudtrák) — a van that serves hot food to customers