Phrase guide

glove compartment

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard, that usually has a door and can be locked, intended to hold gloves, papers, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

compartment on the dashboard of a car

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compartment

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دُرْج أَمَامِيّ (durj ʔamāmiyy) — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ̰ܹܟܡܲܟ̰ܵܐ (čekmāča) — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Bulgarian: жабка (žabka) — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Catalan: guantera — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儲物箱 /储物箱 (chǔwùxiāng) — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Danish: handskerum — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Dutch: handschoenenkastje — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Dutch: dashboardkastje — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Dutch: handschoenenvak — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Esperanto: gantujo — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Estonian: kindalaegas — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Faroese: handskarúm — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Finnish: hansikaslokero — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • French: boîte à gants — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • German: Handschuhfach — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • German: Handschuhkasten — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Hungarian: kesztyűtartó — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Icelandic: hanskahólf — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Irish: póca lámhainní — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Irish: póca miotóg — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Italian: cassetto portaoggetti — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Italian: vano portaoggetti — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Japanese: グローブボックス — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Latvian: cimdu kaste — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Mongolian: урд хайрцаг (urd xajrcag) — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Mongolian: ᠤᠷᠳᠤ ᠬᠠᠢᠢᠷᠴᠠᠭ (urdu qaiirčaɣ) — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Plautdietsch: Bielod — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Polish: schowek — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Portuguese: porta-luvas — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Romanian: torpedou — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Russian: бардачо́к (bardačók) — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Spanish: guantera — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Swedish: handskfack — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Turkish: torpido — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Turkish: torpido gözü — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Welsh: silff fenig — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard
  • Welsh: blwch menig — compartment recessed in an automobile’s dashboard