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A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, rail-transport, railways, transport, vehicles
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Antonyms: none provided
The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, rail-transport, railways, transport, vehicles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To apply the handbrake in a vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
جَلَنْط
(jalanṭ)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Bengali:
হাত ব্রেক
(hat brek)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Catalan:
fre de mà
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Chinese Cantonese:
手掣
(sau2 zai3)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Chinese:
手擋 /手挡
(zh-min-nan)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Chinese Mandarin:
手剎 /手刹
(shǒushā)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Chinese Mandarin:
手剎車 /手刹车
(shǒushāchē)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Chinese Mandarin:
手閘 /手闸
(shǒuzhá)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Danish:
håndbremse
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Dutch:
handrem
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Faroese:
hondbremsa
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Finnish:
käsijarru
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Finnish:
seisontajarru
— hand-operated brake in a car
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French:
frein à main
— hand-operated brake in a car
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West-Frisian:
hânrem
— hand-operated brake in a car
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German:
Handbremse
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Greek:
χειρόφρενο
(cheirófreno)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Hebrew:
אמברקס
(ambreks)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Hungarian:
kézifék
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Icelandic:
handbremsa
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Icelandic:
handhemill
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Italian:
freno a mano
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Japanese:
ハンドブレーキ
(handoburēki)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Korean:
핸드브레이크
(haendeubeureikeu)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Luxembourgish:
Handbrems
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Macedonian:
рачна кочница
(račna kočnica)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Norwegian:
håndbrekk
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Norwegian Bokmål:
håndbrems
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Norwegian Bokmål:
handbrems
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Norwegian Bokmål:
håndbremse
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Norwegian Bokmål:
handbremse
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Norwegian Bokmål:
håndbrekk
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Norwegian Bokmål:
handbrekk
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
handbremse
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
handbrems
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
handbrekk
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Persian:
ترمز دستی
(tormoz dasti)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Polish:
hamulec ręczny
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Portuguese:
freio de mão
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Portuguese:
travão de mão
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Russian:
ручно́й то́рмоз
(ručnój tórmoz)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Russian:
ручни́к
(ručník)
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Spanish:
freno de mano
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Swedish:
handbroms
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Tagalog:
kamay-pigil
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Turkish:
el freni
— hand-operated brake in a car
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Welsh:
brêc llaw
— hand-operated brake in a car
