noun
Meaning 1
A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hatchback car
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hatchback
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈhæt͡ʃˌbæk/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 CH B AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The door itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hatchback door
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: car door
noun
Meaning 4
a car having a hatchback door
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
History
Etymology
From hatch + back.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: luikrug — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Chinese Mandarin: 掀背車 /掀背车 (xiānbèichē) — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Finnish: viistoperä — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- French: voiture à hayon — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- German: Steilheck — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Hungarian: ferde hátú autó/gépkocsi — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Italian: portellone — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Italian: auto con portellone posteriore — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Japanese: ハッチバック (hatchibakku) — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Persian: هاچبک (hâčbak) — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Russian: хетчбэ́к (xɛtčbék) — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Russian: хэтчбе́к (xetčbɛ́k) — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Swedish: halvkombi — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- Yiddish: כעטשבעק (khetshbek) — a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards
- French: hayon — the door itself