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high-speed rail

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of rail transport that operates significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hoëspoed-spoor — type of rail transport
  • Arabic: سِكَّةٌ حَدِيدِيَّةٌ فَائِقَةُ السُّرْعَةِ (sikkatun ḥadīdiyyatun fāʔiqatu s-surʕati) — type of rail transport
  • Azerbaijani: sürət qatarı — type of rail transport
  • Bengali: উচ্চগতির রেল (uccogotoir rel) — type of rail transport
  • Bengali: উচ্চ-গতির রেল (ucco-gotoir rel) — type of rail transport
  • Chinese Cantonese: 高速鐵路 /高速铁路 (gou1 cuk1 tit3 lou6) — type of rail transport
  • Chinese: 高速鐵路 /高速铁路 (ko-sok thih-lō͘) — type of rail transport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高速鐵路 /高速铁路 (gāosù tiělù) — type of rail transport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高鐵 /高铁 (gāotiě) — type of rail transport
  • Finnish: suurnopeusjuna — type of rail transport
  • French: grande vitesse ferroviaire — type of rail transport
  • Georgian: მაღალსიჩქარიანი მატარებელი (maɣalsičkariani maṭarebeli) — type of rail transport
  • Georgian: მაღალსიჩქარიანი რკინიგზა (maɣalsičkariani rḳinigza) — type of rail transport
  • German: Hochgeschwindigkeitsverkehr — type of rail transport
  • Hebrew: רַכֶּבֶת מְהִירָה (rakévet mehirá) — type of rail transport
  • Hindi: तीव्र गति रेल (tīvra gati rel) — type of rail transport
  • Indonesian: kereta cepat — type of rail transport
  • Japanese: 高速鉄道 (kōsoku tetsudō) — type of rail transport
  • Korean: 고속철도 (gosokcheoldo) — type of rail transport
  • Romanian: tren de mare viteză — type of rail transport
  • Russian: высокоскоростно́й назе́мный тра́нспорт (vysokoskorostnój nazémnyj tránsport) — type of rail transport
  • Russian: ВСНТ (VSNT) — type of rail transport
  • Russian: высокоскоростна́я желе́зная доро́га (vysokoskorostnája želéznaja doróga) — type of rail transport
  • Spanish: ferroviaria de alta velocidad — type of rail transport
  • Spanish: alta velocidad ferroviaria — type of rail transport
  • Swedish: höghastighetsbana — type of rail transport
  • Thai: รถไฟความเร็วสูง (rót-fai-kwaam-reo-sǔung) — type of rail transport
  • Ukrainian: шви́дкісна залізни́ця (švýdkisna zaliznýcja) — type of rail transport
  • Vietnamese: đường sắt cao tốc — type of rail transport