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hubcap

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

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: /ˈhʌbˌkæp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 B K AE2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

cap that fits over the hub of a wheel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cap

History

Etymology

From hub + cap.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тас (tas) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Catalan: tapaboques — decorative disk for wheels
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輪轂罩 /轮毂罩 (lúngǔzhào) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軑 /轪 (dài) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Dutch: wieldop — decorative disk for wheels
  • Dutch: naafdop — decorative disk for wheels
  • Finnish: pölykapseli — decorative disk for wheels
  • French: chapeau de roue — decorative disk for wheels
  • French: enjoliveur — decorative disk for wheels
  • German: Radkappe — decorative disk for wheels
  • Hebrew: טסה (tása) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Hebrew: צלחת גלגל (tzalákhat galgál) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Hungarian: dísztárcsa — decorative disk for wheels
  • Icelandic: hjólkoppur — decorative disk for wheels
  • Irish: caipín moil — decorative disk for wheels
  • Italian: copricerchio — decorative disk for wheels
  • Japanese: ホイールキャップ (hoīru kyappu) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Korean: 휠캡 (hwilkaep) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Norwegian: hjulkapsel — decorative disk for wheels
  • Persian: قالپاق (qâlpâq) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Polish: kołpak — decorative disk for wheels
  • Portuguese: calota — decorative disk for wheels
  • Russian: колпа́к (kolpák) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Spanish: copa — decorative disk for wheels
  • Spanish: taza — decorative disk for wheels
  • Spanish: tapabocinas — decorative disk for wheels
  • Spanish: tapacubos — decorative disk for wheels
  • Spanish: taparruedas — decorative disk for wheels
  • Spanish: tapón — decorative disk for wheels
  • Spanish: vaso — decorative disk for wheels
  • Swedish: navkapsel — decorative disk for wheels
  • Swedish: hjulsida — decorative disk for wheels
  • Swedish: fälgsida — decorative disk for wheels
  • Thai: ฝาครอบล้อ (fǎa-krɔ̂ɔp-lɔ́ɔ) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Thai: ฝาตบ (fǎa-dtòp) — decorative disk for wheels
  • Turkish: jant kapağı — decorative disk for wheels
  • Welsh: cap both — decorative disk for wheels