locomotive

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌləʊkəˈməʊtɪv/
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• General-American: /ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/
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From French locomotif, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + Vulgar Latin mōtivus (“moving”) (see motive). In the rail transport sense, ellipsis of locomotive (steam) engine, attested from 1814.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: движещ се (dvižešt se) — relating to locomotion
• Catalan: locomotor — relating to locomotion
• Finnish: liikkumiskykyyn liittyvä — relating to locomotion
• Galician: locomotor — relating to locomotion
• German: lokomotorisch — relating to locomotion
• Greek: κινητήριος (kinitírios) — relating to locomotion
• Ido: lokomocala — relating to locomotion
• Ido: lokomotiva — relating to locomotion
• Italian: locomotivo — relating to locomotion
• Portuguese: locomotor — relating to locomotion
• Romanian: locomotor — relating to locomotion
• Spanish: locomotor — relating to locomotion
• Afrikaans: lokomotief — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Albanian: lokomotivë — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Arabic: قَاطِرَة (qāṭira) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Armenian: շոգեքարշ (šogekʻarš) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Armenian: ջերմաքարշ (ǰermakʻarš) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Armenian: էլեկտրաքարշ (ēlektrakʻarš) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Armenian: լոկոմոտիվ (lokomotiv) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Azerbaijani: lokomotiv — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Azerbaijani: parovoz — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Belarusian: лакаматы́ў (lakamatýw) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Belarusian: лякаматы́ў (ljakamatýw) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Belarusian: параво́з (paravóz) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Bulgarian: локомоти́в (lokomotív) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Burmese: မီးရထားခေါင်းတွဲ (mi:ra.hta:hkaung:twai:) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Catalan: locomotora — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Chinese Mandarin: 機車 /机车 (jīchē) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Chinese Mandarin: 火車頭 /火车头 (huǒchētóu) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Chinese Mandarin: 機車頭 /机车头 (jīchētóu) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Czech: lokomotiva — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Czech: mašina — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Danish: lokomotiv — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Dutch: locomotief — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Dutch: lokomotief — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Esperanto: lokomotivo — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Estonian: vedur — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Finnish: veturi — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• French: locomotive — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Galician: locomotora — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Georgian: ლოკომოტივი (loḳomoṭivi) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• German: Lokomotive — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Greek: ατμομηχανή (atmomichaní) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Greek: μηχανή (michaní) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Hebrew: קַטָּר (katár) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Hindi: लोकोमोटिव (lokomoṭiv) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Hungarian: mozdony — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Icelandic: eimreið — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Ido: lokomotivo — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Indonesian: lokomotif — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Interlingua: locomotiva — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Italian: locomotiva — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Italian: motrice — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Japanese: 汽車 (kisha) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Japanese: 機関車 (kikansha) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Karachay-Balkar: бугъа (buğa) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Kazakh: локомотив (lokomotiv) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Korean: 기관차 (gigwancha) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Kumyk: темирбугъа (temirbuğa) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Northern Kurdish: lokomotîv — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Kyrgyz: локомотив (lokomotiv) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Latin: currus tractorius — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Latin: machina vectoria — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Latvian: lokomotīve — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Lingala: engunduka — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Lithuanian: lokomotyvas — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Macedonian: локомоти́ва (lokomotíva) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Malay: lokomotif — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Māori: tima — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Māori: tima rerewē — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Mongolian: хөдөлгүүр (xödölgüür) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Mongolian: бух тэрэг (bux tereg) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡᠭᠦᠷ (ködelgegür) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠬ᠎ᠠ ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ (buq-a terge) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Norwegian Bokmål: lokomotiv — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lokomotiv — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Iranian Persian: لوکوموتیو (lokomotiv) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Polish: lokomotywa — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Portuguese: locomotiva — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Romanian: locomotivă — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Russian: локомоти́в (lokomotív) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Russian: парово́з (parovóz) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Russian: теплово́з (teplovóz) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Russian: электрово́з (elektrovóz) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Serbo-Croatian: локомоти́ва — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Serbo-Croatian: lokomotíva — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Slovak: rušeň — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Slovak: lokomotíva — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Slovene: lokomotiva — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Spanish: locomotora — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Swedish: lok — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Swedish: lokomotiv — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Tagalog: lokomotora — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Tajik: локомотив (lokomotiv) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Thai: รถจักร (rót-jàk) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Thai: หัวรถจักร — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Turkish: lokomotif — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Turkmen: lokomotiw — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Ukrainian: локомоти́в (lokomotýv) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Ukrainian: парово́з (parovóz) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Uyghur: پاراۋوز (parawoz) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Uyghur: پاراۋۇز (parawuz) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Uzbek: lokomotiv — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Uzbek: parovoz — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Vietnamese: đầu máy — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Welsh: locomotif — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Welsh: injan — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails
• Yiddish: לאָקאָמאָטיוו (lokomotiv) — self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails