minivan

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• rhymes with -æn
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• CMU ARPABET: M IH1 N IY0 V AE1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From mini- + van. First widely used in the 1980s, when this class of vehicles became widely popular as an alternative to station wagons (estate cars). Attested earlier in technical usage, usually as mini-van.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: мінівэ́н (minivén) — small van — see also matatu
• Belarusian: міні-фурго́н (mini-furhón) — small van — see also matatu
• Bulgarian: минива́н (miniván) — small van — see also matatu
• Chinese Mandarin: 多功能休旅車 /多功能休旅车 (duōgōngnéng xiūlǚchē) — small van — see also matatu
• Chinese Mandarin: 微面 (wēimiàn) — small van — see also matatu
• Finnish: tila-auto — small van — see also matatu
• French: fourgonnette — small van — see also matatu
• French: mini-fourgonnette — small van — see also matatu
• French: mini-fourgon — small van — see also matatu
• French: monospace — small van — see also matatu
• Galician: furgoneta — small van — see also matatu
• Georgian: მინი-ფურგონი (mini-purgoni) — small van — see also matatu
• German: Minivan — small van — see also matatu
• Italian: monovolume — small van — see also matatu
• Japanese: ミニバン (miniban) — small van — see also matatu
• Korean: 미니밴 (minibaen) — small van — see also matatu
• Korean: 다목적 자동차 (damokjeok jadongcha) — small van — see also matatu
• Lao: ລົດຕູ້ (lot tū) — small van — see also matatu
• Iranian Persian: مینیوَن (mini-van) — small van — see also matatu
• Polish: minivan — small van — see also matatu
• Portuguese: minivan — small van — see also matatu
• Russian: минивэ́н (minivɛ́n) — small van — see also matatu
• Russian: фурго́н (furgón) — small van — see also matatu
• Russian: мини-фурго́н (mini-furgón) — small van — see also matatu
• Spanish: combi — small van — see also matatu
• Spanish: monovolumen — small van — see also matatu
• Thai: มินิแวน (mí-ní-wɛɛn) — small van — see also matatu
• Ukrainian: мініве́н (minivén) — small van — see also matatu
• Ukrainian: міні-фурго́н (mini-furhón) — small van — see also matatu
• Vietnamese: minivan — small van — see also matatu