Phrase guide

pickup truck

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A light truck with an open cargo bed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, Singapore, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: truck, motor vehicle, vehicle

2

noun

Meaning 2

a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pickup

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: truck, motortruck

Narrower terms: technical

History

Etymology

Uncertain, but likely related to its intended use to pick up various supplies.

Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bakkie — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Albanian: kamionçinë — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Arabic: نِصْف نَقْل (niṣf naql) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Arabic: شَاحِنَةُ نَقْلٍ صَغِيرَة (šāḥinatu naqlin ṣaḡīra) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Arabic: سَيَّارَةُ نَقْلٍ (sayyāratu naqlin) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Arabic: سَيَّارَةُ بِيكْ أَبْ (sayyāratu bīk ʔab) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Arabic: سَيَّارَةُ النِّصْفِ نَقْلٍ (sayyāratu n-niṣfi naqlin) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Arabic: پيكوپ (pikūp) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Armenian: փիքափ (pʻikʻapʻ) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Azerbaijani: pikap — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Belarusian: піка́п (pikáp) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Bulgarian: пика́п (pikáp) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Catalan: camioneta — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Cheyenne: amóvôhtó'hestôtse — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮卡 (píkǎ) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮卡車 /皮卡车 (píkǎchē) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Czech: pick-up — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Danish: pickup — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Dutch: pick-uptruck — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Dutch: pick-up — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Esperanto: ŝarĝaŭto — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Esperanto: kamiono — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Estonian: pikap — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Finnish: lava-auto — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Finnish: avolava — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Finnish: pick-up — truck with an open cargo bed
  • French: pick-up — truck with an open cargo bed
  • French: pickup — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Georgian: პიკაპი (ṗiḳaṗi) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • German: Pickup — truck with an open cargo bed
  • German: Pritschenwagen — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Greek: ημιφορτηγό (imifortigó) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Greek: φορτηγάκι (fortigáki) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Hebrew: טֶנְדֶּר (ténder) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Hungarian: pick-up — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Icelandic: pallbíll — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Indonesian: pikap — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Japanese: ピックアップトラック (pikkuappu torakku) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Japanese: ピックアップ (pikkuappu) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Kazakh: пикап (pikap) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Khmer: ភីកអាប់ (phiikʼap) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Khmer: ពីកឺប (piikəɨp) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Korean: 픽업 (pigeop) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Korean: 픽업 트럭 (pigeop teureok) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Kyrgyz: пикап (pikap) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Lao: ລົດກະບະ (lot ka ba) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Latvian: pikaps — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Lithuanian: pikapas — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Macedonian: камионе́тка (kamionétka) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Macedonian: пи́кап (píkap) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Navajo: chidí bikéeʼjįʼ adeezʼáhígíí — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Navajo: chidí bikéeʼjįʼ adeezʼáhí — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pickup — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Iranian Persian: وانِت (vânet) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Iranian Persian: وانِتبار (vânet-bâr) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Plautdietsch: Pikjopp — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Polish: pikap — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Polish: pick-up — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Polish: półciężarówka — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Portuguese: caminhonete — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Portuguese: camioneta — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Portuguese: camionete — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Portuguese: picape — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Romanian: camionetă — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Russian: пика́п (pikáp) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Serbo-Croatian: пика̏п — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Serbo-Croatian: камио̀не̄т — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Serbo-Croatian: pikȁp — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Serbo-Croatian: kamiònēt — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Slovak: pick-up — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Slovene: poltovornjak — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Slovene: pickup — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Spanish: camioneta — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Spanish: pickup — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Spanish: picop — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Spanish: troca — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Spanish: troque — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Spanish: pick-up — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Spanish: picacho — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Spanish: picó — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Swedish: pickup — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Southeastern Tepehuan: trooka — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Thai: รถกระบะ (rót-grà-bà) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Thai: ปิคอัพ (bpìk-àp) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Turkish: pikap — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Turkish: kamyonet — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Ukrainian: піка́п (pikáp) — truck with an open cargo bed
  • Vietnamese: xe bán tải — truck with an open cargo bed