Phrase guide

sleeping car

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sleeper, wagon-lit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: passenger car, coach, carriage

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: спален вагон (spalen vagon) — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臥舖車 /卧铺车 (wòpùchē) — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Czech: lůžkový vůz — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Danish: sovevogn — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Dutch: slaapwagen — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Estonian: magamisvagun — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Finnish: makuuvaunu — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • French: wagon-couchette — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • French: wagon-lit — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • German: Schlafwagen — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Hungarian: hálókocsi — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Icelandic: svefnvagn — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Irish: cóiste codlata — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Italian: vagone letto — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Japanese: 寝台車 (shindaisha) — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Korean: 침대차 (chimdaecha) — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sovevogn — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sovevogn — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Polish: wagon sypialny — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Portuguese: vagão-leito — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Romanian: vagon de dormit — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Russian: спа́льный ваго́н (spálʹnyj vagón) — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Spanish: vagón litera — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Spanish: coche cama — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Spanish: coche dormitorio — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Swedish: sovvagn — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
  • Ukrainian: спа́льний ваго́н (spálʹnyj vahón) — a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.