Phrase guide

trolley bus

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A bus, powered via overhead electric cables, that does not run on tracks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: trolejbus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Arabic: تْرُولِي بَاص (trūlī bāṣ) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Armenian: տրոլեյբուս (troleybus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Azerbaijani: trolleybus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Basque: trolebus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Belarusian: трале́йбус (traljéjbus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Bulgarian: тролейбу́с (trolejbús) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Catalan: troleibús — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無軌電車 /无轨电车 (wúguǐ diànchē) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Crimean Tatar: trolleybus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Czech: trolejbus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Danish: trolleybus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Dutch: trolleybus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Estonian: trollibuss — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Finnish: johdinauto — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • French: trolleybus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Galician: trolebús — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Georgian: ტროლეიბუსი (ṭroleibusi) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • German: Oberleitungsbus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • German: O-Bus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • German: Trolleybus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Greek: τρόλεϊ (tróleï) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Hebrew: טְרוֹלִיבּוּס (trólibus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Hindi: ट्रॉलीबस (ṭrŏlības) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Hungarian: trolibusz — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Hungarian: troli — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Icelandic: sporvagn — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Indonesian: bus troli — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Irish: bus tralaí — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Italian: filoveicolo — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Italian: filobus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Japanese: トロリーバス (tororībasu) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Kazakh: троллейбус (trolleibus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Korean: 트롤리버스 (teurollibeoseu) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Korean: 무궤도전차 (mugwedojeoncha) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Kyrgyz: троллейбус (trolleybus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Latin: filoraeda — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Latvian: trolejbuss — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Lithuanian: troleibusas — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Macedonian: тро́лејбус (trólejbus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Malay: bas troli — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Mongolian: троллейбус (trollejbus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trolleybuss — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Pannonian Rusyn: тролейбус (trolejbus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Iranian Persian: اُتوبوس تُرولی (otobus toroli) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Polish: trolejbus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Portuguese: trólebus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Portuguese: troleicarro — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Romanian: troleibuz — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Russian: тролле́йбус (trolléjbus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Serbo-Croatian: троле́јбус — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Serbo-Croatian: troléjbus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Slovak: trolejbus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Slovene: trolejbus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Spanish: trolebús — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Swedish: trådbuss — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Tajik: троллейбус (trolleybus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Tatar: троллейбус (trolleybus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Thai: รถโดยสารประจําทางไฟฟ้า (rót-dooi-sǎan-bprà-jam-taang-fai-fáa) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Turkish: troleybüs — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Turkmen: trolleýbus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Ukrainian: троле́йбус (troléjbus) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Urdu: ٹْرالی بَس (ṭrālī bas) — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Uzbek: trolleybus — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Vietnamese: xe buýt điện — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Vietnamese: xe điện bánh hơi — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Volapük: lektinanibud — bus powered via overhead electric cables
  • Welsh: bys trydan — bus powered via overhead electric cables