carpool

English

Etymology

car +‎ pool

Noun

carpool (plural carpools)

1. An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.
2. The group of people who participate in such a pool.

Synonyms

• (arrangement to travel together): lift scheme

Hypernyms

• (arrangement to travel together): rideshare

Translations

arrangement

• Czech: spolujízda (cs)
• Finnish: kimppakyyti
• French: covoiturage (fr) m
• Georgian: ერთობლივი მგზავრობა (ertoblivi mgzavroba)
• German: Fahrgemeinschaft (de) f
• Hungarian: telekocsi
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• Italian: auto di gruppo m, carpooling m
• Japanese: 相乗り (ja) (ainori)
• Portuguese: carona (pt)
• Slovene: sopotništvo
• Swedish: bilpool c

group of people

• German: Fahrgemeinschaft (de) f
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Verb

carpool (third-person singular simple present carpools, present participle carpooling, simple past and past participle carpooled)

1. To travel together in such a pool.

Translations

travel together

• Finnish: mennä kimppakyydillä
• French: faire du covoiturage
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• Tagalog: maghinakay

See also

• carpooling
• vanpool

Anagrams

• copolar

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Spanish

Noun

carpool m (plural carpools)

1. carpool