caterpillar track

English

Noun

caterpillar track (plural caterpillar tracks)

1. A continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted instead of wheels to crawlers, bulldozers, tanks and similar off-road vehicles.

   Synonyms: continuous track, track

Usage notes

The name came originally from the Caterpillar Tractor Company, but is now common in uncapitalised form.

Translations

continuous track in the form of steel or rubber belt

• Armenian: թրթուր (hy) (tʻrtʻur)
• Catalan: eruga (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 履帶／履带 (zh) (lǚdài), 履带 (zh) (lǚdài)

• Dutch: rupsband (nl) m
• Finnish: telaketju (fi)
• French: chenille (fr) f
• Georgian: მუხლუხა ჯაჭვი (muxluxa ǯač̣vi), მუხლუხა (muxluxa)
• German: Raupenkette f, Gleiskette f
• Greek: ερπύστρια (el) f (erpýstria)
• Hebrew: זחליל m (zakhlíl)
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• Hungarian: hernyótalp (hu), lánctalp (hu)
• Irish: roth altach m
• Italian: cingolo (it) m
• Japanese: キャタピラ (kyatapira), キャタピラー (kyatapirā), カタピラー (katapirā), 無限軌道 (むげんきどう, mugen kidō)
• Macedonian: гасе́ница f (gasénica)
• Mongolian: (тракторын) гинж ((traktoryn) ginž)
• Polish: gąsienica (pl) f
• Portuguese: lagarta (pt) f, esteira (pt) f
• Romanian: șenilă (ro) f
• Russian: гу́сеница (ru) f (gúsenica)