double-decker

See also: doubledecker

English

A double-decker bus.

Alternative forms

• doubledecker
• double decker

Etymology

double +‎ deck +‎ -er

Noun

double-decker (plural double-deckers)

1. A vehicle (usually a bus, coach or train) or aircraft with two floors.
2. A frigate with two decks above the waterline.
3. (figuratively) Any object with two layers or parts stacked on top of each other.

   A club sandwich is a double-decker of chicken, ham, lettuce and tomato.

Hyponyms

• double-decker bus

Translations

bus with two decks

• Bulgarian: двуета́жен авто́бус m (dvuetážen avtóbus)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 雙層巴士／双层巴士 (soeng¹ cang⁴ baa¹ si^6-2), 双层巴士 (soeng¹ cang⁴ baa¹ si^6-2)

  Mandarin: 雙層公共汽車／双层公共汽车 (zh) (shuāngcéng gōnggòng qìchē), 双层公共汽车 (zh) (shuāngcéng gōnggòngqìchē), 雙層巴士／双层巴士 (zh) (shuāngcéng bāshì), 双层巴士 (zh) (shuāngcéng bāshì)

• Danish: dobbeltdækker
• Dutch: dubbeldekker (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kaksikerroksinen bussi (bus), kaksikerroksinen junanvaunu (railroad coach)
• French: bus à impériale (fr) m, autobus à impériale m
• German: Doppeldecker (de) m
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• Japanese: ２階建車両 (にかいだてしゃりょう, ni-kai-date sharyō), (bus) ２階建てバス (ni-kai-date basu), ダブルデッカー (daburudekkā)
• Kazakh: қосқабатты автобус (qosqabatty avtobus)
• Korean: 2층 버스 (i-cheung beoseu)
• Malay: bas dua tingkat
• Mongolian: хоёр давхар автобус (xojor davxar avtobus)
• Polish: piętrus (pl) m, pojazd piętrowy m
• Portuguese: autocarro/ônibus de dois andares m
• Russian: двухэта́жный авто́бус m (dvuxɛtážnyj avtóbus), даблде́кер (ru) m (dabldɛ́ker)
• Spanish: autobús de dos pisos m
• Swedish: dubbeldäckare (sv) c
• Turkish: çift katlı otobüs

Related terms

• double-deck (adjective)

See also

• single-decker
• three-decker, triple-decker