motorcade

English

Pope Benedictus XVI traveling in a motorcade.

Etymology

Blend of motor +‎ cavalcade

Noun

motorcade (plural motorcades)

1. A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.

   JFK was assassinated in a motorcade.

Translations

procession of cars

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車隊／车队 (zh) (chēduì), 车队 (zh) (chēduì), 汽車行列／汽车行列, 汽车行列 (qìchē hángliè)

• Finnish: autokulkue
• French: cortège motorisé m
• Georgian: ავტოკოლონა (avṭoḳolona)
• German: Autokolonne (de) f, Wagenkolonne (de) f
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• Icelandic: bílalest f
• Italian: sfilata di automobili f, corteo di automobili m
• Japanese: 車列 (しゃれつ, sharetsu)
• Portuguese: carreata (pt) f
• Russian: автоколо́нна (ru) f (avtokolónna)
• Swedish: bilkortege

Verb

1. (intransitive) To travel in a motorcade.