off-road

See also: offroad

English

Etymology

From off- + road.

Adjective

off-road (not comparable)

1. Designed for, used for, or taking place on a driving surface that is not traditionally paved, such as a beach or rugged terrain.

   Synonym: all-terrain

   • 2025 May 4, Stacey Sloughfy, “How California's Upcoming State Ban Will Impact RVs And Camping Trips”, in The Travel‎^[1]:

     At the heart of this effort is Assembly Bill 1346, signed into law in 2021, which targets small off-road engines (SOREs) like gas-powered generators, lawnmowers, and leaf blowers.

2. Synonym of off-street.

   off-road parking

Derived terms

• off-roader

Translations

designed for driving on a rugged terrain

• Catalan: tot terreny
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 越野 (zh) (yuèyě)

• Finnish: maasto- (fi), maastokelpoinen
• French: tout-terrain (fr) m or f
• German: geländegängig (de)
• Greek: παντός εδάφους n (pantós edáfous)
• Hungarian: terepjáró (hu)
• Russian: вездехо́дный (ru) (vezdexódnyj), внедоро́жный (ru) (vnedoróžnyj)
• Spanish: todoterreno (es)
• Swedish: terränggående

Verb

off-road (third-person singular simple present off-roads, present participle off-roading, simple past and past participle off-roaded)

1. (intransitive) To travel in rugged terrain instead of on a paved track.

Translations

travel in rugged terrain

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 越野行駛 / 越野行驶 (yuèyě xíngshǐ)

• Finnish: kulkea maastossa
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

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