sleeping car

English

Alternative forms

• sleeper car

Noun

sleeping car (plural sleeping cars)

1. (rail transport) A railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.

Translations

a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臥舖車／卧铺车, 卧铺车 (wòpùchē)

• Czech: lůžkový vůz m
• Danish: sovevogn c
• Dutch: slaapwagen (nl) m
• Estonian: magamisvagun
• Finnish: makuuvaunu (fi)
• French: wagon-couchette (fr) m, wagon-lit (fr) m
• German: Schlafwagen (de) m
• Hungarian: hálókocsi (hu)
• Icelandic: svefnvagn m
• Irish: cóiste codlata m
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• Italian: vagone letto m
• Japanese: 寝台車 (しんだいしゃ, shindaisha)
• Korean: 침대차 (chimdaecha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sovevogn m or f

  Nynorsk: sovevogn f

• Polish: wagon sypialny (pl) m
• Portuguese: vagão-leito m
• Russian: спа́льный ваго́н (ru) m (spálʹnyj vagón)
• Spanish: vagón dormitorio m
• Swedish: sovvagn (sv) c