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bullet train en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Calque from Japanese 弾(だん)丸(がん)列(れっ)車(しゃ) (dangan ressha).

Meanings

1. A Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.
2. Any high-speed train which resembles such a train.

Forms

Relateds

bullet-nose

Translations (56)

ru высокоскоростно́й по́езд (Japanese high-speed train) · pt comboio-bala (Japanese high-speed train) · ka იაპონური ზეჩქარი მატარებელი (Japanese high-speed train) · ru суперэкспре́сс (high-speed train) · de Hochgeschwindigkeitszug (Japanese high-speed train) · hi बुलेट ट्रेन (high-speed train) · de Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) · es AVE (high-speed train) · vi shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) · ru синкансэ́н (Japanese high-speed train) · ja 新幹線 (Japanese high-speed train) · hu nagysebességű/szupergyors/szupersebességű vonat/vasút (high-speed train) · es tren bala (high-speed train) · pt trem-bala (Japanese high-speed train) · mn шинкансэн (Japanese high-speed train) · cmn 子彈火車 /子弹火车 (high-speed train) · ka ზეჩქარული სამგზავრო მატარებელი (high-speed train) · ko 탄환열차 (high-speed train) · es tren de gran velocidad (high-speed train) · ja 超特急 (high-speed train) · mr बुलेट ट्रेन (Japanese high-speed train) · pt comboio-bala (high-speed train) · mn суман галт тэрэг (Japanese high-speed train) · ko 신칸센 (Japanese high-speed train) · ka სინკასენი (Japanese high-speed train) · ko 초특급 (high-speed train) · fi luotijuna (Japanese high-speed train) · ka ზეჩქარული მატარებელი (high-speed train) · eo ŝinkanseno (Japanese high-speed train) · fi luotijuna (high-speed train) · cmn 高鐵 /高铁 (high-speed train) · ro tren de mare viteză (high-speed train) · mr शिनकानसेन (Japanese high-speed train) · he שינקנסן (Japanese high-speed train) · cmn 子彈火車 /子弹火车 (Japanese high-speed train) · fr shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) · ko 총알열차 (high-speed train) · es tren de alta velocidad (high-speed train) · sv shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) · fi shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) · ko 총알고속열차 (high-speed train) · cmn 新幹線 /新干线 (Japanese high-speed train) · fr train à grande vitesse (TGV) (high-speed train) · ja 弾丸列車 (high-speed train) · ms شينکنسين (high-speed train) · ru высокоскоростно́й по́езд (high-speed train) · da højhastighedstog (high-speed train) · pt trem-bala (high-speed train) · de Hochgeschwindigkeitszug (high-speed train) · ar شِينْكَانْسِن (Japanese high-speed train) · de Superexpress (high-speed train) · ms syinkansen (high-speed train) · hi शिनकानसेन (Japanese high-speed train) · ms شينکنسين (Japanese high-speed train) · mr बुलेट ट्रेन (high-speed train) · ms syinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)