carmaker en · NOUN
Etymology
From car + maker.
Meanings
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A manufacturer of automobiles.
Nissan has struggled since the collapse of its long-standing alliance with French carmaker Renault. […] EV development costs have created a powerful incentive for carmakers to explore mergers as a way to share the financial burden, according to analysts.
2025 February 13, Juliana Liu and Junko Ogura, “Carmakers Nissan and Honda call off merger talks”, in CNN:Helper and Sako (1995) did detect some convergence in the way U.S. and Japanese carmakers work with suppliers.
2008, Thomas H. Klier, James M. Rubenstein, Who Really Made Your Car?, page 24:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| carmakers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Translations (7)
is bílaframleiðandi (company) · fi autonvalmistaja (company) · cs automobilka (company) · fr constructeur automobile (company) · it casa automobilistica (company) · pt montadora (de automóveis) (company) · de Autobauer (company)