e-scooter en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From e- + scooter.
Meanings
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A variant of a kick scooter powered by an electric motor.
Transport for London and the Tyne & Wear Metro have banned the use of privately owned e-scooters on railway premises from December 13, while ScotRail and Avanti West Coast are also restricting their use. The London edict, with warnings of £1,000 fines for offenders, follows two instances of e-scooters catching fire when their lithium-ion batteries ruptured […].
2021 December 29, “Network News: E-scooters ban widens after fires”, in RAIL, number 947, page 12:My bet is that, in cities at least, the e-car won’t be the vehicle of the future. I suspect it will keep falling further behind e-bikes, e-mopeds and e-scooters.
2024 January 18, Simon Kuper, “Electric cars are not the future”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2024:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| E-Scooter | alternative | lexicographic | |
| e-scooters | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| escooter | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
motorized scooter · electric scooter
Translations (23)
nl e-step (Translations) · fr trottinette électrique (Translations) · de E-Tretroller (Translations) · nl elektrische step (Translations) · it monopattino elettrico (Translations) · sv elsparkcykel (Translations) · es patinete eléctrico (Translations) · es monopatín eléctrico (Translations) · gl patinete eléctrico (Translations) · ka ელექტროსკუტერი (Translations) · sv elscooter (Translations) · de Elektro-Tretroller (Translations) · de E-Scooter (Translations) · fi sähköpotkulauta (Translations) · de E-Trotti (Translations) · pl hulajnoga elektryczna (Translations) · de Elektrotretroller (Translations) · ru электросамокат (Translations) · ja 電動キックボード (Translations) · pt patinete elétrico (Translations) · de E-Trottinett (Translations) · de E-Roller (Translations) · uk електросамокат (Translations)