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sleeping car en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
   • Today, the 'Night Riviera' is one of only two sleeping car services that survive in the UK. 2024 September 4, David Clough, “All aboard the 'Night Riviera' to Penzance”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 58:
   • 'They'd be melted down into gold bars and channelled straight into the black bullion market. Have to sacrifice the rarity value of the coins, but the gold would go straight underground. As it is, someone's using the negroes - porters, sleeping-car attendants, truck-drivers - and getting the money well spread over the States.' 1954, Ian Fleming, “Interview with M”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 15:
   • In August 1859, eighty years ago, a sleeping car appeared on the Chicago & Alton Railroad of the United States, a great advance on the primitive facilities previously available. 1939 November, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Sleeping Car”, in Railway Magazine, page 360:

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Translations (28)

de Schlafwagen (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · es vagón litera (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · da sovevogn (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · cs lůžkový vůz (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · is svefnvagn (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · fr wagon-lit (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · fr wagon-couchette (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · ga cóiste codlata (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · cmn 臥舖車 /卧铺车 (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · nb sovevogn (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · sv sovvagn (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · fi makuuvaunu (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · hu hálókocsi (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · nn sovevogn (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · hi शयनयान (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · ro vagon de dormit (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · es coche cama (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · ko 침대차 (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · ru спа́льный ваго́н (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · bg спален вагон (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · pt vagão-leito (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · ja 寝台車 (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · uk спа́льний ваго́н (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · nl slaapwagen (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · et magamisvagun (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · es coche dormitorio (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · pl wagon sypialny (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) · it vagone letto (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.)