טראַמווײַ
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Via contact languages such as Belarusian/Russian/Ukrainian трамва́й (tramváj), Polish tramwaj, ultimately from English tramway.
Noun[edit]
טראַמווײַ • (tramvay) m, plural טראַמווײַען (tramvayen)
- (Australia, UK): tram
- (Canada, US) streetcar, trolley, trolley car, light rail
References[edit]
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “טראַמווײַ”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press
Categories:
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Belarusian
- Yiddish terms derived from Belarusian
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Russian
- Yiddish terms derived from Russian
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Ukrainian
- Yiddish terms derived from Ukrainian
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Polish
- Yiddish terms derived from Polish
- Yiddish terms derived from English
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish nouns
- Yiddish masculine nouns
- American Yiddish
- yi:Transport