motor home

See also: motorhome

English

Alternative forms

• motorhome

Noun

motor home (plural motor homes)

1. A type of recreational vehicle, a self-propelled structure built on a truck or bus chassis containing living accommodations.

   Synonym: (US) housecar

Usage notes

Do not confuse motor home with mobile home.

Translations

recreational home on wheels

• Bulgarian: кемпер m (kemper)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旅宿汽車 / 旅宿汽车 (lǚsù qìchē), 房車 / 房车 (zh) (fángchē) (mainland), 房车 (zh) (fángchē) (mainland)

• Dutch: camper (nl) m, kampeerauto (nl) m
• Finnish: matkailuauto (fi)
• French: camping-car (fr), autocaravane (fr)
• Greek: τροχόσπιτο (el) n (trochóspito)
• Irish: veain champála f
• Italian: camper (it) m
• Korean: 캠핑카 (kaempingka)
• Maori: wakanoho
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bobil (no) m

• Polish: kamper (pl) m
• Portuguese: autocaravana f (Portugal), motocasa (pt) f (Brazil), motor home m
• Russian: дом на колёсак f (dom na koljósak, literally “house on wheels”), автодом (ru) m (avtodom)
• Swedish: husbil (sv) c
• Turkish: motokaravan (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhà di động
• Welsh: cartref modur m

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• motor-home, motorhome

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English motor home.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈʁo(w).mi/ [ˈmɔ.toɦ ˈho(ʊ̯).mi], /ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈʁõ/ [ˈmɔ.toɦ ˈhõ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈʁo(w).mi/ [ˈmɔ.toɦ ˈho(ʊ̯).mi], /ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈʁõ/ [ˈmɔ.toɦ ˈhõ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.toɾ ˈʁo(w).mi/ [ˈmɔ.toɾ ˈho(ʊ̯).mi], /ˈmɔ.toɾ ˈʁõ/ [ˈmɔ.toɾ ˈhõ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈʁo(w).mi/ [ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈχo(ʊ̯).mi], /ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈʁõ/ [ˈmɔ.toʁ ˈχõ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.toɻ ˈʁo(w).me/ [ˈmɔ.toɻ ˈho(ʊ̯).me], /ˈmɔ.toɻ ˈʁõ/ [ˈmɔ.toɻ ˈhõ]

Noun

motor home m (plural motor homes)

1. motor home

   Synonyms: autocaravana, motocasa