electric locomotive

English

Noun

electric locomotive (plural electric locomotives)

1. (rail transport) A locomotive with its motors powered by electricity from overhead lines or (less commonly) from a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.

   Hypernym: locomotive

   Coordinate terms: diesel locomotive, steam locomotive

Related terms

• electric multiple unit
• electric train

Translations

locomotive with its motors powered by electricity

• Belarusian: электраво́з m (eljektravóz)
• Bulgarian: електри́чески локомоти́в m (elektríčeski lokomotív)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電力機車／电力机车 (zh) (diànlì jīchē)

• Czech: elektrická lokomotiva f
• Danish: ellokomotiv n
• Estonian: elektrivedur
• Finnish: sähköveturi (fi)
• French: locomotive électrique (fr) f
• German: Elektrolokomotive (de) f, Elektrolok (de) f
• Hungarian: villamosmozdony (hu)
• Japanese: 電気機関車 (ja) (でんききかんしゃ, denki kikansha)
• Korean: 전기 기관차(電氣機關車) (jeon'gi gigwancha)
• Polish: elektrowóz (pl) m
• Romanian: locomotivă electrică f
• Russian: электрово́з (ru) m (elektrovóz)
• Slovak: elektrický rušeň m
• Swedish: ellok (sv) n
• Ukrainian: електрово́з m (elektrovóz), електротя́г m (elektrotjáh)
• Uzbek: elektrovoz (uz)

References

• “electric locomotive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.