hubcap

See also: hub cap

English

Wheel and hubcap of 1960s Studebaker car

Alternative forms

hub cap

Etymology

hub +‎ cap

Noun

hubcap (plural hubcaps)

A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel.

Synonyms

wheel cover, wheel trim

Translations

decorative disk for wheels

Bulgarian: тас m (tas)
Catalan: tapaboques (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 輪轂罩／轮毂罩 (zh) (lúngǔzhào), 軑／轪 (zh) (dài)
Dutch: wieldop (nl) m, naafdop (nl)
Finnish: pölykapseli
French: chapeau de roue (fr) m, enjoliveur (fr) m
German: Radkappe (de) f
Hebrew: טסה
Hungarian: dísztárcsa (hu)
Icelandic: hjólkoppur (is) m
Irish: caipín moil m
Japanese: ホイールキャップ (hoīru kyappu)
Korean: 휠캡 (hwilkaep)
Persian: قالپاق (fa) (qâlpâq)
Polish: kołpak (pl) m
Portuguese: calota
Russian: колпа́к (ru) m (kolpák)
Spanish: copa (es) f (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Northwestern Venezuela, Panama), taza (es) f (Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuelan standard usage), tapabocinas m (Puerto Rico), tapacubos (es) m (Spain), taparruedas m (Chile), tapón m (Mexico), vaso (es) m (Peru)
Swedish: navkapsel (sv) c, hjulsida c, fälgsida c
Thai: ฝาครอบล้อ (fǎa-krɔ̂ɔp-lɔ́ɔ), ฝาตบ (fǎa-dtòp)
Turkish: jant kapağı
Welsh: cap both m

Further reading

hubcap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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