trolley bus

See also: trolleybus

English

A trolley bus.

Noun

trolley bus (plural trolley busses or trolley buses)

A bus, powered via overhead electric cables, that does not run on tracks.

Alternative forms

trolleybus

Descendants

→ Russian: тролле́йбус (trolléjbus) (see there for further descendants)

Translations

bus powered via overhead electric cables

Arabic: تْرُولِّي بَاص m (trūllī bāṣ)
Armenian: տրոլեյբուս (hy) (troleybus)
Azerbaijani: trolleybus
Basque: trolebus (eu)
Belarusian: трале́йбус m (traljéjbus)
Bulgarian: троле́йбус (bg) m (troléjbus)
Catalan: troleibús m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無軌電車／无轨电车 (zh) (wúguǐ diànchē)
Crimean Tatar: trolleybus
Czech: trolejbus (cs) m
Danish: trolleybus (da)
Dutch: trolleybus (nl) m
Estonian: trollibuss
Finnish: johdinauto (fi)
French: trolleybus (fr) m
Galician: trolebús m
Georgian: ტროლეიბუსი (ṭroleibusi)
German: Oberleitungsbus (de) m, O-Bus (de) m, Trolleybus (de) m
Greek: τρόλεϊ (el) (tróleï)
Hebrew: טרוליבוס (he) m
Hungarian: trolibusz (hu), troli (hu)
Irish: bus tralaí m
Italian: filoveicolo (it) m, filobus (it) m
Japanese: トロリーバス (ja) (tororībasu)
Kazakh: троллейбус (trolleibus)
Korean: 트롤리버스 (teurollibeoseu)
Kyrgyz: троллейбус (ky) (trolleybus)
Latvian: trolejbuss m
Lithuanian: troleibusas (lt) m
Macedonian: тро́лејбус m (trólejbus)
Mongolian: троллейбус (mn) (trollejbus)
Norwegian: trolleybuss
Polish: trolejbus (pl) m
Portuguese: trólebus (pt) m (Brazil), troleicarro m (Portugal)
Romanian: troleibuz (ro) n
Russian: тролле́йбус (ru) m (trolléjbus)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тролејбус m

Roman: trolejbus (sh) m
Slovak: trolejbus m
Slovene: trolejbus m
Spanish: trolebús (es) m
Swedish: trådbuss (sv) c
Tatar: троллейбус (trolleybus)
Thai: รถโดยสารประจำทางไฟฟ้า (rót-dooi-sǎan-bprà-jam-taang-fai-fáa)
Turkish: troleybüs (tr)
Turkmen: trolleýbus
Ukrainian: троле́йбус m (troléjbus)
Uzbek: trolleybus (uz)
Vietnamese: xe buýt điện, xe điện bánh hơi
Volapük: lektinanibud
Welsh: bys trydan m