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English
Etymology
Calque from Japanese 弾( だん ) 丸( がん ) 列( れっ ) 車( しゃ ) ( dangan ressha ) .
Noun
bullet train (plural bullet trains )
A Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.
Any high-speed train which resembles such a train.
Translations
Japanese high-speed train
Arabic: شِينْكَانْسِن m ( šinkansen )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 新幹線 / 新干线 (zh) ( xīngànxiàn ) , 子彈火車 / 子弹火车 (zh) ( zǐdàn huǒchē )
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: ŝinkanseno
Finnish: luotijuna (fi) , shinkansen
French: shinkansen (fr) m
Georgian: სინკასენი ( sinḳaseni ) , იაპონური ზეჩქარი მატარებელი ( iaṗonuri zečkari maṭarebeli )
German: Shinkansen m , Hochgeschwindigkeitszug (de) m
Hebrew: שינקנסן m ( shinkansen )
Hindi: शिनकानसेन ( śinkānsen )
Japanese: 新幹線 (ja) ( しんかんせん, shinkansen )
Korean: 신칸센 ( sinkansen )
Marathi: बुलेट ट्रेन f ( buleṭ ṭren ) , शिनकानसेन f ( śinkānsen )
Mongolian: шинкансэн ( šinkansen ) , суман галт тэрэг ( suman galt tereg )
Portuguese: ( Brazil ) trem-bala (pt) m , ( Portugal ) comboio-bala m
Russian: синкансэ́н m ( sinkansɛ́n ) , высокоскоростно́й по́езд m ( vysokoskorostnój pójezd )
Spanish: tren de alta / gran velocidad m , shinkansen m
Swedish: shinkansen
Vietnamese: shinkansen
high-speed train
Chinese:
Mandarin: 子彈火車 / 子弹火车 (zh) ( zǐdàn huǒchē ) , 高鐵 / 高铁 (zh) ( gāotiě )
Danish: højhastighedstog n
Esperanto: (please verify ) ŝinkanseno
Finnish: luotijuna (fi)
French: train à grande vitesse (TGV ) m
Georgian: ზეჩქარული მატარებელი ( zečkaruli maṭarebeli ) , ზეჩქარული სამგზავრო მატარებელი ( zečkaruli samgzavro maṭarebeli )
German: Hochgeschwindigkeitszug (de) m , Superexpress m
Hindi: बुलेट ट्रेन f ( buleṭ ṭren )
Hungarian: nagysebességű /szupergyors /szupersebességű vonat /vasút
Japanese: 超特急 (ja) ( ちょうとっきゅう, chōtokkyū ) , 弾丸列車 (ja) ( だんがんれっしゃ, dangan ressha )
Korean: 초특급 (ko) ( choteukgeup ) , 탄환열차 ( tanhwanyeolcha ) , 총알열차 ( chong'aryeolcha ) , 총알 고속 열차 ( chong'algosogyeolcha )
Marathi: बुलेट ट्रेन f ( buleṭ ṭren )
Portuguese: ( Brazil ) trem-bala (pt) m , ( Portugal ) comboio-bala m
Romanian: tren de mare viteză n
Russian: высокоскоростно́й по́езд m ( vysokoskorostnój pójezd ) , суперэкспре́сс (ru) m ( superɛkspréss )
Spanish: tren de alta / gran velocidad m , tren bala m , AVE (es) m