monomotor
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English
Etymology
From mono- + motor, probably borrowed from Continental European applications; compare with French monomoteur.
Adjective
monomotor (not comparable)
- (rail transport, attributive) Having a single traction motor driving the axles on a bogie.
- 1962 June, “Beyond the Channel: Finland: The V.R. in their centenary year”, in Modern Railways, page 419, photo caption:
- Model of the new 2,800 h.p. diesel-electric C-C with Alsthom monomotor bogies, of which the first is about to be delivered to the V.R.
Further reading
monomotor bogie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - monomotor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French monomoteur.
Noun
monomotor n (plural monomotoare)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | monomotor | monomotorul | monomotoare | monomotoarele | |
| genitive-dative | monomotor | monomotorului | monomotoare | monomotoarelor | |
| vocative | monomotorule | monomotoarelor | |||
Spanish
Adjective
monomotor m or f (masculine and feminine plural monomotores)
- one-motor
- 2016 December 5, “Avioneta se precipita en las cercanías del aeródromo de Tobalaba y deja dos heridos”, in Emol:
- - Una avioneta monomotor se precipitó hace instantes en las cercanías del aeródromo de Tobalaba, dejando dos personas heridas: El piloto, de 19 años, y la acompañante de 18.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “monomotor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10