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Tram

/træm/

EN

An electric passenger vehicle that runs on rails, typically along public urban streets, used for local public transportation.

I take the tram to work every morning to avoid traffic jams.

Etymology

The word comes from the early 19th-century English term, originally referring to a truck or cart on a mine railway, derived from the Middle Low German 'trame' meaning 'beam, bar of a wagon frame'.

Translations

简体中文
有轨电车,电车
繁體中文
有軌電車,電車
日本語
路面電車,トラム
한국어
전차,트램
Deutsch
Straßenbahn,Tram
Español
tranvía,tranvía eléctrico
Português
bonde,tram,elétrico
Français
tramway,tram
Tiếng Việt
xe điện,tàu điện

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