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My dad listened to a lot of James Taylor when I was growing up. We had a couple of his cassettes in the car, and we'd go on a lot of long family car trips. It was either strange musicals or James Taylor - or Whitney Houston. It was quite the combination there.
Jessie Mueller

Meaning of "family car" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FAMILY CAR

family car  [ˈfæmlɪ kɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAMILY CAR

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Family car is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FAMILY CAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

family car

Family car

A family car is a car classification used in Europe to describe normally-sized cars. The name comes from the suitability of these cars to carry a whole family locally or on vacations. Most family cars are hatchbacks or sedans, although there are MPVs, estates and cabriolets with the same structure as with the other body style. The term covers two types of family cars.

Definition of family car in the English dictionary

The definition of family car in the dictionary is a car suitable for a family.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAMILY CAR


advocaat
ˈædvəʊˌkɑː
autocar
ˈɔːtəʊˌkɑː
Bhaskar
ˈbʌsˌkɑː
car
kɑː
carr
kɑː
hoka
ˈhɒkɑː
ka
kɑː
microcar
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɑː
Neckar
ˈnɛkɑː
rent-a-car
ˈrentəˌkɑː
scar
skɑː
Shankar
ˈʃæŋkɑː
sidecar
ˈsaɪdˌkɑː
sircar
səˈkɑː
ska
skɑː
stock-car
stɒk kɑː
streetcar
ˈstriːtˌkɑː
supercar
ˈsuːpəˌkɑː
taka
ˈtɑːkɑː
trocar
ˈtrəʊkɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAMILY CAR

family album
family allowance
family balancing
family Bible
family business
family butcher
family circle
Family Compact
family court
family credit
Family Crisis Intervention Unit
Family Division
family doctor
family firm
family friend
family grouping
Family Health Services Authority
family hotel
family income supplement
family jewels

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAMILY CAR

cable car
chauffeur-driven car
classic car
company car
courtesy car
getaway car
hire car
hybrid car
jaunty car
kit car
passenger car
police car
race car
racing car
rally car
rental car
sports car
stock car
toy car
trolley car

Synonyms and antonyms of family car in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «family car» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAMILY CAR

Find out the translation of family car to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of family car from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «family car» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

家用轿车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coche de la familia
570 millions of speakers

English

family car
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परिवार की कार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيارة عائلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

семейный автомобиль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carro da família
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিবার গাড়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voiture familiale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kereta keluarga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Familienauto
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ファミリーカー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가족 차
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kulawarga mobil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xe gia đình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குடும்ப கார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुटुंब कार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aile arabası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto di famiglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samochód rodzinny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сімейний автомобіль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

masina de familie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οικογενειακό αυτοκίνητο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gesin se motor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

familjebil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

familiebil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of family car

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAMILY CAR»

The term «family car» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.573 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAMILY CAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «family car» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «family car» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about family car

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2 QUOTES WITH «FAMILY CAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word family car.
1
Mary Cheney
It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car.
2
Jessie Mueller
My dad listened to a lot of James Taylor when I was growing up. We had a couple of his cassettes in the car, and we'd go on a lot of long family car trips. It was either strange musicals or James Taylor - or Whitney Houston. It was quite the combination there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAMILY CAR»

Discover the use of family car in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to family car and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Family Car Song Book: Hundreds of Miles of Fun
Texts and music of songs of the "standard" variety, which lend themselves to group singing.
Greg Jones, 2004
2
The Family Car Songbook
Texts of songs of the "standard" variety, which lend themselves to group singing.
Running Press, Tam Mossman, Cookman, 1983
3
Advanced automotive technology : visions of a ...
United States, Office of Technology Assessment, Congress. Although development of commercially successful mass-market EVs will require strong efforts with a number of different vehicle components, improving EV batteries is certainly the ...
United States, Office of Technology Assessment, Congress
4
The Rotarian
Our research into home discipline in 5,000 families shows that disagreement over these questions puts perhaps the greatest strain on father-son relationships. To thousands of other families in the midst of the family-car debate this will hardly  ...
5
Popular Mechanics
For many, it's also a family car: even for the average American family with 2.2 children (the smallest having the fun of riding in the "well" behind the rear seat). As for economy, why, if it wasn't for the proliferation of the Beetle, we might have had ...
6
Introduction to Machine Learning
LET us say we want to learn the class, C, of a "family car." We have a set of examples of cars, and we have a group of people that we survey to whom we show these cars. The people look at the cars we show them and label them; the cars that ...
Ethem Alpaydin, 2004
7
Popular Mechanics
The TIME-LIFE Book of the Family Car, just off press, is a 358-page richly illustrated book that's jam-packed with tips, how-to's and save-a-buck secrets on buying, maintaining, repairing, financing, insuring, operating, trading and selling what is ...
8
Torts
(The doctrine is also sometimes called the “family car” rule.) Example: Parent lets Child use the car. Child negligently smashes into P. In a state adopting the family purpose doctrine, Parent will be vicariously liable for Child's negligence. a.
Steven Emanuel, Lazar Emanuel, 2008
9
The Automobile Age
Despite the development of rudimentary automobile cultures in the advanced capitalist countries of Western Europe and in Japan in the post— World War II period, the family car remains a uniquely American institution; in the words of French ...
James J. Flink, 1990
10
Family Law: The Essentials
... the doctrine if it has adequate requirements for automobile-liability insurance so that pedestrians and other cars on the road are protected no matter who is driving the family car or for what purpose. Elements of Family-Purpose Doctrine 1 .
William Statsky, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAMILY CAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term family car is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Police: Man shoots at family car after traffic dispute
A man shot at a Des Moines family's car Thursday afternoon after cutting them off at a stoplight minutes earlier. The victim was driving his wife ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
2
Kia Soul EV Winds Best Small Family Car Award
WALTON-ON THAMES, UK -- July 10, 2015: Kia's first all-electric car, the Soul EV, has been awarded Best Small Family Car by AutoVolt in its annual awards. «The Auto Channel, Jul 15»
3
Gunmen Force Bank Executive to Rob Own Bank after Kidnapping …
The family car was driven to a remote dirt road in West Knox, where the suspects abandoned it with Abbey and her child inside. Both mother ... «The Monitor Daily, Jul 15»
4
Insurance needs change after graduation
If the graduate has moved back into the house, gets a job and starts driving the family car more frequently, you might have to adjust your auto ... «KOMO News, Jul 15»
5
The ultimate family car designed around a BABY SEAT: Volvo …
Car seats come in all shapes and sizes but chances are none are as luxurious as Volvo's latest design. Called the Excellence Child Seat, the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Kia Soul EV is the Best Small Family Car, Ahead of the VW e-Golf …
We're telling you this because the Soul EV has been awarded Best Small Family Car by AutoVolt, after it finished ahead of competing finalists ... «autoevolution, Jul 15»
7
This is the worlds first solarpowered family car
The world's first solar-powered family car, Stella Lux, developed by Dutch students can clock 1,000km on a full charge and creates twice as ... «Zigwheels.com, Jul 15»
8
The future of the school run? Four seater family car powered by the …
Dutch students have developed a new family car that is not only powered by the sun, but generates more energy than it uses, and will compete ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
Family using tragedy to spread awareness about child heatstroke …
"Sydney obtained entrance into our family car on her own. She was not left nor forgotten. She got into the car and it was too late when we found ... «Bryan-College Station Eagle, Jul 15»
10
Dutch students reveal solar-powered family car
Dutch students have developed a new family car that is not only powered by the sun, but generates more energy than it uses. Stella Lux seats ... «Gizmag, Jul 15»

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