minivan

minivan

See also: Minivan

English

The Chrysler Pacifica, the best-selling minivan in the United States as of 2020

Etymology

mini- +‎ van

Noun

minivan (plural minivans)

1. A small van.
2. (chiefly US) A large and spacious passenger car, typically with five or seven seats and sliding rear doors

   Synonyms: (UK) people carrier, MPV

Descendants

• → Japanese: ミニバン (miniban)
• → Korean: 미니밴 (minibaen)
• → Russian: минивэ́н (minivɛ́n)
• → Thai: มินิแวน (mí-ní-wɛɛn)

Translations

small van

Belarusian: мінівэ́н m (minivén), міні-фурго́н m (mini-furhón) Bulgarian: минива́н m (miniván) Chinese: Mandarin: 多功能休旅車／多功能休旅车 (duōgōngnéng xiūlǚchē), (slang) 微面 (wēimiàn) Finnish: tila-auto (fi) French: fourgonnette (fr), mini-fourgonnette, mini-fourgon Galician: furgoneta (gl) f Georgian: მინი-ფურგონი (mini-purgoni) German: Minivan m Italian: monovolume (it) f Japanese: ミニバン (miniban) Korean: 미니밴 (minibaen), 다목적 자동차(多目的自動車) (damokjeok jadongcha) Lao: ລົດຕູ້ (lot tū) Persian: مینی‌ون‎ (mini-van) Polish: minivan (pl) m Portuguese: minivan f Russian: минивэ́н (ru) m (minivɛ́n), фурго́н (ru) m (furgón), мини-фурго́н (ru) m (mini-furgón) Spanish: combi (es) m, monovolumen m Thai: มินิแวน (mí-ní-wɛɛn) Ukrainian: мініве́н m (minivén), міні-фурго́н m (mini-furhón) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

spacious passenger car

French: monospace (fr)

Verb

minivan (third-person singular simple present minivans, present participle minivanning, simple past and past participle minivanned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To travel or transport in a small van.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English minivan.

Noun

minivan m (invariable)

1. minivan

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English minivan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɲi.van/
• Rhymes: -ivan
• Syllabification: mi‧ni‧van

Noun

minivan m anim

1. minivan (small van)

Declension

Declension of minivan

	singular	plural
nominative	minivan	minivany
genitive	minivana	minivanów
dative	minivanowi	minivanom
accusative	minivana	minivany
instrumental	minivanem	minivanami
locative	minivanie	minivanach
vocative	minivanie	minivany

Further reading

• minivan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• minivan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Noun

minivan m (plural minivans)

1. minivan