motorist

motorist

English

Etymology

motor +‎ -ist

Noun

motorist (plural motorists)

1. One who drives a motor vehicle.

   Synonyms: driver, (dated) autoist

   • 1926, C. E. M. Joad, The Babbitt Warren, London: Trubner & Co, page 13:

     Moreover, the motorist, even if the speed at which he travelled enabled him to appreciate what he saw, does not see the country at all. What he does see is a tarred road, a couple of blackened or dust-covered hedges, and a stream of other motorists.

Translations

one who drives a motor vehicle

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: аўтамабілі́ст m (aŭtamabilíst), аўтамабілі́стка f (aŭtamabilístka) Bulgarian: автомобилист m (avtomobilist) Catalan: motorista m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 汽車駕駛員／汽车驾驶员 (qìchē jiàshǐyuán), 司機／司机 (zh) (sījī) Czech: motorista m Danish: bilist (da) c Dutch: automobilist (nl) m Finnish: kuljettaja (fi), moottoriajoneuvon kuljettaja French: automobiliste (fr) m or f Galician: motorista m or f German: Autofahrer (de) m, Autofahrerin (de) f Hungarian: autós (hu), autóvezető (hu) Italian: motorista (it) m or f Japanese: モータリスト (mōtarisuto) Norwegian: Bokmål: bilist m Nynorsk: bilist m Polish: kierujący m, kierowca (pl) m Portuguese: motorista (pt) m or f Romanian: automobilist (ro) m, automobilistă (ro) f Russian: автомобили́ст (ru) m (avtomobilíst), автомобили́стка (ru) f (avtomobilístka), автолюби́тель (ru) m (avtoljubítelʹ), автолюби́тельница (ru) f (avtoljubítelʹnica) Spanish: motorista m or f Swedish: bilist (sv) c Ukrainian: автомобілі́ст (uk) m (avtomobilíst), автомобілі́стка (uk) f (avtomobilístka) Yiddish: אויטאָמאָביליסט‎ m (oytomobilist), אויטאָמאָביליסטקע‎ f (oytomobilistke)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мотори́ст (motoríst) and French motoriste. Equivalent to motor +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.toˈrist/

Noun

motorist m (plural motoriști, feminine equivalent motoristă)

1. (rare) auto mechanic, motor mechanic

Declension

Declension of motorist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) motorist	motoristul	(niște) motoriști	motoriștii
genitive/dative	(unui) motorist	motoristului	(unor) motoriști	motoriștilor
vocative	motoristule		motoriștilor

Related terms

• motoriza
• motorizare

References

• motorist in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)