locomotive

Etymology
From, from (ablative of ) +  (see ).

In the rail transport sense,, attested from 1814.

Noun

 * 1)  The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.
 * 2)  A traction engine.
 * 3)  A cheer characterized by a slow beginning and a progressive increase in speed.
 * 4)  Any of various early road vehicles, steam-powered, etc., forerunners of the modern car.
 * 5)  A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.
 * 1)  A country which drives the world economy by having a high level of imports, such as the United States.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: lokomotief
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: قَاطِرَة
 * Armenian:, , ,
 * Azerbaijani: lokomotiv, parovoz
 * Arabic: اود ارابهسی
 * Belarusian: лакаматы́ў, лякаматы́ў, параво́з
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 機車頭
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, lokomotief
 * Esperanto: lokomotivo
 * Estonian: vedur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: लोकोमोटिव
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: locomotiva
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Karachay-Balkar: бугъа
 * Kazakh: локомотив
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: темирбугъа
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: локомотив
 * Latvian: lokomotīve
 * Lithuanian: lokomotyvas
 * Macedonian: локомоти́ва
 * Malay: lokomotif
 * Maori: tima, tima rerewē
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, бух тэрэг
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡᠭᠦᠷ, ᠪᠤᠬ᠎ᠠ ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lokomotiv
 * Nynorsk: lokomotiv
 * Ottoman Turkish: قره واپور
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: локомоти́ва
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: rušeň, lokomotíva
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: lokomotora
 * Tajik: локомотив
 * Thai:, หัวรถจักร
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: lokomotiw
 * Ukrainian:, парово́з
 * Uyghur: پاراۋوز, پاراۋۇز
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: locomotif, injan
 * Yiddish: לאָקאָמאָטיוו

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to locomotion.
 * 2) Of or relating to the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself.
 * 3) Moving, or capable of motion.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: движещ се
 * Catalan: locomotor
 * Finnish: liikkumiskykyyn liittyvä
 * Galician: locomotor
 * German: lokomotorisch
 * Greek:
 * Ido: ,
 * Italian: locomotivo
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: