runabout

== English == === Etymology === Deverbal from run about. === Noun === runabout (plural runabouts) Any of several small vehicles, especially a small motor car for use on short journeys. (dated) A motor car having a single row of seats. (historical) A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels. (archaic) A gadabout or vagabond. (science fiction) A small, relatively maneuverable spacecraft or shuttlecraft. ==== Related terms ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁœ.na.bawt/ === Noun === runabout m (plural runabouts) runabout (motor vehicle) === Further reading === “runabout”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English runabout. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ranaˈbaut/ [ra.naˈβ̞au̯t̪] IPA(key): /ronaˈbaut/ [ro.naˈβ̞au̯t̪] Rhymes: -aut Syllabification: ru‧na‧bout === Noun === runabout m (plural runabouts) runabout (motor vehicle) ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.