streetcar

== English == === Etymology === From street +‎ car. Coined before the era of motorcars, the term emphasized a type of car on rails that were in the street (along with foot traffic, wagons, and carriages) rather than on a separate, dedicated railroad, as a railcar is. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɹitˌkɑɹ/ === Noun === streetcar (plural streetcars) (Canada, US) A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars attached together, operating on city streets; a trolley car. Synonym: (UK) tram ==== Descendants ==== → Pannonian Rusyn: штрицкара (štrickara) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === tram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === rescatter, scatterer, tarcretes