hatchback

English

Etymology

hatch +‎ back

Noun

hatchback (plural hatchbacks)

A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards.
The door itself.

Quotations

2007, Siobhan Ryan, "Hit and run driver kills cyclist", The Argus, 21 July,
The accident happened in Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne, when the 26-year-old male victim was struck by a small dark hatchback.

Translations

a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards

Chinese:
Mandarin: 掀背車, 掀背车 (xiānbèichē)
Finnish: viistoperä
French: hayon (fr) m
German: Steilheck n

Italian: portellone m (auto con portellone posteriore)
Japanese: ハッチバック (hatchibakku)
Persian: هاچبک‎ (hâčbak)
Russian: хетчбэ́к (ru) m (xɛtčbék), хэтчбе́к (ru) m (xetčbɛ́k)
Swedish: halvkombi c

See also

Spanish

Noun

hatchback m (plural hatchbacks)

hatchback

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