different between cablecar vs funicular

English

Etymology

cable +? car

Noun

cablecar (plural cablecars)

1. Alternative spelling of cable car

English

Etymology

From Latin f?niculus (“cord”), diminutive from f?nis (“cord”) + -culus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kj?l?(?)

Adjective

funicular (comparative more funicular, superlative most funicular)

1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
2. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the umbilical cord.
3. (botany) Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.

Derived terms

• funicular railway

Translations

Noun

funicular (plural funiculars)

1. A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.

Synonyms

• funicular railway

Translations

Catalan

Noun

funicular m (plural funiculars)

1. cable car, funicular

Further reading

• “funicular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “funicular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “funicular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “funicular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Adjective

funicular m or f (plural funiculares, comparable)

1. funicular (powered by a rope or cable)

Noun

funicular m (plural funiculares)

1. funicular (rail transit system which ascends an incline)

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin f?niculus (“cord”), diminutive of f?nis (“cord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fu.ni.ku?la?]

Noun

funicular n

1. rope railway

Spanish

Noun

funicular m (plural funiculares)

1. funicular, cable car