British users rechristened the baron's invention the hobby horse then the dandy horse, because draisines became very fashionable with Regency gentlemen.
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Draisine
Synonyms for "draisine" (1 found)
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30 translations across 21 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- дрызі́на noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мотри́са noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Catalan
1 entries- dresina noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 手搖車 /手摇车 noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
- 搖車 /摇车 noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
- 檢道車 /检道车 noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
- 軌道車 /轨道车 noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Dutch
1 entries- draisine noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Esperanto
1 entries- drezino noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Finnish
1 entries- resiina noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
French
1 entries- draisine noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
German
2 entries- Draisine noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
- Eisenbahn-Draisine noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Hungarian
4 entries- drezina noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
- hajtány noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
- kézihajtány noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
- pályakocsi noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Italian
1 entries- dresina noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Japanese
1 entries- 軌道自転車 noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Macedonian
1 entries- дреси́на noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Polish
1 entries- drezyna noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Portuguese
2 entries- dresina noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
- trole noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Russian
1 entries- дрези́на noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Spanish
2 entries- dresina noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
- trole noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Swedish
1 entries- dressin noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Thai
1 entries- รถโยก noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Turkish
1 entries- drezin noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дрези́на noun (light auxiliary rail vehicle)
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