carpool

English

Etymology

From car +‎ pool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːpuːl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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Wikipedia

carpool (plural carpools)

1. An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.

   The neighbors decided on a carpool to get their kids to school, so that they wouldn't each have to drive every day.

2. The group of people who participate in such a pool.

Synonyms

• (arrangement to travel together): lift scheme

Hypernyms

• (arrangement to travel together): rideshare

Derived terms

• carpooler
• carpool lane
• fampool

Translations

arrangement

Chinese: Mandarin: 共乘 (zh) (gòngchéng) Czech: spolujízda (cs) Finnish: kimppakyyti French: covoiturage (fr) m Georgian: ერთობლივი მგზავრობა (ertoblivi mgzavroba) German: Fahrgemeinschaft (de) f Hungarian: telekocsi Italian: auto di gruppo (it) f, viaggio condiviso (it) m, carpooling (it) m, concarreggio (it) m, convetturaggio (it) m, covetturaggio (it) m Japanese: 相乗り (ja) (ainori) Portuguese: carona (pt) Slovene: sopotništvo Swedish: bilpool c Yiddish: אויטאָ־חבֿרה f (oyto-khevre)

group of people

German: Fahrgemeinschaft (de) f

Verb

carpool (third-person singular simple present carpools, present participle carpooling, simple past and past participle carpooled)

1. To travel together in such a pool.

Translations

travel together

Finnish: mennä kimppakyydillä French: faire du covoiturage Swedish: samåka (sv) Tagalog: maghinakay Yiddish: פֿאָרן מיט אַן אויטאָ־חבֿרה (forn mit an oyto-khevre), באַטייליקן זיך אין אַן אויטאָ־חבֿרה (bateylikn zikh in an oyto-khevre)

See also

• carpooling
• vanpool

Anagrams

• copolar

Spanish

Noun

carpool m (plural carpools)

1. carpool