roadster

English

Etymology

Derived from road +‎ -ster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊdstə(ɹ)/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -əʊdstə(ɹ)

Noun

roadster (plural roadsters)

Morgan roadster automobile

Raleigh roadster bicycle

1. (archaic) A horse for riding or driving on the road.
   • 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:

     a sound, swift, well-bred hunter and roadster

2. A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction.
3. (UK, dated) One who drives much; a coach driver.
4. (UK, dated, slang) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
5. An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
6. A person who lives along the road. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
7. a sea-going vessel riding at anchor in a road or bay.
8. (nautical) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides[19th century].

Related terms

• roader
• roadie

 

Translations

horse for riding or driving on the road

• Finnish: matkahevonen

bicycle or tricycle adapted for common roads

• Finnish: maantiepyörä (fi)

one who drives much; a coach driver

• Finnish: ajuri (fi)

hunter who keeps to the roads

type of open automobile

• Finnish: roadster, kaksipaikkainen avoauto
• Italian: roadster (it)
• Russian: родстер (ru) m (rodster)

person who lives along the road

• Finnish: kulkuri (fi)

sea-going vessel riding at anchor

nautical: clumsy vessel

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} turismo (es) (coche)

See also

• cabriolet, cabrio
• convertible
• drophead
• High Nelly(Irish)
• landau
• landaulet
• nellie(Irish)

Anagrams

• Rodartes

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

roadster m (plural roadsters)

1. roadster (automobile)

Further reading

• “roadster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English roadster.

Noun

roadster n (plural roadstere)

1. roadster

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	roadster	roadsterul		roadstere	roadsterele
genitive-dative	roadster	roadsterului		roadstere	roadsterelor
vocative	roadsterule			roadsterelor

Spanish

Noun

roadster m (plural roadsters)

1. roadster (vehicle)