bullet train

Meaning

1. A Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.
2. Any high-speed train which resembles such a train.

Synonyms

bullet

streamliner

Shinkansen

very fast train

Translations

shinkansen

Shinkansen

Hochgeschwindigkeitszug

shinkansen

Superschnellzug

train à grande vitesse japonais

trem-bala

bala

tren

🚋

شينكانسن

tren bala

شِينْكَانْسِن

Stromlinienzug

japanischer Hochgeschwindigkeitszug

Etymology

Calque from Japanese 弾(だん)丸(がん)列(れっ)車(しゃ) (dangan ressha).