comboio

Meaning

Noun

1. (Africa, Portugal, masculine) train (line of connected cars or carriages)
2. (masculine) convoy
3. (masculine) convoy (group of vehicles)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of comboiar

comboiar

to convoy (to escort a group of vehicles)

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Concepts

train

🚋

convoy

car

🚗

railway

railroad car

railroad vehicle

railway carriage

coach

wagon train

train

🚋

railroad train

railway car

motorcade

railcar

Synonyms

trem

bonde

carro

automóvel

vagão

vagões

automotora

locomotivas

ferrovia

caminhos-de-ferro

Translations

trein

🚋

train

🚋

tren

🚋

treno

🚋

Zug

tren

🚋

tren

🚋

convoi

τρένο

αμαξοστοιχία

قطار

tren

Konvoi

Geleitzug

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kõˈboj.u/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: convoi

In summary

Borrowed from French convoi, from Old French convoier, another form of conveier, from Medieval Latin conviāre (“to accompany on the way”), from Latin com- (“together”) + via (“way”).