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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmatériel roulant
Pronunciation / Transliteration: matériel roulant
"Le renouvellement du matériel roulant est indispensable pour la ligne."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Locomotives, carriages, wagons, or other wheeled vehicles used on a railway.
"The company is investing millions to modernize its aging rolling stock." - 2
Any wheeled vehicles owned and used by a transport company, such as trucks or buses.
"The logistics firm inspected its rolling stock before the harsh winter season."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'rolling' (referring to wheels rolling on tracks) and 'stock' (meaning inventory or equipment). The term originated in the mid-19th century with the rapid expansion of railways to distinguish movable equipment such as locomotives and carriages from fixed assets like tracks and stations.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Rolling stock" is said worldwide
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matériel roulant
Transliteration: matériel roulant
"Le renouvellement du matériel roulant est indispensable pour la ligne."
Schienenfahrzeuge
Transliteration: Schienenfahrzeuge
"Die Modernisierung der Schienenfahrzeuge kostet viel Geld."
materiale rotabile
Transliteration: materiale rotabile
"Il materiale rotabile ferroviario richiede una manutenzione costante."
material rodante
Transliteration: material rodante
"Se requiere una actualización del material rodante en la red ferroviaria."
material circulante
Transliteration: material circulante
"O material circulante foi totalmente renovado este ano."
रोलिंग स्टॉक
Transliteration: roling stok
"रेलवे नए रोलिंग स्टॉक की खरीद कर रहा है।"
机车车辆
Transliteration: jīchē chēliàng
"铁路公司正在更新其机车车辆。"
철도 차량
Transliteration: cheoldo charyang
"노후된 철도 차량의 교체가 시급합니다."
鉄道車両
Transliteration: tetsudō sharyō
"その鉄道会社は新しい鉄道車両を導入しました。"
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