wagon

English

/ˈwæɡ(ə)n/, /ˈwæɡən/

noun
Definitions
  • A four-wheeled cart for hauling loads.
  • A four-wheeled child's riding toy, pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.
  • An enclosed vehicle for carrying goods or people; (by extension) a lorry, a truck.
  • An enclosed vehicle used as a movable dwelling; a caravan.
  • (slang)
  • (rail transport) A freight car on a railway.
  • (chiefly) ; (by extension) a sport utility vehicle (SUV); any car.
  • (Ireland) A woman of loose morals, a promiscuous woman, a slapper; (by extension) a woman regarded as obnoxious; a bitch, a cow.
  • (math) A kind of prefix used in de Bruijn notation.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish wagen (wagon, car, cart, vehicle, dare, also to move, move, stir, venture) derived from Middle Dutch wagen derived from Old Dutch *wagan inherited from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (wagon, cart) derived from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos (primitive carriage, wagon), *weǵʰ- (move, transport, carry, ride, drag, go, drive, bring, draw, pull).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weǵʰ-

Gloss

move, transport, carry, ride, drag, go, drive, bring, draw, pull

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

行

Emoji

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