hubcap

See also: hub cap

English

Wheel and hubcap of 1960s Studebaker car

Alternative forms

• hub cap

Etymology

From hub +‎ cap.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌbˌkæp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

hubcap (plural hubcaps)

1. A decorative and protective disk that covers the hub of a motor car wheel.

Synonyms

• wheel cover, wheel trim

Derived terms

• hubcapped

Translations

decorative disk for wheels

• Bulgarian: тас m (tas)
• Catalan: tapaboques (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輪轂罩 / 轮毂罩 (zh) (lúngǔzhào), 軑 / 轪 (zh) (dài)

• Dutch: wieldop (nl) m, naafdop (nl)
• Finnish: pölykapseli (fi)
• French: chapeau de roue (fr) m, enjoliveur (fr) m
• German: Radkappe (de) f
• Hebrew: טסה f (tása), צלחת גלגל f (tzalákhat galgál)
• Hungarian: dísztárcsa (hu)
• Icelandic: hjólkoppur (is) m
• Irish: caipín moil m
• Italian: copricerchio m
• Japanese: ホイールキャップ (hoīru kyappu)
• Korean: 휠캡 (hwilkaep)
• Norwegian: hjulkapsel
• Persian: قالپاق (fa) (qâlpâq)
• Polish: kołpak (pl) m
• Portuguese: calota
• Russian: колпа́к (ru) m (kolpák)
• Spanish: copa (es) f (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Northwestern Venezuela, Panama), taza (es) f (Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuelan standard usage), tapabocinas m (Puerto Rico), tapacubos (es) m (Spain), taparruedas m (Chile), tapón (es) m (Mexico), vaso (es) m (Peru)
• Swedish: navkapsel (sv) c, hjulsida c, fälgsida c
• Thai: ฝาครอบล้อ (fǎa-krɔ̂ɔp-lɔ́ɔ), ฝาตบ (fǎa-dtòp)
• Turkish: jant kapağı
• Welsh: cap both m

Further reading

• hubcap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia