bullet train
bullet train noun: a Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.
Noun
bullet train (plural bullet trains)
- A Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.
- Any high-speed train which resembles such a train.
bullet train meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Arabic
bullet train in Hindi
- Japanese high-speed train
- शिनकानसेन śinkānsen
- high-speed train
- बुलेट ट्रेन buleṭ ṭren
bullet train in Tamil
- மின் வேகத் தொடரி, இரயில்
bullet train in Marathi
- Japanese high-speed train
- बुलेट ट्रेन buleṭ ṭren, शिनकानसेन śinkānsen
- high-speed train
- बुलेट ट्रेन buleṭ ṭren
bullet train in Arabic
- Japanese high-speed train
- شِينْكَانْسِن šinkansen
More languagesFewer languages
- bullet train in Malay
- syinkansen
- bullet train in Vietnamese
- shinkansen
Forms of bullet train
| plural | bullet trains |
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Origin of bullet train
Calque from Japanese 弾(だん)丸(がん)列(れっ)車(しゃ) (dangan ressha).
Questions about bullet train
- What does bullet train mean?
- Bullet train means a Shinkansen train; a Japanese high-speed rail train.
- What is bullet train in Hindi?
- Bullet train in Hindi is शिनकानसेन (śinkānsen), बुलेट ट्रेन (buleṭ ṭren). See Bullet train meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bullet train?
- Bullet train is a noun.
- What is the plural of bullet train?
- The plural of bullet train is bullet trains.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bullet train (page history and authors); bullet train (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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