kei car
kei car noun: a kind of light passenger automobile sold in Japan. Vehicles of this type are distinguished by the use of smaller engines (with displacement up to 660 cc), and yellow and black (or black and yellow) license plates.
Noun
kei car (plural kei cars)
- A kind of light passenger automobile sold in Japan. Vehicles of this type are distinguished by the use of smaller engines (with displacement up to 660 cc), and yellow and black (or black and yellow) license plates.
- Nissan Motor Co. revamped one of its more popular lightweight kei cars as the Japanese carmaker refreshes its aging lineup. The fourth-generation Roox will go on sale by the end of the year for ¥1.6 million ($10,800), the company said Friday. The new model has better mileage, more safety features...2025 August 21, Emi Tanimoto, “Nissan Updates Popular Kei Car as It Revamps Aging Lineup”, in Bloomberg News, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2025
Forms of kei car
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Origin of kei car
Partial calque of Japanese 軽自動車 (keijidōsha, literally “light car”).
Questions about kei car
- What does kei car mean?
- Kei car means a kind of light passenger automobile sold in Japan. Vehicles of this type are distinguished by the use of smaller engines (with displacement up to 660 cc), and yellow and black (or black and yellow) license plates.
- What part of speech is kei car?
- Kei car is a noun.
- What is the plural of kei car?
- The plural of kei car is kei cars.
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