e-scooter

English

Two e-scooters

Etymology

From e- +‎ scooter.

Noun

e-scooter (plural e-scooters)

1. A variant of a kick scooter powered by an electric motor.

   Synonyms: electric scooter, motorized scooter

   • 2021 December 29, “Network News: E-scooters ban widens after fires”, in RAIL, number 947, page 12:

     Transport for London and the Tyne & Wear Metro have banned the use of privately owned e-scooters on railway premises from December 13, while ScotRail and Avanti West Coast are also restricting their use. The London edict, with warnings of £1,000 fines for offenders, follows two instances of e-scooters catching fire when their lithium-ion batteries ruptured [...].

Derived terms

• e-scooterist

 

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: elektrische step f, e-step (nl) f
• Finnish: sähköpotkulauta
• French: trottinette électrique (fr) f
• Galician: patinete eléctrico m
• German: E-Scooter m, E-Roller m, E-Tretroller m, Elektrotretroller m, Elektro-Tretroller m; (Switzerland) E-Trottinett n, E-Trotti n
• Italian: monopattino elettrico m
• Japanese: 電動キックボード (dendō kikkubōdo)
• Polish: hulajnoga elektryczna f
• Portuguese: patinete elétrico m
• Russian: электросамокат (ru) (elektrosamokat)
• Spanish: patinete eléctrico m, monopatín eléctrico m
• Swedish: elscooter c, elsparkcykel (sv) c
• Ukrainian: електросамокат m (elektrosamokat)

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