hatchback

English

Etymology

From hatch +‎ back.

Noun

hatchback (plural hatchbacks)

1. A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards.

   Synonym: hatchback car

   • 2007 July 21, Siobhan Ryan, “Hit and run driver kills cyclist”, in The Argus‎^[1]:

     The accident happened in Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne, when the 26-year-old male victim was struck by a small dark hatchback.

   • 2023 November 5, Andrew Anthony, “Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs?”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     As I tentatively reverse, I have a sense of foreboding, unsure I’ll be able to control this overgrown mechanical beast. I am posing to the salesman as someone who is seeking maximum protection on the city roads, yet I suspect that I look very much like a man who usually drives a tiny hatchback.

2. The door itself.

Derived terms

• hot hatchback

Translations

a car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards

• Afrikaans: luikrug
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掀背車／掀背车 (xiānbèichē)

• Finnish: viistoperä
• French: hayon (fr) m
• German: Steilheck n
• Hungarian: ferde hátú autó/gépkocsi
• Italian: portellone (it) m, auto con portellone posteriore m
• Japanese: ハッチバック (hatchibakku)
• Persian: هاچبک (hâčbak)
• Russian: хетчбэ́к (ru) m (xɛtčbék), хэтчбе́к (ru) m (xetčbɛ́k)
• Swedish: halvkombi c
• Yiddish: כעטשבעק (khetshbek)

See also

• fastback
• notchback

Further reading

• hatchback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Noun

hatchback m (plural hatchbacks)

1. hatchback