Meaning of Funicular | Babel Free
Definitions
A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single pair of tracks, with the cars linked by a moving cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.
Equivalents
Български
въжен
Català
funicular
Deutsch
Standseilbahn
Esperanto
funikularo
Español
funicular
Français
funiculaire
Magyar
siklóvasút
Italiano
funicolare
ქართული
ფუნიკულიორი
한국어
강삭철도
Polski
funikular
Română
funicular
Русский
фуникулёр
Türkçe
füniküler
Українська
фунікулер
Examples
“England's funiculars mostly hug the coast, and this is no coincidence. The development of the Victorian and Edwardian seaside resort played a central role in the uptake of funicular railways across England.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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