runabout
French, noun/ʁœ.na.bawt/
runabout is spelled R-U-N-A-B-O-U-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Runabout is a French masculine noun meaning “runabout (motor vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “À la fin du XIXᵉ siècle et au début du XXᵉ, véhicule hippomobile ou à moteur, destiné à la promenade”.
What does runabout mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerunabout (motor vehicle)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. À la fin du XIXᵉ siècle et au début du XXᵉ, véhicule hippomobile ou à moteur, destiné à la promenade. 2. Vers les années 1930, sous l'influence américaine, ce terme s'est appliqué aux canots automobiles de course ou de plaisance à moteur intérieur fixe (par opposition à hors-bord).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of runabout
- runabouts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce runabout?
- /ʁœ.na.bawt/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is runabout in French?
runabout appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).