motorcade

English

Pope Benedictus XVI traveling in a motorcade.

Etymology

Blend of motor +‎ cavalcade

Noun

motorcade (plural motorcades)

A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.
JFK was assassinated in a motorcade.

Translations

procession of cars

Chinese:
Mandarin: 車隊 (zh), 车队 (zh) (chēduì), 汽車行列, 汽车行列 (qìchē hángliè)
Finnish: autokulkue
French: cortège motorisé m
Georgian: ავტოკოლონა (avṭoḳolona)
German: Autokolonne (de) f, Wagenkolonne (de) f

Icelandic: bílalest f
Italian: sfilata di automobili f, corteo di automobili m
Japanese: 車列 (しゃれつ, sharetsu)
Portuguese: carreata (pt) f
Russian: автоколо́нна (ru) f (avtokolónna)
Swedish: bilkortege

Verb

motorcade (third-person singular simple present motorcades, present participle motorcading, simple past and past participle motorcaded)

(intransitive) To travel in a motorcade.

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