pile-up

pile·up

or pile-up  (pīl′ŭp′)

n.

1. Informal A serious collision usually involving several motor vehicles.

2. An accumulation: "the pile-up of unsold autos" (New York Times).

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

pile-up

noun (Informal) collision, crash, accident, smash, smash-up (informal), multiple collision a 54-car pile-up

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

pile-up

[ˈpaɪlʌp] N (Aut) → accidente m múltiple, choque m en cadena
there was a pile-up on the motorway → chocaron varios coches en cadena en la autopista, hubo un accidente múltiple en la autopista

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pile-up

n (= car crash) → (Massen)karambolage f, → Massenzusammenstoß m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pile-up

[ˈpaɪlˌʌp] n (Aut) (fam) → tamponamento a catena

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pile¹

(pail) noun

1. a (large) number of things lying on top of each other in a tidy or untidy heap; a (large) quantity of something lying in a heap. There was a neat pile of books in the corner of the room; There was pile of rubbish at the bottom of the garden. hoop كَوْمَه، عُرْمَه камара pilha stoh, hromada der Haufen bunke; dynge στοίβα, σωρόςmontón, pila virn توده؛ کپه kasa pile עֲרֵימָה ढेर kup halom tumpukan hrúga pila, mucchio 積み重ね 더미 krūva, rietuvė, šūsnis kaudze; čupa timbunan stapel, hoopstabel, bunke, haugstos, sterta اړم، ستنه pilha grămadă стопка; кипа; груда kopa, hromada kup gomila hög, stapel, trave กอง yığın, küme 堆 в'язка, пакунок انبار đống: chồng 堆

2. a large quantity, especially of money. He must have piles of money to own a car like that. hoop ثَرْوَه، مِقْدار كَبير من المال състояние pilhas moře der Haufen bunke μεγάλη ποσότητα montón, pila palju مقدار زیاد kasa paquet הָמוֹן כֶּסֶף ढेर, अंबार, राशि gomila nagy vagyon setumpuk ógrynni , mucchio 大量 거액의 돈 krūva kaudze; žūksnis bertimbun-timbun hoopformue; haugevis med kupa ډيرۍ montes teanc куча, масса more, kopa kup gomila en massa, högvis จำนวนมาก çok, bir yığın 大數目 купа دولت کا ذخيرہ số lượng lớn 大数目

verb

to make a pile of (something); to put (something) in a pile. He piled the boxes on the table. stapel يُكَوِّم трупам empilhar naskládat aufhäufen dynge; stable στοιβάζωamontonar, apilar kuhjama انباشتن kasata empiler לַעֲרוֹם ढेर लगाना nagomilati felhalmoz menumpuk stafla ammucchiare, ammonticchiare 積み重ねる 쌓다 sudėti, sukrauti kraut kaudzē melonggokkan opstapelenstable, dyngeukładać بارول empilhar a îngrămădi складывать; сваливать naukladať/dať na kopu zložiti na kup naređati stapla, trava สุมไว้เป็นกอง yığmak, kümelemek 堆積 складати в купу انبار لگانا xếp thành chồng 堆积

ˈpile-up noun

an accident or crash involving usually several vehicles. There has been a serious pile-up on the motorway, involving three cars and a lorry. kettingbotsing حادِث طُرُق لعِدَّة سَيّارات верижна катастрофа engavetamento hromadná srážka die Massenkarambolage harmonikasammenstød καραμπόλα accidente múltiple, colisión ahelavarii تصادف چندین خودرو با هم ketjukolari carambolage תְּאונַת שַׁרשֶׁרֶת ढेर लगना nagomilati, razbiti (vozilo) ráfutásos baleset tabrakan beruntun margfaldur árekstur tamponamento 玉突き衝突 연쇄 충돌사고 susidūrimas vairāku mašīnu saskriešanās perlanggaran yg bertindan-tindih kettingbotsingkjedekollisjonkarambol د څو موټرو ټكر choque em cadeiaстолкновение hromadná zrážka verižno trčenje lančani sudar seriekrock รถชนกันหลายคัน zincirleme kaza 數輛汽車同時碰撞事故 зіткнення کئي گاڑيوں کا ايک ساتھ ايکسيڈنٹ vụ xe cộ đâm nhau 数辆汽车同时碰撞事故

pile up

to make or become a pile; to accumulate. He piled up the earth at the end of the garden; The rubbish piled up in the kitchen. ophoop يُكَوِّم натрупвам се empilhar(-se) nahromadit se aufhäufen samle; hobe sig op στοιβάζω, στοιβάζομαι amontonarse, acumularse kuhjama, kuhjuma انباشتن؛ جمع کردن kasaantua entasser לְהֵיעַרֵם इकट्ठा होना, क्रम में होना या कराना nagurati, nagomilati (fel)halmoz menimbun hrúga; hlaðast upp ammassare, accumulare 積み重ねる 쌓다 su(si)kaupti kraut kaudzē; uzkrāties melonggokkan opstapelenhope seg opp, stable oppgromadzić się جمع کول empilhar(-se) a (se) strânge накапливать; скапливаться nahromadiť (sa) nakopičiti (se) nagomilati lägga upp i en hög, samla[s], hopa[s] กองสุม yığmak, birikmek 堆積 накопичувати ڈھير لگ جانا chất đống 堆积

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

pile-up

→ إِصْطِدَام hromadná srážka harmonikasammenstød Massenkarambolage καραμπόλα choque en cadena ketjukolari carambolage lančani sudar tamponamento a catena 山積み 연쇄 충돌 kettingbotsing opphopning nagromadzenie choque em cadeia, engavetamento массовая автокатастрофа seriekrock รถชนกันหลายคัน yığılmak tai nạn liên hoàn 数辆车同时碰撞事件

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009