snowmobile
/snˈoʊmoʊbˌil/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport.
Example Sentences
- "From the manufacture of snowgoing equipment such as snow cats, it diversified first into that of snowmobiles (and later skidoos, or water scooters), then into railcar and locomotive manufacture, and finally into the manufacture of small (less than 100-seat) commercial aircraft."
- "Lance Allan: "When you first saw that video of you in a snowmobile suit at five years old on national TV and on our air. Were you a little bit like, c'mon Mom and Dad, are you going to do me like that?""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz Proto-West Germanic *snaiw Old English snāw Middle English snow English snow Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Indo-European *tó- Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobilebf. English -mobile English snowmobile From snow + -mobile.
Usage
Inflected Forms
snowmobiles (plural)
snow-mobile (alternative)
snow mobile (alternative)
snowmobiles (present, singular)
snowmobiling (participle, present)
snowmobiled (participle, past)
snowmobiled (past)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Synonyms
skidoo
ski-doo
ski doo
snowmachine
snow-machine
snow machine
skimobile
ski-mobile
ski mobile
skimachine
ski-machine
ski machine