sidecar
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sidecar
- /ˈsaɪdkɑɹ/
Where it comes from
From side + car.
noun sidecars
- A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space.
- A cocktail made with cognac (or brandy), triple sec liqueur, and lemon juice. Faux 19th-century bartenders in sleeve garters and baroque facial hair ply their trade in pre-Prohibition bars. Women wearing cloche hats order sidecars at speakeasies.
- A software component that runs in a separate process from the rest of the software, to provide isolation and encapsulation. Using generic sidecars for multiple microservices may introduce functionality overhead.
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noun one-wheeled attachment to a motorcycle
| Español | sidecar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사이드카 saideuka |
| 日本語 | サイドカー saidokā |
| 中文 | 邊車 /边车 biānchē |
| Português | side-car |
| Français | side-car, nacelle latérale |
| Deutsch | Beiwagen, Seitenwagen |
| Italiano | sidecar, carrozzetta, carrozzella, carrozzino |
| Русский | коля́ска koljáska, лю́лька ljúlʹka |
Talk about this word "sidecar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sidecar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sidecar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sidecar "sidecar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sidecar.
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@misc{sidecar_2026,
title = {sidecar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sidecar},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
