Definition of HOV - Reverso English Dictionary

Abbreviation

abr: high-occupancy vehicle lane

TECH.

road lane for cars with several people inside

TECH.

You can use the HOV lane with three passengers.

carpool lane

Acronym

acr: High Occupancy Vehicle

TECH.

car lane for vehicles with several people inside

TECH.

We used the HOV lane to avoid traffic.

carpool lane

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Examples of HOV in a sentence

Only vehicles with two or more people may enter the HOV.
Only carpools can use the HOV lane.
The HOV lane saves commuters time.

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French:voie réservée aux véhicules à occupation multiple, voie réservée au covoiturage, ...
German:Fahrspur für Fahrgemeinschaften, Fahrgemeinschaftsspur, ...
Italian:carpool, ...
Spanish:HOV, ...
Portuguese:faixa para veículos com vários ocupantes, VOE, ...
Chinese:供多乘员车辆使用的车道, 高乘载车道, ...
Japanese:HOV, HOVレーン, ...
Arabic:حارة المركبات عالية الاشغال, مسار المركبات عالية الإشغال, ...
Hebrew:נְתִיב HOV, HOV, ...
Russian:полоса для многолюдных автомобилей, HOV, ...
Ukrainian:полоса для автомобілів з кількома пасажирами, Смуга для автомобілів з кількома пасажирами, ...
Hindi:HOV, उच्च अधिभोग वाहन लेन, ...
Bengali:এইচওভি লেন, উচ্চ যাত্রী ধারণ ক্ষমতা সম্পন্ন যান, ...
Catalan:VAO, ...
Czech:pruh pro vozidla s více cestujícími, pruh pro auta s více osobami, ...
Danish:HOV, Højbelægningskøretøj-bane, ...
Dutch:carpoolstrook, HOV, ...
Greek:HOV, ΛΕΟ, ...
Hungarian:telekocsi-sáv, több utasos sáv, ...
Khmer:គន្លងផ្លូវសម្រាប់រថយន្តមានអ្នកដំណើរច្រើននាក់, គន្លងសម្រាប់យានយន្តមានអ្នកជិះច្រើន, ...
Korean:다인승차선, 고속차로 전용차선, ...
Persian:خط خودروهای چندسرنشینه, خط خودروهای چندسرنشین, ...
Polish:HOV, pas dla pojazdów wieloosobowych, ...
Portuguese (BR):faixa para veículos com alta ocupação, VPO, ...
Romanian:bandă pentru vehicule cu grad mare de ocupare, bandă rezervată vehiculelor cu mai multe persoane, ...
Swedish:samåkningsfil, HOV, ...
Thai:ช่องทาง HOV, HOV, ...
Turkish:HOV, Yüksek Doluluklu Araç Şeridi, ...
Vietnamese:làn xe nhiều người, làn đường dành cho xe chở nhiều người, ...

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