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Rolls-Royce
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Rolls Royce
English
thumb|the Rolls-Royce brand
Etymology
The original company was established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.
Proper noun
Any of several British companies that make motor cars, aero engines, etc.
Derived terms
Rolls-Royce maker of aero engines en R-R / R.-R. / RR / R.R. / R. R. abbreviation
Translations
British brand - manufacturer(s) of cars, aero engines, etc.
Arabic: ar رُولْز رُويْس m rulz ruys
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 勞斯萊斯 Láosīláisī
Japanese: ja ロールスロイス Rōrusuroisu
Korean: ko ^롤스-^로이스
Polish: pl Rolls-Royce m
Russian: ru Роллс-Ро́йс m
Noun
A car made by this manufacturer.
en Rolls Roller R-R initialism
en Since when does he drive a Rolls-Royce?!
en 1968 w:Rumer Godden fr:L’Élégance Swans & Turtles: Stories London; Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne, Vic. Macmillan 159 https://archive.org/details/swansturtlesstor0000rume/page/159/mode/1up 38669 ‘What is the most expensive car?’ she had once asked Stan. ‘A cad – Cadillac or a Rolls,’ Stan had said, and sometimes Raoul had a Cadillac, sometimes a Rolls-Royce.
en 1994 Hamilton Crane pseudonym; Sarah J. Mason 32 Miss Seeton Undercover w:Miss Seeton 17 New York, N.Y. Berkley Prime Crime 256 https://archive.org/details/missseetonunderc00cran/page/256/mode/1up 0-425-14137-3 And she pondered the first of Miss Seeton’s sketches, the one Delphick had been coerced into showing her: the sleek cat reflected in the mirror, with the ram—the ram from the wrong, confusing case—beneath it on the bonnet of the Rolls-Royce in which Ferencz Szabo, of the Stentorian voice, rode so proudly.
A jet engine made by this manufacturer.
en Airbus announced that future builds of this model will be fitted out with Rolls-Royces.
en chiefly British informal Anything that is the best of its type; the best quality product possible.
en Cadillac#Noun Thesaurus:best
en the Rolls-Royce of chocolate
en 2013 Floyd Norman Animated Life But for an aspiring animation cartoonist, getting a job at Walt Disney was like hitting the major leagues—the Rolls Royce of animation. Now here we were walking down Dopey Drive and making a right at Mickey Avenue.
Alternative forms
en Rolls Royce
Translations
something that is best of its kind
Finnish: fi Mersu
German: de Mercedes m
Polish: pl merc m
en eponyms
en Automobiles