funicular

Relating to a cable railway system, typically on a steep slope, where cars are pulled by a moving cable.

• 🇷🇺Относящийся к системе канатной железной дороги, обычно на крутом склоне, где вагоны тянутся движущимся тросом.

1. Operated by a cable C1 formal

   Relating to or operated by a cable, especially a system of transportation that uses a cable to move vehicles up and down a steep slope.

   • The funicular railway carries tourists up the mountain.
   • They took the funicular tram to the top of the hill.
   • The city's funicular system is a popular attraction.

   🇷🇺Канатный

A type of railway, typically on a steep slope, where cars ascend and descend along a track, balanced by a moving cable and counterbalancing cars.

• 🇷🇺Тип железной дороги, обычно на крутом склоне, где вагоны поднимаются и спускаются по рельсам, уравновешиваемые движущимся тросом и противовесами.

1. Cable railway on a steep slope B2 formal technical

   A railway system on a steep hillside where cars are pulled by a moving cable and counterbalance each other as they ascend and descend.

   • We took the funicular to reach the summit without hiking.
   • The funicular connects the lower town to the historical quarter on the hill.
   • Funiculars are common in mountainous cities as an efficient mode of transport.
   • The ascending car passed the descending one exactly at the midpoint of the funicular.

   🇷🇺Канатная железная дорога на крутом склоне

   Synonyms: cable railwayfunicular railway

• funiculars plural form
• funiculars' possessive plural form
• funicular's possessive singular form