transferium

Dutch

Etymology

First attested in 1988. Pseudo-Latinism, likely from English transfer (“to exit one mass transit vehicle and board another”) +‎ -ium. The loan transfer itself is used almost exclusively in the contexts of sports and banking.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

transferium n (plural transferiums or transferia, diminutive transferiumpje n)

  1. park and ride (a place on the outskirts of a city where people can park their car and travel into the city using public transport)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.