rear-view mirror

See also: rearview mirror

English

a rear-view mirror

Alternative forms

• rearview mirror

Etymology

From rear-view +‎ mirror.

Noun

rear-view mirror (plural rear-view mirrors)

1. A mirror inside a vehicle that allows the driver to see the traffic behind.

   Synonym: (Australia, New Zealand) rear vision mirror

   Coordinate term: side-view mirror

2. (figurative, by extension) The observer's perception of something that is past or has been surpassed.

   Guilt is a powerful emotion in the moment, but it's easy to ignore once it's in the rear-view mirror.

Translations

mirror inside a vehicle giving view of the traffic behind

• Bulgarian: огледало за задно виждане n (ogledalo za zadno viždane)
• Catalan: retrovisor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 倒後鏡 / 倒后镜 (dou³ hau⁶ geng³)

  Mandarin: 後視鏡 / 后视镜 (zh) (hòushìjìng), 後照鏡 / 后照镜 (hòuzhàojìng)

• Czech: zpětné zrcátko n
• Danish: bakspejl n
• Dutch: achteruitkijkspiegel (nl) m
• Esperanto: retrospegulo
• Faroese: bakspegil m
• Finnish: taustapeili (fi)
• French: rétroviseur intérieur m
• Georgian: უკანა ხედის სარკე (uḳana xedis sarḳe), უკანა ხედვის სარკე (uḳana xedvis sarḳe)
• German: Rückspiegel (de) m
• Hungarian: (belső) visszapillantó tükör
• Icelandic: baksýnisspegill (is) m
• Indonesian: kaca spion tengah
• Irish: scáthán siar m
• Italian: retrovisore (it) m, specchietto retrovisore m
• Japanese: バックミラー (bakkumirā)
• Korean: 백미러 (baengmireo)
• Macedonian: ретрови́зор m (retrovízor)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bakspeil, kjørespeil

  Nynorsk: bakspegel, køyrespegel

• Polish: lusterko wsteczne (pl) n
• Portuguese: retrovisor (pt) m, espelho retrovisor m
• Russian: зе́ркало за́днего ви́да n (zérkalo zádnevo vída)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ретро̀вӣзор m

  Roman: retròvīzor (sh) m

• Spanish: retrovisor (es) m, espejo retrovisor m
• Swedish: backspegel (sv) c
• Turkish: dikiz aynası (tr)