roadworthy

English

Etymology

From road +‎ -worthy.

Adjective

roadworthy (comparative more roadworthy, superlative most roadworthy)

1. (automotive, road transport) Being able to be driven, or suitable for driving, on the open road.

   Coordinate term: unroadworthy

   • 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History:

     It was one of the rapidest Constitutions ever put together; made, some say in eight days, by Hérault Séchelles and others; probably a workmanlike, roadworthy Constitution enough; — on which point, however, we are, for some reasons, little called to form a judgment.

   • 1937 July 15, Maxwell Grant, “House of Silence”, in The Shadow:

     The coupe shrieked as it hit the curve, but Harry managed the twist with precision and the roadworthy car responded.

Synonyms

• street-legal

Derived terms

• roadworthiness

Translations

able to be driven

• Bulgarian: годен за пътуване (goden za pǎtuvane)
• Finnish: liikennekelpoinen, tieliikennekelpoinen
• French: en état de marche (fr)
• German: fahrtüchtig (de), verkehrstauglich, straßenverkehrstauglich
• Hungarian: forgalomképes (hu), műszakilag alkalmas
• Macedonian: во возна состојба (vo vozna sostojba)
• Ngazidja Comorian: -ema
• Polish: sprawny (pl), zdatny do jazdy
• Russian: испра́вный (ru) (isprávnyj), приго́дный для эксплуата́ции (prigódnyj dlja ekspluatácii), приго́дный для эксплуата́ции (prigódnyj dlja ekspluatácii)

See also

• airworthy
• seaworthy