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A truck - or lorry, in British English - is a motor vehicle commonly used for carrying goods and materials. Some light trucks/lorries are similar in size to a passenger automobile. Commercial transportation trucks/lorries or fire trucks can be large and can also serve as a platform for specialized equipment.
Etymology
The word "truck" possibly derives from the Greek "trochos" (τροχός = wheel). In North America, certain kinds of big wheels were called trucks. When the gasoline-engine driven trucks came into fashion, these were called "motor trucks."
International variance
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In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, lorry is used instead of truck, but only used for the medium and heavy types (see below); i.e. a van, a pickup or an off-road four-wheel drive vehicle such as a Jeep would never be regarded as a lorry in these countries, unlike in the United States (it should be noted, however, that the term lorry is not used in the United States). The same applies to the initials HGV (for Heavy Goods Vehicle) which is basically synonymous with lorry. In UK English wagon is commonly used to describe various larger vehicles. Though the USA term station wagon is occasionally used in the UK, it can cause confusion (despite retaining the USA definition), so the societal term estate car remains widely popular.
"Lorry" is also used in Hong Kong.
The word "lorry" is also used in Cambodia, although here it can refer to a train.
In Australia and New Zealand, a pickup truck (a relatively small, usually car- or van-derived vehicle, with an open back body) is called a ute (short for "utility") and the word "truck" or "lorry" is reserved for larger vehicles.
Other languages have loanwords based on these terms, such as the Malay language and the Spanish language in northern Mexico.
A commonly understood term for truck across many European countries is camion. Camion is also used in Quebec to identify trucks in French. Additionally, from the German language the initials "PKW" (PersonenKraftWagen or passenger carrying vehicle) for a car/van or small truck) and "LKW" (LastKraftWagen or cargo/load/freight carrying vehicle) for larger trucks are understood.
In U.S. English the word "truck" is used in the names of particular types of truck, such as a "fire truck" or "tanker truck". Note that in British English these would be a "fire engine" and "tanker" or "petrol tanker" respectively.
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