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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

camioncino di cibo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ka.mjonˈtʃi.no di ˈtʃi.bo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Food truck/ˈfuːd trʌk/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2150 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il camioncino di cibo ha una lunga fila di clienti."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large vehicle equipped to prepare and sell food.

    "The food truck parked at the festival served gourmet tacos."
  2. 2

    A mobile kitchen that offers a variety of meals, often at events or busy urban locations.

    "She decided to start a food truck business to share her culinary creations."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'food', derived from Old English 'fōda' (nourishment), and 'truck', originating from the early 16th-century term 'trocle' meaning a small wheel or cart. Originally evolving from horse-drawn lunch wagons in the late 19th century, the modern motor vehicle iteration has become a global symbol of mobile street gastronomy.

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